Biology (plants and animals)

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

Tundika in India is the name of a plant defined with Coccinia grandis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Physedra gracilis A. Chev. (among others).

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

· Prodromus Florae Peninsulae Indiae Orientalis (1834)
· Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress Association (1980)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1992)
· Enumeratio Plantarum Africae Australis Extratropicae (1836)
· Cytologia (1991)
· Cytologia (1983)

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

Pali-English dictionary

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Tuṇḍika, see ahi°. (Page 304)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Tuṇḍika (तुण्डिक).—a. Furnished with a trunk; यः कृष्णः केश्यसुर स्तम्बज उत तुण्डिकः (yaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ keśyasura stambaja uta tuṇḍikaḥ) Av.8.6.5.

-kā The navel.

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Tundika (तुन्दिक).—a.

1) Having a protuberant belly.

2) Corpulent.

3) Filled or laden with; मकरन्दतुन्दिलानामरविन्दानामयं महामान्यः (makarandatundilānāmaravindānāmayaṃ mahāmānyaḥ) Bv.1.6.

4) Great, N.2.89.

-tundilaḥ The god Gaṇeśa.

See also (synonyms): tundita, tundin, tundibha, tundila.

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Tundikā (तुन्दिका).—The navel.

See also (synonyms): tundikara.

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

Tuṇḍikā (तुण्डिका).—f.

(-kā) 1. The naval. 2. A plant, commonly Telakucha. E. kan added to tuṇḍī.

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Tundika (तुन्दिक).—mfn.

(-kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) Having a large or prominent navel, fat, corpulent. f.

(-kā) The navel. E. tundī the naval. kan affix, or tunda with ṭhan aff.

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

Tuṇḍika (तुण्डिक).—[adjective] having a trunk.

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

1) Tuṇḍika (तुण्डिक):—[from tuṇḍa] mfn. furnished with a snout, [Atharva-veda viii, 6, 5]

2) Tuṇḍikā (तुण्डिका):—[from tuṇḍika > tuṇḍa] f. the navel (cf. tund), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] = kerī, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) Tundika (तुन्दिक):—[from tunda] mfn. = da-vat, [117]

5) Tundikā (तुन्दिका):—[from tundika > tunda] f. the navel, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

1) Tuṇḍikā (तुण्डिका):—(kā) 1. f. Navel; a plant.

2) Tundika (तुन्दिक):—[(kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) a.] Having a large or prominent navel. f. The navel.

[Sanskrit to German]

Tundika 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

Tuṃḍika (ತುಂಡಿಕ):—

1) [adjective] having a trunk (as elephants).

2) [adjective] having a projected snout (as pigs).

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Tuṃdika (ತುಂದಿಕ):—[noun] = ತುಂದಿಲ [tumdila]2 - 1.

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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: Tundikara.

Ends with: Ahitundika, Bhumitundika, Kakatundika, Katutundika, Sarpatumdika, Svadutundika, Uttundika.

Full-text: Ahitundika, Kakatundika, Katutundika, Bhumitundika, Tundita, Tundin, Svadutundika, Tundibha, Sarpatumdika, Ahitunda, Tundikara, Tundavant, Tondali, Tuntikai, Tunda, Tundikeri, Tundadi, Tundila, Ahigunthika.

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