Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Vankana [വങ്കണ] in the Malayalam language is the name of a plant identified with Carallia brachiata (Lour.) Merr. from the Rhizophoraceae (Burma Mangrove) family having the following synonyms: Diatoma brachiata, Petalotoma brachiata, Carallia arguta. For the possible medicinal usage of vankana, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.

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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

vāṅkaṇa (वांकण).—n (vaṅka or vāṅka S) Curvature or flexure; deviation from rectitude; the elbow or bend (of a stick, road, river, the ocean &c.) Hence 2 An inlet, creek, or gulf. 3 Curvature or crookedness more generally.

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

vāṅkaṇa (वांकण).—n Curvature; the bend. An inlet; gulf.

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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.

Prakrit-English dictionary

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

Vaṃkaṇa (वंकण) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit words: Vaṅkana, Vakraṇa.

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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.

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Vaṅkana (वङ्कन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Vaṃkaṇa.

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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)

Starts with: Vankanai, Vankanakkaran, Vankanakkari, Vankanalan, Vankanam, Vankanan, Vankanasika Tissa, Vankanatam, Vankanattam, Vankanatti, Vankanatushanam.

Full-text: Vankanakkari, Vakrana, Vankanatushanam, Vankanakkaran, Vankanam, Vankada.

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