Tiktapatra: 3 definitions

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Tiktapatra means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, biology. 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)

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

Tiktapatra in India is the name of a plant defined with Enicostema axillare in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Hippion littorale (Blume) Miq. (among others).

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

· Taxon (1987)
· Hooker’s Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany (1850)
· Tableau Encyclopédique et Méthodique… Botanique (1793)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· A General History of the Dichlamydeous Plants (1837)
· The Bombay Flora (1861)

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

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Tiktapatra in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Tiktapatra (तिक्तपत्र).—m.

(-traḥ) A cucurbitaceous plant, (Momordica mixta.) E. tikta bitter, and patra a leaf.

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

Tiktapatra (तिक्तपत्र):—[tikta-patra] (traḥ) 1. m. A cucurbitaceous plant (Momordica mixta).

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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.

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