Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Sukumaraka in India is the name of a plant defined with Cinnamomum tamala in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Cinnamomum tamala T. Nees & Eberm. (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· FBI (1886)
· Botanica expeditior (1760)
· Handbuch der medicinisch-pharmaceutischen Botanik (1831)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (1822)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Sukumaraka, for example extract dosage, chemical composition, health benefits, side effects, pregnancy safety, diet and recipes, have a look at these references.

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Sukumāraka (सुकुमारक).—

1) a beautiful youth.

2) rice (śāli). (-kam) 1 the Tamālapatra.

2) a particutar part of the ear.

Derivable forms: sukumārakaḥ (सुकुमारकः).

Sukumāraka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms su and kumāraka (कुमारक).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sukumāraka (सुकुमारक).—m.

(-kaḥ) 1. A beautiful young man. 2. Rice. n.

(-kaṃ) The leaf of Tamala-tree.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Sukumāraka (सुकुमारक):—[=su-kumāraka] [from su] mfn. very tender

2) [v.s. ...] m. a tender youth, [Harivaṃśa; Pañcarātra]

3) [v.s. ...] sugar-cane, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) [v.s. ...] rice, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

5) [v.s. ...] Name of a son of Jāmbavat, [Viṣṇu-purāṇa]

6) [v.s. ...] n. a [particular] part of the ear, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]

7) [v.s. ...] a cinnamon-leaf, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

8) [v.s. ...] the Tamāla-pattra, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

[Sanskrit to German]

Sukumaraka in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Sukumāraka (ಸುಕುಮಾರಕ):—[noun] = ಸುಕುಮಾರ [sukumara]2 - 2.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Kumaraka, Cu, Shu.

Ends with: Arasukumaraka.

Full-text: Netraprabandha.

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