Varakari, Vārakarī: 3 definitions

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Varakari means something in Marathi, 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)

Varakari in India is the name of a plant defined with Salvadora persica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Salvadora crassinervia Hochst. ex T. Anderson (among others).

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

· Cytologia (1988)
· J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. (1860)
· Nat. Prod. Res. (2003)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Nomenclator Botanicus (1840)

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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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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

vārakarī (वारकरी).—sometimes vārakara m A man that performs vārī or a periodical pilgrimage to a sacred place. 2 (vāra & karī) A man who obtains a meal daily according to rotation or an appointed order from the houses of charitable people: also a recurring applicant for a meal from amongst the worshipers of Khanḍoba. See vāra Sig. II. and III. Hence 3 A sponger or dinner-leech. Hence also one who takes any spell, bout, or recurring work.

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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.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Vārakari (ವಾರಕರಿ):—[noun] a devotee, who undertakes a pilgrimage to a temple or pilgrimage centre on a particular day every year.

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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.

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