Biology (plants and animals)

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

Vangana in India is the name of a plant defined with Solanum melongena in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Solanum melongena var. depressum Baill. (among others).

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

· Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden (1974)
· Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis (1923)
· Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India (1969)
· Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress Association (1989)
· Kew Bulletin (1985)
· The Gardeners Dictionary (1754)

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

vaṅgaṇa (वंगण).—n Grease or oil applied to the axle of carts. vaṅgaṇēṃ v c To apply it.

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

vaṅgaṇa (वंगण).—n Grease applied to the axle of carts.

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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.

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Vaṅgana (वङ्गन).—m.

(-naḥ) The egg-plant. “veguṇa gācha .” E. vagi to go, lyuṭ aff.

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

Vaṅgana (वङ्गन):—[from vaṅga] m. the egg-plant, Solanum Melongena, [Horace H. Wilson] (cf. vaṅga).

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

Vaṅgana (वङ्गन):—(naḥ) 1. m. The egg plant.

[Sanskrit to German]

Vangana 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.

Prakrit-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary

Vaṃgaṇa (वंगण) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Vyaṅgana.

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Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Vankanakkaran, Vankanakkari, Vankanam, Vankanan, Vankanatam, Vankanatti, Vankanatushanam.

Ends with: Bhavangana, Devangana, Gavangana, Gurvangana, Gurvvangana.

Full-text: Vangavinem, Vyangana, Cuvacam, Vaganem, Vankanam.

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