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Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Vārtākī (वार्ताकी) is another name for Bṛhatī, a medicinal plant identified with Solanum indicum var. lividum (synonym of Solanum anguivi or ‘forest bitterberry’ or ‘African eggplant’) from the Solanaceae or “nightshades” family of flowering plants, according to verse 4.23-25 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fourth chapter (śatāhvādi-varga) of this book enumerates eighty varieties of small plants (pṛthu-kṣupa). Together with the names Vārtākī and Bṛhatī, there are a total of seven Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)

Source: Prabhupada Books: Sri Caitanya Caritamrta

Vārtākī (वार्ताकी) refers to “eggplant”, according to the Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta 2.3.44ff—Accordingly:—“[...] amongst the various vegetables were newly grown leaves of nimba trees fried with eggplant [viz., vārtākī]. The fruit known as paṭola was fried with phulabaḍi, a kind of dhal preparation first mashed and then dried in the sun. There was also a preparation known as kuṣmāṇḍa-mānacāki. [...] Thus Lord Kṛṣṇa was offered all the food, and the Lord took it very pleasantly”

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Vaishnava (वैष्णव, vaiṣṇava) or vaishnavism (vaiṣṇavism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (‘ten avatars of Vishnu’).

Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Vartaki in India is the name of a plant defined with Solanum anguivi 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 anomalum auct. non Thonn. (among others).

2) Vartaki is also identified with Solanum melongena It has the synonym Solanum incanum auct. non L. (etc.).

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

· Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India (1969)
· Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series (1962)
· Bot. Journal of the Linnean Society (1978)
· Encycl. Méthod., Bot. (1814)
· Cytologia (1997)
· Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. (1821)

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

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vartakī (वर्तकी).—A kind of quail.

See also (synonyms): vartakā.

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Vārtāki (वार्ताकि) or Vārtākī (वार्ताकी).—f., [vārtākin] m., [vārtākī] f., [vārtākuḥ] m., f. The egg-plant.

Derivable forms: vārtākiḥ (वार्ताकिः).

See also (synonyms): vārtāka, vārtākin, vārtāku.

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

Vartakī (वर्तकी):—[from vartaka > varta] f. idem, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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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 corpus

Vartaki (ವರ್ತಕಿ):—

1) [noun] the plant Odina pinnata.

2) [noun] the quail Perdicula asiatica of Phasianidae family, with brown body and wings, black and grey stripes on the breast, short grey beak, short tail, that nests on the ground; jungle bush-quail.

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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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Starts with: Vartakin, Vartakini.

Ends with: Avartaki, Dakshinavartaki, Dirghavartaki, Kantavartaki, Katuvartaki, Kshudravartaki, Pravartaki, Samvartaki, Sutavartaki, Svetavartaki.

Full-text: Vartakin, Vartaku, Tiktaphala, Vartaka, Citraphala, Avartaki, Kshudravartaki, Kantakavrintaki, Shvetabrihati, Dakshinavartaka, Dushpradharshana, Katphala, Brihati, Kantaka.

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