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Banana (kadali)

केला (कदली) · कदली

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
कदलीरम्भामोचावारणवुषामोच
Hindi
केलाकदलीकच्चा केलाकेले का फूल
English
Bananabananaplantainkadali
Romanized
kadalikela
Marathi
केळ

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  • Banana (verse moca) is listed among fruits said to be heavy to digest, to produce semen and to increase kapha greatly.

    Chapter 4 · p. 60 · v. 45Hindi commentaryTraditional description

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Method of the alkali (kshara) kalpaOther cooling measures for pittaPlant glossary, letter section च (entries 1–17: चक्रमर्द to चोर)Plant glossary, क entries 1–12 (कक्कोल to कनक)Plant glossary, क entries 83–95 (केसर to कांजीरक)Plant glossary, म entries 31–59 (मातुलुंग to मांसी)Plant glossary, र section, entries 1–18 (रक्तचन्दन to रंभा)Plant glossary, स section, entries 1–48 (सद्धातकीकुसुम to स्नुही)Properties of grapes and other heavy fruitsRelief of thirst and the sickbed

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Named 13 times on 13 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
FruitVegetable
Source pages with records
1
Pages naming it
13
Chapters
Chapter 4
Extraction tasks
T03
Record id
ingredient_kadali