Kopurantanki, Kōpurantāṅki: 2 definitions

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Kopurantanki means something in biology, Tamil. 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)

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

Kopurantanki in India is the name of a plant defined with Andrographis echioides in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Justicia echioides L. (among others).

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

· Phytologia (1968)
· Taxon (1982)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany (1996)
· Ethnobotanical Leaflets (2008)
· Pharmacognosy Reviews (2008)

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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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Tamil dictionary

[«previous next»] — Kopurantanki in Tamil glossary
Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Kōpurantāṅki (கோபுரந்தாங்கி) [kōpuran-tāṅki] noun < idem. +.

1. See கோபுரந்தாங்கிப்பதுமை. [kopuranthangippathumai.]

2. One who has an immoderate sense of self-importance and thinks that on him alone everything depends; காரியநிர்வாகியாக நடிப்போன். [kariyanirvagiyaga nadippon.]

3. Coromandel chiretta, Andrographis echioides; பூடு வகை. [pudu vagai.] (M. M. 95.)

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

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