Alternative spellings of this word include Tapichchha.

India history and geography

Source: Shodhganga: Cultural history as g leaned from kathasaritsagara

Tapiccha is the name of a tree mentioned in the Kathasaritsagara by Somadeva (10th century A.D).—Tapiccha is always mentioned with Kimshuka-ashoka tree and is famous for its smokey colour.

Somadeva mentions many rich forests, gardens, various trees (e.g., Tapiccha), creepers medicinal and flowering plants and fruit-bearing trees in the Kathasaritsagara. Travel through the thick, high, impregnable and extensive Vindhya forest is a typical feature of many travel-stories. Somadeva’s writing more or less reflects the life of the people of Northern India during the 11th century. His Kathasaritsagara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Tapiccha, is a famous Sanskrit epic story revolving around prince Naravahanadatta and his quest to become the emperor of the vidyadharas (celestial beings).

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Tapiccha 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).

2) Tapiccha is also identified with Garcinia morella It has the synonym Garcinia morella Hort. ex Boerl. (etc.).

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

· Botanica expeditior (1760)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (1822)
· Handbuch der medicinisch-pharmaceutischen Botanik (1831)
· FBI (1886)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (1783)

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

Tāpiccha (तापिच्छ).—The Tamāla tree or its flower (-n.); प्रफुल्लतापिच्छनिभैरभीषुभिः (praphullatāpicchanibhairabhīṣubhiḥ) Śiśupālavadha 1.22; व्योम्नस्तापिच्छगुच्छावलिभिरिव तमोवल्लरीभिर्व्रियन्ते (vyomnastāpicchagucchāvalibhiriva tamovallarībhirvriyante) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 5.6. (tāpiñja used in the same sense).

Derivable forms: tāpicchaḥ (तापिच्छः).

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

Tāpiccha (तापिच्छ).—m.

(-cchaḥ) A tree bearing dark blossoms, the Tamala: see the next, tāpinaṃ chādayati chada-ḍa pṛṣo0 . tamālavṛkṣe .

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

Tāpiccha (तापिच्छ).—m. A tree, Xanthochymus pictorius Roxb., [Gītagovinda. ed. Lassen.] 11, 11.

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

Tāpiccha (तापिच्छ).—[masculine] [Name] of a plant.

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

Tāpiccha (तापिच्छ):—[from tāpika > tāpa] m. the Tamāla plant, [Mālatīmādhava v; Gīta-govinda xi, 11.]

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

Tāpiccha (तापिच्छ):—(cchaḥ) 1. m. A tree bearing dark blossoms, Tamāla.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Tāpiccha (तापिच्छ) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Tāviccha.

[Sanskrit to German]

Tapiccha 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

Tāpiccha (ತಾಪಿಚ್ಛ):—

1) [noun] = ತಾಪಿಂಛ [tapimcha].

2) [noun] the vine Coccinia cordifolia (= C. indica, = Bryonia grandis, = Momordica monadelpha) of Cucurbitaceae family.

3) [noun] its edible fruit.

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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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Full-text: Taviccha, Kakatundika, Tapincha, Vilasa, Kaitabha, Gunavati.

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The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)

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Lalitopakhyana (Lalita Mahatmya) (by G.V. Tagare)

Chapter 28 - Viśukra and Viṣaṅga slain

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