Biology (plants and animals)

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

Pakaphala in India is the name of a plant defined with Carissa carandas in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Damnacanthus esquirolii H. Lév. (among others).

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

· Cell and Chromosome Research (1986)
· Rev. Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon (1973)
· Japanese J. Pharmacol. (1970)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Indian J. Med. Res. (1963)
· Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis (1912)

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

Pākaphala (पाकफल).—m.

(-laḥ) The Caronda. E. pāka ripe, phala fruit, (black understood;) see pākakṛṣṇaphala; also pākaphalakṛṣṇa, phalapāka, &c.

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

Pākaphala (पाकफल):—[=pāka-phala] [from pāka] m. Carissa Carandas, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] (cf. kṛṣṇa-ph).

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

Pākaphala (पाकफल):—[pāka-phala] (laḥ) 1. m. The caranda.

[Sanskrit to German]

Pakaphala 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: Paka, Phala.

Ends with: Kimpakaphala, Krishnapakaphala, Krisnapakaphala, Vipakaphala.

Full-text: Krishnapakaphala, Phalapaka.

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