Utpalaka: 5 definitions

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Utpalaka 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)

Utpalaka in India is the name of a plant defined with Nymphaea nouchali in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Nymphaea bernierana Planch. (among others).

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

· Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress Association (1993)
· Flora Indica (1768)
· Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica (1994)
· Species Plantarum.
· Journal of Japanese Botany (1981)
· Revue Horticole (1853)

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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

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Utpalaka (उत्पलक).—m. (1) name of a hunter: Mahāvastu ii.102.1; 104.8*; 105.18; 114.6*, 7* (in passages marked * Senart prints Uppalaka with one ms.); (2) name of a nāga: Mahāvyutpatti 3287; Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 4.12 (Burnouf, and hence [Boehtlingk and Roth], Utpala); Mahā-Māyūrī 247.30; (3) name of a kalpa (compare prec. and Upala): Gaṇḍavyūha 446.14.

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Utpalaka (उत्पलक) or Uppalaka.—(1), q.v.; compare also Upala (for Uppala = Utpala).

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

1) Utpalaka (उत्पलक):—[from ut-pala] m. Name of a Nāga, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] of a man, [Rājataraṅgiṇī]

[Sanskrit to German]

Utpalaka 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.

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