In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Pītaphala (पीतफल) is another name for Śākhoṭa, which is a Sanskrit word referring to Streblus asper (Siamese rough bush), from the Moraceae family. It is classified as a medicinal plant in the system of Āyurveda (science of Indian medicine) and is used throughout literature such as the Suśrutasaṃhita and the Carakasaṃhitā. The synonym was identified in the Rājanighaṇṭu (verse 9.123), which is a 13^th century medicinal thesaurus.

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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) Pitaphala in India is the name of a plant defined with Aegle marmelos in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Feronia pellucida Roth (among others).

2) Pitaphala is also identified with Averrhoa carambola.

3) Pitaphala is also identified with Solanum melongena It has the synonym Solanum esculentum Dunal (etc.).

4) Pitaphala is also identified with Streblus asper It has the synonym Cudrania crenata C.H. Wright (etc.).

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

· Taxon (1981)
· Fl. Cochinch. (1790)
· Encycl. (1808)
· Novae Plantarum Species praesertim Indiae Orientalis (1821)
· Annales de la Société Botanique de Lyon (1889)
· Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France (1928)

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

Pītaphala (पीतफल).—m.

(-laḥ) A tree, (Trophis aspera.) E. pīta yellow, phala fruit.

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

1) Pītaphala (पीतफल):—[=pīta-phala] [from pīta] m. ‘having y° fruits’, Trophis Aspera, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] (also laka)

2) [v.s. ...] Averrhoa Carambola, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Pītaphala (पीतफल):—[pīta-phala] (laḥ) 1. m. Trophis aspera.

[Sanskrit to German]

Pitaphala 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: Phala, Pita.

Starts with: Pitaphalah, Pitaphalaka.

Ends with: Srigdhahapitaphala.

Full-text: Shakhota.

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