Biology (plants and animals)

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

Tamana in India is the name of a plant defined with Lagerstroemia speciosa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Lagerstroemia speciosa Pers. (among others).

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

· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1984)
· Synopsis Plantarum (Persoon) (1806)
· Mant. Pl. Altera (1771)
· Flora of West Pakistan (1975)
· Observationes Botanicae (Retzius) (1789)
· Der Hausvater (1770)

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

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

tāmaṇa (तामण).—, Better tāmhaṇa & tāmhaṇī.

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tāmana (तामन).—, Better tāmhaṇa & tāmhaṇī.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Tamana (तमन).—Becoming suffocated or breathless.

Derivable forms: tamanam (तमनम्).

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

Tamana (तमन).—[neuter] the becoming breathless.

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

1) Tamana (तमन):—[from tam] n. the becoming breathless, [Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra ii, 7, 7]

2) [v.s. ...] iv, [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra iv, 1, 13]

3) [v.s. ...] cf. nāga-tamanī.

[Sanskrit to German]

Tamana 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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Tamana in Hindi refers in English to:—[=थमा(म्हा)ना] (v) to hand over, to entrust; to recline..—tamana (थमाना) is alternatively transliterated as Thamānā.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Tamana (ತಮನ):—[noun] the condition of being unable to breathe easily (because of fear, excitement, etc.); breathlessness.

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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)

Starts with: Tamana-selo, Tamanacaturttaci, Tamanadasta, Tamanaddha, Tamanakakkoluntu, Tamanakantam, Tamanam.

Ends with (+50): Abhitamana, Aceshtamana, Adhyardhashatamana, Aghatamana, Anattamana, Aparitamana, Asamvartamana, Astamana, Atamana, Attamana, Avartamana, Avarttamana, Avyaktamana, Bartamana, Bhuktamana, Ceshtamana, Cheshtamana, Cintamana, Dhrishtamana, Dyotamana.

Full-text: Tamanam, Malaivattai, Thamana, Weinmannia microphylla, Vattai.

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