Tamalika, Tamālikā: 4 definitions
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Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu1) Tamālikā (तमालिका) is another name for Tāmravallī, a medicinal plant possibly identified with Phyllanthus urinaria (chamber bitter or common leafflower) from the Phyllanthaceae or “leafflower” family of flowering plants, according to verse 3.122-123 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu.
2) Tamālikā (तमालिका) is also mentioned as a synonym for Bhūmyāmalakī, a medicinal plant identified with Phyllanthus urinaria Linn. (synonym Phyllanthus niruri Hook f.) or “chamber bitter” from the Phyllanthaceae family of flowering plants, according to verse 5.91-93. The fifth chapter (parpaṭādi-varga) of this book enumerates sixty varieties of smaller plants (kṣudra-kṣupa). Together with the names Tamālikā and Bhūmyāmalakī, there are a total of nineteen Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

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.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryTamālikā (तमालिका).—f.
(-kā) A district of Bengal, the modern Tamluk. E. tamāla a Tamala tree, kan affix, implying possession; also with an analogous affix ini, tamālinī abounding in Tamala trees.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Tamālikā (तमालिका):—[from tamālaka > tam] f. idem, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] = tāmra-vallī, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] = tāmra-lipta, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] Name of a woman, [Kādambarī v, 427 and 432] ([varia lectio] taral), [Vāsavadattā 573.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryTamālikā (तमालिका):—(kā) 1. f. A district in Bengal, Tumlook.
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.
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Starts with: Tamalikatha.
Full-text: Tamalaka, Tamalipta, Tamravalli, Bhumyamalaki.
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Glimpses of History of Sanskrit Literature (by Satya Vrat Shastri)
Chapter 17.2 - Sanskrit Prose literature: Subandhu < [Section 4 - Classical Sanskrit literature]
Varadambika-parinaya Campu (Study) (by Bhagavant. L. Nadoni)
Depiction of various other characters < [Chapter 5 - Characterisation in Varadambika-parinaya Campu]
Tilakamanjari of Dhanapala (study) (by Shri N. M. Kansara)
3. Sources of the motifs < [Chapter 9 - The Sources and the the Author’s design]
History, Culture and Antiquities of Tamralipta
Abhijnana Shakuntala (synthetic study) (by Ramendra Mohan Bose)
Chapter 3 - Tritiya-anka (tritiyo'nkah) < [Abhijnana Sakuntalam, text and commentary]