In Hinduism

Kavya (poetry)

Source: OpenEdition books: Vividhatīrthakalpaḥ (Kāvya)

Usala (उसल) in Prakrit refers to “mortar [?]”, as is mentioned in the Vividhatīrthakalpa by Jinaprabhasūri (13th century A.D.): an ancient text devoted to various Jaina holy places (tīrthas).—(CDIAL 2360): cf. 320 n.9.

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Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Usala in Southern Africa is the name of a plant defined with Maytenus heterophylla in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Celastrus patens Eckl. & Zeyh. (among others).

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

· A General History of the Dichlamydeous Plants (1832)
· Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzenge schichte und Pflanzengeographie (1908)
· Bothalia (1960)
· Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa (1919)
· Genera Plantarum (1862)
· Supplementum Plantarum (1781)

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

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

usala (उसल) [or उंसल, uṃsala].—n P (ūsa & ālaya) A sugarcaneplantation.

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usaḷa (उसळ).—f (usaḷaṇēṃ) A dish,--consisting of pulse boiled, well spiced, and fried up with greens &c.

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usaḷā (उसळा).—c R (usaḷaṇēṃ) Prepared by soaking and frying with spices &c.--pulse gen.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

usaḷa (उसळ).—f A dish-consisting of pulse boiled, spiced, &c.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Ucalattam, Ucalattu, Ucalatu, Usalanem, Usalani, Usalapa, Usalava, Usalavata.

Ends with (+103): Acarakusala, Adhikusala, Ahavadharmakushala, Akaushala, Akhyanakushala, Akshakushala, Akusala, Alapakushala, Amaggakusala, Anushala, Arthakushala, Arupakusala, Ashvakushala, Asimusala, Astrakaushala, Atharvakushala, Atmakaushala, Atthakusala, Ayakusala, Ayatanakusala.

Full-text: Jhavada, Usalanem.

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