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Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Añjalikārikā (अञ्जलिकारिका) is another name for Lajjālu, a medicinal plant identified with Mimosa pudica Linn. or “sensitive plant” from the Fabaceae or “legume” family of flowering plants, according to verse 5.103-106 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fifth chapter (parpaṭādi-varga) of this book enumerates sixty varieties of smaller plants (kṣudra-kṣupa). Together with the names Añjalikārikā and Lajjālu, there are a total of twenty-two 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.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Anjalikarika in India is the name of a plant defined with Mimosa pudica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Mimosa unijuga Duchass. & Walp. (among others).

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

· Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis (1910)
· Linnaea (1850)
· Abhandlungen der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen (1857)
· Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d’Histoire Naturelle de Genève (1883)
· Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden (1989)
· Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden (1991)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Anjalikarika, for example chemical composition, extract dosage, health benefits, diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, side effects, have a look at these references.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Añjalikārikā (अञ्जलिकारिका).—

1) an earthen doll making the अञ्जलि (añjali) (?).

2) Name of a plant, Mimosa Pudica (lajjālu) (Mar. lājāḷū).

Añjalikārikā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms añjali and kārikā (कारिका).

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

Añjalikārikā (अञ्जलिकारिका).—f.

(-kā) 1. A kind of sensitive plant, (Mimosa natans,) or according to some, a different plant, (Lycopodium imbricatum) E. añjali, and kārikā making; from the shape or closing of the petals, like the hollowed palms of the hand. 2. A doll, a puppet. E. as before.

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

1) Añjalikārikā (अञ्जलिकारिका):—[=añjali-kārikā] [from añjali] f. an earthen figure (with the hands joined for salutation)

2) [v.s. ...] the plant Mimosa Natans.

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

Añjalikārikā (अञ्जलिकारिका):—[tatpurusha compound] f.

(-kā) 1) A doll, a puppet, made of clay.

2) A kind of sensitive plant (Mimosa natans), or according to some, a different plant (Lycopodium imbricatum). E. añjali and kārikā; the plant closing its petals like the hollowed palms of the hand.

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

Añjalikārikā (अञ्जलिकारिका):—[añjali-kārikā] (kā) 1. f. A kind of sensitive plant.

[Sanskrit to German]

Anjalikarika in German

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See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Karika, Anjali.

Ends with: Nyayakusumanjalikarika.

Full-text: Lajjalu, Alambusha, Anjana.

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