Ambiguity: Although Santan has separate glossary definitions below, it also represents an alternative spelling of the word Samtana.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Santan in Philippines is the name of a plant defined with Ixora chinensis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Tsiangia hongkongensis (Seem.) But (among others).

2) Santan is also identified with Ixora coccinea It has the synonym Ixora coccinea Curtis (etc.).

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

· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Baileya (1989)
· Blumea (1986)
· Feddes Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis (1934)
· Botanical Magazine, or ‘Flower-Garden Displayed’ (1791)
· Fl. Indo-Chine (1924)

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

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Santan in Hindi refers in English to:—(nf) issue, progeny; —[nigraha/nirodha] see [samtati-nigraha/virodha]..—santan (संतान) is alternatively transliterated as Saṃtāna.

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Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Ṣaṇṭaṉ (ஷண்டன்) noun < ṣaṇḍa. Hermaphrodite. See சண்டன்². [sandan².]

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Santaan is another spelling for सन्तान [santāna].—n. 1. offspring; children; descendants; 2. a son or a daughter;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with (+37): Samtana, Samtanagami, Samtanakshaya, Samtanarekhe, Samtanastha, Samtanavade, Samtanike, Samtanka, Santaan-dhaaran-garnu, Santaan-nigrah, Santaanbbeyon, Santan-pula, Santan-tsina, Santana-darasantana, Santana-dharana-garnu, Santana-nigraha, Santana-nirodha, Santana-shapa, Santana-thera, Santanabbe.

Ends with: Dwarf santan, Nissantan, Pashantan, Thimaha-santaan.

Full-text: Thimaha-santana, Dwarf santan, Santan-tsina, Santan-pula, Samtana, Thimaha-santaan, Santaan-nigrah, Santaan-dhaaran-garnu.

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Search found 1 books and stories containing Santan, Santaan, Ṣaṇṭaṉ, Shandan, Shantan; (plurals include: Santans, Santaans, Ṣaṇṭaṉs, Shandans, Shantans). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Triveni Journal

The World of ‘Vrata Kathas’ < [April – June, 2006]

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