Shirola, Śirōḷa, Śirola, Sirolā: 3 definitions
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Shirola means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭuSirolā in the Marathi language is another name for Kośātakī, a medicinal plant identified with Luffa acutangula (angled luffa or ribbed sponge gourd) from the Cucurbitaceae or “gourd family” of flowering plants, according to verse 3.48-49 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The third chapter (guḍūcyādi-varga) of this book contains climbers and creepers (vīrudh). Other than the Marathi word Sirolā, there are more synonyms identified for this plant among which eight are in Sanskrit.
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)Sirola in India is the name of a plant defined with Pueraria tuberosa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Hedysarum tuberosum Willd. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· A Forest Flora for the Punjab with Hazara and Delhi. (1973)
· Species Plantarum.
· Annales des Sciences Naturelles (Paris) (1825)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Sirola, for example health benefits, pregnancy safety, extract dosage, diet and recipes, chemical composition, side effects, have a look at these references.
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 Dictionaryśirōḷa (शिरोळ).—m f (śiḷā & vēḷa. See śiḷā vēḷa) The stale or cooling season. Mostly used either in comp., as śirōḷacā -vēḷa -samaya -kāḷa -vakhata, or in the sixth or genitive case, as śirōḷacā nighaṇēṃ -jāṇēṃ -cālaṇēṃ -yēṇēṃ To set out -go -walk -come in or at the cool portion of the day.
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.
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International Ayurvedic Medical Journal
Role of ayurveda in management of isolated sphenochoanal polyp: a case report < [2017, Issue VIII August,]
World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research
Pharmacognostic, phytochemical, and larvicidal activity of Luffa acutangula. < [2017: Volume 6, May issue 5]
The Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences
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