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Tamarind (tintidika)

इमली (तिन्तिडीक) · तिन्तिडीक

Tamarindus indica · Fabaceae

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
तिन्तिडीकअम्लिकाचिञ्चातिन्तिडी
Hindi
इमलीतिन्तिडीकइमली का गूदा
English
Tamarindtamarindtintidika
Romanized
tintidikaimli
Marathi
चिंच

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Properties3

  • Tamarind 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

  • Tamarind (tintiḍīka) flowers are listed among flowers said to increase vata and kapha, calm pitta and blood, and expel worms from the belly.

    Chapter 4 · p. 57 · v. 35Hindi commentaryTraditional description

  • Old tamarind (verse prācīna tintriṇī) is listed among very sour fruits said to pacify vata, provoke blood, produce pitta and kapha, be heavy and unctuous, cause salivation, cleanse impurities and be sharp.

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

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Formulations containing it

1
Antidote for mandali snake poison

Remedies using it

1
Use of the sour group with trikatu and salts (unnamed)

Conditions mentioned with it

5

Conditions named in the preparations that use it, or linked to it directly.

Kapha disordersPoisoning (visha)Snakebite (sarpa visha)Vata disorders (vatavyadhi)Worm infestation (krimi)

Organs and systems mentioned

6
Blood and circulationEyesHeadHeart and cardiovascular systemSkinThroat

Other ingredients used together

24

Count of shared preparations.

Orange (naranga)×1Lemon and lime (nimbuka)×1Cane (vetra)×1Chickpea (chanaka)×1Citron (matulunga)×1Sour group×1Trikatu (three pungents)×1Rock salt (saindhava)×1Black salt (sauvarchala)×1Salt (lavana)×1Vida salt (vida lavana)×1Earth salt (audbhida)×1Sariva (Indian sarsaparilla)×1Jatamamsi (spikenard)×1Grapes and raisins (draksha)×1Lavanga (clove)×1Tvak (cinnamon bark)×1Shyama (dark creeper)×1

Topics of the text that discuss it

8
Plant glossary, letter section च (entries 1–17: चक्रमर्द to चोर)Plant glossary, letter section त (entries 1–41: तगर to त्वक्)Plant glossary, अ entries 34–57 (अभ्रक to इक्षफल)Plant glossary, आ entries 1–21 (आखुकर्णी to आश्मन्तक)Properties of drumstick and other flower vegetablesProperties of guhyākṣī and other leaf vegetablesProperties of mango and other sour fruitsWholesome and unwholesome diet for prameha patients

Course sessions

1
Grains and other foods, their merits and faults

Plant glossary entries

4
अम्लिकाआम्लाचुञ्चुतिन्त्रिणी (तिन्तिणी)

Related entries

2
Dry diet for prameha patients, with foods to avoidSour group

Where else is this mentioned?

Named 8 times on 8 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.

All references

Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.

Quick facts

Content type
Food
Categories
Fruit
Source pages with records
3
Pages naming it
8
Chapters
Chapter 4
Extraction tasks
T03
Record id
ingredient_tintidika