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Biology (plants and animals)

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

Phela in Southern Africa is the name of a plant defined with Heteromorpha abyssinica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Bupleurum trifoliatum Wendl. (among others).

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

· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1898)
· Tentamen Florae Abyssinicae (1848)
· Collectanea (1788)
· Prodromus Plantarum Capensium (1794)
· Flora (1841)
· Das Pflanzenreich (1910)

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

phēla (फेल).—n C A pod (of gram or other pulse) without a seed, a blind pod.

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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

Phela (फेल) or Phelā (फेला).—(alos phelakaḥ, pheliḥ according to L. D. B.) Remnants of food, leavings of a meal, orts.

Derivable forms: phelam (फेलम्).

See also (synonyms): phelikā, phelī.

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Phelā (फेला).—f. (or chelā) The vault of a foundation pit.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Phela (फेल).—m., a high number: Mahāvyutpatti 7767 = Tibetan phyol-yas; see s.v. pelu (also pelā 2).

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

Phelā (फेला).—f.

(-lā) Orts, leavings. E. phel to go, ac aff. fem. aff. ṭāp; also phelaka and pheli .

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

Phela (फेल).—n., phelā phelā, f., pheli and phelī phelī, phelikā pheli + kā, f. Orts, leavings of a meal, or droppings from the mouth.

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

1) Phela (फेल):—n. remnants of food, refuse, orts (also lā, li, likā, lī), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) a [particular] high number, [Buddhist literature]

3) Phelā (फेला):—[from phela] a f. ([probably]) [wrong reading] for pelā = peṭā, a small box, [Divyāvadāna]

4) [v.s. ...] b f. remnants of food, refuse, orts (also la, li, likā, lī), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

1) Phela (फेल):—(ṛ) phelati 1. a. To go or move.

2) Phelā (फेला):—(lā) 1. f. Idem.

[Sanskrit to German]

Phela 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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Phela (फेल):—(a) failed, unsuccessful, plucked; (nm) misdeed, deed, doing; action; —[honā] to fail, to be unsuccessful (in an examination).

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Phēla (ಫೇಲ):—[noun] leavings in a dining plate.

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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)

Starts with: Phela-parnu, Phelaka, Phelava, Phelavani, Phelavinem.

Ends with: Ghalaphela.

Full-text: Pheli, Phelika, Pela, Phelike, Phele, Chela, Pelu, Bad, Bada.

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Search found 3 books and stories containing Phela, Phēla, Phelā; (plurals include: Phelas, Phēlas, Phelās). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)

Verse 1.16.127 < [Chapter 16 - The Glories of Śrī Haridāsa Ṭhākura]

Verse 2.23.388 < [Chapter 23 - Wandering about Navadvīpa On the Day the Lord Delivered the Kazi]

Verse 1.10.96 < [Chapter 10 - Marriage with Śrī Lakṣmīpriyā]

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The Mahavastu (great story) (by J. J. Jones)

Chapter XXIV - Jātaka of the Tortoise (Kacchapa) < [Volume II]

Chapter XXXII - The Kuśa-jātaka < [Volume II]

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Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)

Appendix 3.2: new and rare words < [Appendices]

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