Yavanala, Yāvanāla, Yavanāla, Yava-nala: 9 definitions

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Yavanala means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, 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)

1) Yavanala in India is the name of a plant defined with Sorghum bicolor in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Holcus saccharatus var. technicus (Körn.) Farw. (among others).

2) Yavanala is also identified with Zea mays It has the synonym Zea mays subsp. sacharata (Sturtev.) Zhuk. (etc.).

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

· Nomenclator Botanicus (1821)
· Amer. Journal of Botany
· Observationes Botanicae (1781)
· Cyclopedia of American Horticulture (2006)
· The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening … (1887)
· Methodus Plantas Horti Botanici … (1794)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Yavanala, for example health benefits, extract dosage, diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, side effects, chemical composition, 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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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

yāvanāla (यावनाल).—m S A grain commonly called jōndhaḷā, Holcus Sorghum. yāvanālakaṇa dēkhīta with neg. con. Not even a grain of jōndhaḷā, none at all.

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Yāvanāla (यावनाल).—A kind of corn.

-lī Sugar extracted for Yavanāla.

Derivable forms: yāvanālaḥ (यावनालः).

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Yavanāla (यवनाल).—a kind of cereal plant and its grain (Mar. joṃdhaḷā).

Derivable forms: yavanālaḥ (यवनालः).

Yavanāla is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms yava and nāla (नाल).

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

Yavanāla (यवनाल).—m.

(-laḥ) 1. A sort of grass, very generally cultivated, and the grain extensively eaten, (Andropogon or Holcus bicolor.) “dedhāna” 2. Barley straw. E. yava barley, nāla culm or stalk; also yāvanāla .

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Yāvanāla (यावनाल).—m.

(-laḥ) A kind of grain, (Zea mays.) “janāra”. f. (-lī) Sugar prepared from Zea mays. E. yavanāla, aṇ pleonasm.

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

1) Yavanāla (यवनाल):—[=yava-nāla] [from yava] a m. Andropogon Bicolor or Sorghum, [Suśruta]

2) [v.s. ...] barley-straw (?), [Horace H. Wilson]

3) [=yava-nāla] b etc. See p. 847, col. 2.

4) Yāvanāla (यावनाल):—[=yāva-nāla] [from yāva] a m. = yava-n (f(ī). sugar extracted from Yāvanāla)

5) b yāvaśūka See under 2. yāva.

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

1) Yavanāla (यवनाल):—[yava-nā+la] < [yava-nāla] (laḥ) 1. m. A grass, straw.

2) Yāvanāla (यावनाल):—[yāva-nāla] (laḥ) 1. m. A kind of grain.

[Sanskrit to German]

Yavanala 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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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Yavanāla (ಯವನಾಲ):—

1) [noun] the grass Andropogon bicolour.

2) [noun] its grain.

3) [noun] the grass Sorghum vulgare (Andropogon sorghum) of Poaceae family, that has solid stem (which is used as fodder), and which bears large panicles of spikelets with numerous glossy grains; great millet.

4) [noun] its millet used as food.

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Yavanāḷa (ಯವನಾಳ):—[noun] = ಯವನಾಲ [yavanala].

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Yāvanāḷa (ಯಾವನಾಳ):—

1) [noun] the grass Andropogon bicolour.

2) [noun] its grain.

3) [noun] the grass Sorghum vulgare ( = Andropogon sorghum) of Poaceae family, that has solid stem (which is used as fodder), and which bears large panicles of spikelets with numerous glossy grains; great millet.

4) [noun] its millet used as food.

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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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