Takki, Takkī, Tākki: 6 definitions

Introduction:

Takki means something in Buddhism, Pali, biology, Tamil. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

Biology (plants and animals)

Takki in Nepal is the name of a plant defined with Bauhinia variegata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Bauhinia alba hort. (among others).

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

· Reinwardtia (1956)
· PTR. Phytotherapy Research (2008)
· Cuscatlania (1979)
· Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences (1996)
· Flora de Antioquia (1941)
· Biodivers. & Conserv. (2004)

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

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)
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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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Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

takkī : (3) a sophist; a logician.

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

takkī (တက္ကီ) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[takka+ṇī.takka(1)+ī]
[တက္က+ဏီ။ တက္က(၁)+ဤ]

Source: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary

[Pali to Burmese]

takkī—

(Burmese text): ကြံစည်-တွေးဆ-တတ်သော၊ ကြံစည်-တွေးဆခြင်းရှိသော၊ သူ။ အကြံသမား၊ အတွေးသမား။ အကျယ်ကို ဒီဋ္ဌ၊၁၊၉၉၌ ကြည့်ပါ။

(Auto-Translation): He is thoughtful and reflective, a planner and a thinker. Consult the document at 1, 1, 99 for more details.

Source: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မာ အဘိဓာန်)
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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Ṭakki (ಟಕ್ಕಿ):—[noun] the act of striking lightly and repeatedly in quick succession.

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus
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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.

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Tamil dictionary

Tākki (தாக்கி) noun cf. sākṣin. Witness; சாட்சி. [sadsi.] (T. A. S.)

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon
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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

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