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Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

1) Kākapīlu (काकपीलु) is another name for Kākādanī, an unidentified medicinal plant possibly possibly related to Kākanāsā, according to verse 3.110-112 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. Both the drugs, Kākanāsa and Kākādanī are of doubtful identity and were controversial even during the times of Suśruta. The third chapter (guḍūcyādi-varga) of this book contains climbers and creepers (vīrudh). Together with the names Kākapīlu and Kākādanī, there are a total of thirteen Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

2) Kākapīlu (काकपीलु) is also mentioned as a synonym for Śvetaguñjā, one of the two varieties of Guñjā: a medicinal plants identified with Abrus precatorius (Indian licorice or rosary pea) from the Fabaceae or “legume family” of flowering plants, according to verse 3.113-116.

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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)

Kakapilu in India is the name of a plant defined with Strychnos nux-vomica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Strychnos ligustrina Blume (among others).

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

· Mémoires de la Société Botanique de France (1910)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Rumphia (1836)
· Lloydia (1973)
· Taxon (1980)

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

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Kākapīlu (काकपीलु).—m.

(-luḥ) A kind of ebony: see kākatinduka; also with kan added kākapīlukaḥ.

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

1) Kākapīlu (काकपीलु):—[=kāka-pīlu] [from kāka] m. the plant Diospyros tomentosa (kāka-tinduka), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] Xanthochymus pictorius (kāka-tuṇḍī), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] a variety of Abrus precatorius (śveta-guñjā), [Bhāvaprakāśa]

[Sanskrit to German]

Kakapilu 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Kaka, Pilu.

Starts with: Kakapiluka.

Full-text: Shvetagunja, Kakadani.

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