In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)

Source: Shodhganga: Edition translation and critical study of yogasarasamgraha

Murikku [in the Malayalam language] is another name for “Kimśuka” and is dealt with in the 15th-century Yogasārasaṅgraha (Yogasara-saṅgraha) by Vāsudeva: an unpublished Keralite work representing an Ayurvedic compendium of medicinal recipes. The Yogasārasaṃgraha [mentioning murikku] deals with entire recipes in the route of administration, and thus deals with the knowledge of pharmacy (bhaiṣajya-kalpanā) which is a branch of pharmacology (dravyaguṇa).

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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)

1) Murikku in India is the name of a plant defined with Butea monosperma in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Rudolphia frondosa Poir. (among others).

2) Murikku is also identified with Erythrina stricta It has the synonym Corallodendron strictum (Roxb.) Kuntze (etc.).

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

· Plants of the Coast of Coromandel (1795)
· Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien (1894)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (1786)
· Prodr. (DC.) (1825)
· Ethnobotany (2001)
· Familles des Plantes (1763)

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

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Muṟikku (ಮುಱಿಕ್ಕು):—

1) [noun] anything wound or gathered into a series of rings or a spiral; a coil.

2) [noun] a coiled pad for placing vessels on.

3) [noun] a kind of bracelet that is in the shape of a snake.

4) [noun] (fig.) that which is complicated, solving or coming out, of which is difficult.

5) [noun] a bend; a curve.

6) [noun] a contracting or hesitating from shyness.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Ends with: Kandal-murikku, Karimurikku, Kattumurikku, Kothumurikku, Unnamurikku.

Full-text: Vitamuri, Kandal-murikku.

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