Biology (plants and animals)

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

Phanda in India is the name of a plant defined with Gardenia turgida in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Gardenia montana Roxb. (among others).

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

· Flora of the British India (1880)
· Bot. (1978)
· Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat.
· Numer. List (8292)
· Ceylon J. Sci., Biol. Sci. (1981)
· Gen. Pl. (1873)

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

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

phanda (फंद).—m ( H) A plot or an intrigue; a wily or a seditious scheme gen: also an intrigue with woman, a loose affair. v kara, raca, yōja. 2 A vice or an evil habit, as gambling, wenching, drug-eating, drinking.

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phānda (फांद).—f A branch, a bough. 2 A certain esculent vegetable. 3 C An enclosing wall.

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phāndā (फांदा).—m The fork of a tree or bifurcated stick. phāndyānta ghālaṇēṃ or pāḍaṇēṃ To cast into embarrassment or perplexity; to reduce to a dilemma.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

phānda (फांद) [-dī, -दी].—f A branch, a bough.

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phāndā (फांदा).—m The fork of a tree. phāndyānta ghālaṇēṃ or pāḍaṇēṃ To cast into embarrassment or perplexity; to reduce to a dilemma.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Phaṇḍa (फण्ड).—The belly.

Derivable forms: phaṇḍaḥ (फण्डः).

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Phāṇḍa (फाण्ड).—The belly.

Derivable forms: phāṇḍam (फाण्डम्).

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

Phaṇḍa (फण्ड).—m.

(-ṇḍaḥ) The belly. E. phaṇ to go, Unadi aff. ḍa .

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

Phaṇḍa (फण्ड).—m. The belly.

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Phāṇḍa (फाण्ड).— (cf. phaṇḍa), n. The belly.

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

1) Phaṇḍa (फण्ड):—m. the belly (√phāṇḍa), [Uṇādi-sūtra 113 [Scholiast or Commentator]]

2) Phāṇḍa (फाण्ड):—[from phāṇi] n. the belly (= phaṇḍa), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Phaṇḍa (फण्ड):—(ṇḍaḥ) 1. m. The belly.

[Sanskrit to German]

Phanda 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.

Prakrit-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary

1) Phaṃda (फंद) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Spand.

2) Phaṃda (फंद) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Spanda.

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Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Phandachanda, Phandada, Phandadanem, Phandaka, Phandamana, Phandana, Phandana Jataka, Phandanem, Phandaphanda, Phandaphitura, Phandaphurai, Phandar-phali, Phandarphali, Phandati, Phandavhashimana.

Ends with: Bephanda, Chandaphanda, Nipphamda, Paripphamda, Phandaphanda, Pheraphanda, Phituraphanda, Probhidenta-phanda, Tshephanda, Umphanda, Uphanda, Vipphamda.

Full-text: Fund, Phituraphanda, Spanda, Phandaphurai, Phandin, Spand, Phenda, Bephandi, Kud, Chandi, Phanja, Phamda, Phandi, Fanda.

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