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Mango (amra)

आम (आम्र) · आम्र

Mangifera indica · Anacardiaceae

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
आम्रचूतरसालसहकारमाकन्दआम्रक
Hindi
आमआम्रअमचूरकच्चा आमआम की गुठलीआम के पत्तेआम्रक (आमरस)
English
Mangomangoraw mangoamra
Romanized
amraaamamchur
Marathi
आंबा

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  • Mango leaves are listed among leaf vegetables said to remove kapha, to be hot and to be wholesome in vata disorders.

    Chapter 4 · p. 56 · v. 33Hindi commentaryTraditional description
  • Mango heads the list of very sour fruits said to pacify vata, provoke blood, produce pitta and kapha, be heavy to digest and unctuous, cause salivation, cleanse impurities inside and outside, and be sharp; āmraka (glossed आमरस) appears later in the same list.

    Chapter 4 · p. 59 · v. 42-43Hindi commentaryTraditional description

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Amrasthyadi powder for pakva diarrhoeaBath, oil and paste against the Garuda grahaFoods to avoid in worm diseaseNimbadi decoctionPaste for blackening the hairPaste that removes grey hairPlant glossary, letter section प (entries 1–48: पटोल to प्लक्ष)Plant glossary, आ entries 1–21 (आखुकर्णी to आश्मन्तक)Plant glossary, स section, entries 1–48 (सद्धातकीकुसुम to स्नुही)Properties of guhyākṣī and other leaf vegetablesProperties of mango and other sour fruitsWound-healing drugs

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Named 12 times on 11 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.

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Content type
Food
Categories
Fruit
Source pages with records
2
Pages naming it
11
Chapters
Chapter 4
Extraction tasks
T03
Record id
ingredient_amra