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Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Vārttākī (शकुलादनी) is a Sanskrit word referring to Solanum melongena (eggplant), from the Acanthaceae family. It is used throughout Ayurvedic literature such as the Suśrutasaṃhitā and the Carakasaṃhitā. Āyurveda is the Hindu science of health originating from India. Other commonly known English names for this plant are: aubergine, garden egg or guinea squash.

According to the Rājanighaṇṭu (verses 7.194-195), the eggplant (vārttākī) has the following synonyms: Vārttākin, Vārttākinī, Vārttāku, Vārttika, Vārttāka (Vārtāka), Vārttā, Vṛntāka, Vṛntākī, Kaṇṭakinī, Kaṇṭavṛntākī, Kaṇṭālu, Kaṇṭapattrikā, Vātiga, Vātigama, Vātiṅgaṇa, Vaṅga, Bhaṇṭākī, Kaṭphalā, Nīlaphalā, Raktaphalā, Vṛttaphalā, Citraphalā, Māṃsalaphalā, Miśravarṇaphalā, Nṛpapriyaphalā, Nidrālu, Mahoṭikā, Mahatī and Śākaśreṣṭhā..

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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) Varttaki in India is the name of a plant defined with Jasminum ritchiei in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices.

2) Varttaki is also identified with Solanum anguivi It has the synonym Solanum indicum var. maroanum Bitter (etc.).

3) Varttaki is also identified with Solanum melongena It has the synonym Solanum melongenum St.-Lag. (etc.).

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

· Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden (1974)
· Encycl. Méthod., Bot. (1814)
· A General History of the Dichlamydeous Plants (1838)
· The Gardeners Dictionary (1754)
· Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding (1981)
· Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. (1821)

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

varttakī (वर्त्तकी).—f The business or office of varttaka.

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

Vārttāki (वार्त्ताकि).—f. (-kiḥ or kī) The egg-plant, (Solanum melongena.) E. vṛt to be, kākin aff.; ṅīp or in fem. aff., form irr.; also vārttāku .

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

Vārttāki (वार्त्ताकि):—[(kiḥ-kī)] 2. 3. f. Egg-plant.

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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.

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Vārttāki (வார்த்தாகி) noun < vārtākī. Indian nightshade. See சிறுவழுதலை [siruvazhuthalai], 1. (வைத்திய மலையகராதி [vaithiya malaiyagarathi])

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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.

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