In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Dietetics and Culinary Art (such as household cooking)

Source: Shodhganga: Dietetics and culinary art in ancient and medieval India

Tālaphala (तालफल) refers to the “palm fruit” and represents a type of fruit-bearing plant, according to the Arthaśāstra II.15.19, and is commonly found in literature dealing with the topics of dietetics and culinary art, also known as Pākaśāstra or Pākakalā.—We can see the description of flowering and fruit bearing plants in Ṛgveda. But we come across the specific names of them only in the later Saṃhita and Brāhmaṇa literature. [...] Karamarda, parūṣaka, cūta (a variety of mango), Emblic myrobalan (āmalaka), Citrus medica, jujube, rose apple (jambu), cucumber (urvāruka), palm fruit (tālaphala), rājādana, pomegranate and jack fruit are referred to in Arthaśāstra.

Agriculture (Krishi) and Vrikshayurveda (study of Plant life)

Source: Shodhganga: Drumavichitrikarnam—Plant mutagenesis in ancient India

Tālaphala (तालफल) refers to the “coconut” is used in certain bio-organical recipes for plant mutagenesis, according to the Vṛkṣāyurveda by Sūrapāla (1000 CE): an encyclopedic work dealing with the study of trees and the principles of ancient Indian agriculture.—Accordingly, “Punica granatum transplanted seven times bears fruits as big as coconut (tālaphala) if nourished with water containing Emblica officinalis, Terminalia bellirica and Terminalia chebula, melted butter, and marrow of a hog”.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Talaphala in India is the name of a plant defined with Terminalia bellirica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Myrobalanus laurinoides (Teijsm. & Binn.) Kuntze (among others).

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

· Plant Systematics and Evolution (1996)
· Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique (1856)
· Flora of the British India (1878)
· Novae Plantarum Species (1821)
· Hooker’s Journal of Botany Kew Gard. Misc. (1851)
· De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum (1791)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Talaphala, for example diet and recipes, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, extract dosage, side effects, health benefits, 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.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Tālaphala (तालफल).—the fruit of the plam tree; तालफलादपि गुरुमतिसरसम् । किं विफलीकुरुषे कुचकल- शम् (tālaphalādapi gurumatisarasam | kiṃ viphalīkuruṣe kucakala- śam) || Gītagovinda 9.2.

Derivable forms: tālaphalam (तालफलम्).

Tālaphala is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tāla and phala (फल).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Tālaphala (तालफल).—[neuter] the nut of the fan-palm.

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

1) Tālaphala (तालफल):—[=tāla-phala] [from tāla] n. the fruit of the fan-palm, [Suśruta i]

2) [v.s. ...] iv, [Gīta-govinda ix, 3.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Talaphala 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Phala, Tala.

Full-text: Coconut, Karamarda, Coca, Urvaruka, Rajadana, Cuta, Parushaka, Jambu, Amalaka.

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