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Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Tumbikā (तुम्बिका) is another name for Kaṭutumbī, a medicinal plant identified with Lagenaria siceraria (calabash or bottle gourd or bitter gourd) from the Cucurbitaceae or “gourd family” of flowering plants, according to verse 3.56-57 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The third chapter (guḍūcyādi-varga) of this book contains climbers and creepers (vīrudh). Together with the names Tumbikā and Kaṭutumbī, there are a total of eight Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

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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: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Tumbika [தும்பிகா] in the Tamil language is the name of a plant identified with Diospyros malabarica (Desr.) Kostel. from the Ebenaceae (ebony) family having the following synonyms: Garcinia malabarica, Diospyros peregrina. For the possible medicinal usage of tumbika, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.

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

Tumbika in India is the name of a plant defined with Lagenaria siceraria in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Cucurbita leucantha Duchesne (among others).

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

· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (1786)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (1828)
· Ceylon J. Sci., Biol. Sci. (1995)
· Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d’Histoire Naturelle de Genève (1825)
· Darwiniana (1946)
· Florula belgica (1827)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Tumbika, for example side effects, diet and recipes, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, extract dosage, 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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Tumbikā (तुम्बिका):—[from tumba] f. the Tumba gourd, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Tumbika 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)

Ends with: Bhumitumbika, Jalatumbika, Kautumbika, Kula-kutumbika, Kutumbika, Mtumbika, Rathakutumbika, Rathasutumbika, Vasela-kutumbika.

Full-text: Tumbaka, Jalatumbikanyaya, Tumbi, Katutumbi.

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