Tundikeri, Tuṇḍikerī, Tumdikeri: 7 definitions
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Tundikeri 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)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Tundikeri 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).
2) Tundikeri is also identified with Gossypium herbaceum It has the synonym Gossypium zaitzevii Prokh. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Brittonia (1968)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1975)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Blumea (1966)
· Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress Association (1982)
· Florae Senegambiae Tentamen (1831)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Tundikeri, for example health benefits, chemical composition, diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, extract dosage, side effects, have a look at these references.
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 dictionaryTuṇḍikerī (तुण्डिकेरी).—
1) The cotton plant.
2) A large swelling on the palate.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryTuṇḍikerī (तुण्डिकेरी).—f. (-rī) The cotton plant. 2. A sort of gourd, (Momordica monadelpha.) 3. A large boil or swelling on the palate. E. tuṇḍikā the mouth or beak, ṛ to go, affixes aṇ and ṅīṣ; also with kan added tuṇḍikerikā f.
(-kā) and with in fem. affix tuṇḍikeri f.
(-riḥ) also tuṇḍakerī and tuṇḍikeśī.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Tuṇḍikerī (तुण्डिकेरी):—[from tuṇḍikera > tuṇḍa] f. = keśī, [Suśruta ii, 2, 4; vi, 48, 25]
2) [v.s. ...] a large boil on the palate, [i f.; iv, 22, 55] and (metrically ri), [62]
3) [v.s. ...] the cotton plant, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryTuṇḍikerī (तुण्डिकेरी):—(rī) 3. f. The cotton plant; a gourd; a boil on the palate.
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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 corpusTuṃḍikēri (ತುಂಡಿಕೇರಿ):—
1) [noun] = ತುಂಡಿಕೆ [tumdike].
2) [noun] any of various shrubby plants (chiefly Gossypium herbaceum) of Malvaceae family the seedpods of which yields cotton; cotton plant.
3) [noun] a kind of throat disease.
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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Starts with: Tundikerika, Tundikerin.
Full-text: Tundakeri, Tundakerika, Tundikerika, Tundikeshi, Tundika.
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