geleo

English translation: Tinospora cordifolia

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Hindi term or phrase:geleo
English translation:Tinospora cordifolia
Entered by: Dr. Shrawan Bhandari

07:43 Jan 3, 2010
Hindi to English translations [PRO]
Botany / botany
Hindi term or phrase: geleo
medicinal plant
abigayle
Tinospora cordifolia
Explanation:
Guduchi [Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) Miers ex Hook.
F. & Thoms] is a large, glabrous, deciduous climbing
shrub belonging to the family Menispermaceae. It
is distributed throughout tropical Indian subcontinent
and China, ascending to an altitude of 300 m.

In Hindi, the plant is commonly known as Giloya, which is a
Hindu mythological term that refers to the heavenly
elixir that have saved celestial beings from old age
and kept them eternally young.

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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/06/Giloy.jpg
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5 +2Tinospora cordifolia
Dr. Shrawan Bhandari
5Tinspora Kordifoliya
C.M. Rawal


  

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Tinospora cordifolia


Explanation:
Guduchi [Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) Miers ex Hook.
F. & Thoms] is a large, glabrous, deciduous climbing
shrub belonging to the family Menispermaceae. It
is distributed throughout tropical Indian subcontinent
and China, ascending to an altitude of 300 m.

In Hindi, the plant is commonly known as Giloya, which is a
Hindu mythological term that refers to the heavenly
elixir that have saved celestial beings from old age
and kept them eternally young.

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Note added at 16 hrs (2010-01-04 00:18:23 GMT)
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/06/Giloy.jpg


    Reference: http://medind.nic.in/ibi/t03/i2/ibit03i2p83.pdf
Dr. Shrawan Bhandari
New Zealand
Local time: 15:07
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in HindiHindi, Native in NepaliNepali
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agree  C.M. Rawal: इसे अंग्रेजी में Giloy भी कहते हैं। देखें, www.greenpacks.org/.../giloy-giloy-herb-nilgiri-oil-remedie... -
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agree  Lalit Sati
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Tinspora Kordifoliya


Explanation:
गिलोय (Tinspora Kordifoliya)




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Note added at 20 hrs (2010-01-04 03:53:39 GMT)
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मैंने उपर्युक्त जानकारी हिंदी विकिपीडिया के अतिरिक्त Health and Therapeutic website से प्राप्त की थी। Health and Therapeutic website में गिलोय के बारे में जो जानकारी दी गई है, उसमें इसके लिए अंग्रेजी शब्द Tinspora Kordifoliya दिया गया है
http://www.healthandtherapeutic.com/readarticle.php?article_...

परंतु मुझे डॉ. श्रवण भंडारी जी के उत्तर के बाद अंग्रेजी विकिपीडिया में इसके लिए Tinospora cordifolia शब्द मिला है, इसलिए मैं डॉ. भंडारी से सहमत हूँ।

Tinospora cordifolia, also called Guduchi is an herbaceous vine of the family Menispermaceae indigenous to the tropical areas of India, Myanmar and Sri ...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinospora_cordifolia

Example sentence(s):
  • गिलोय (अंग्रेज़ी:टीनोस्पोरा कार्डीफोलिया) की एक बहुवर्षिय लता होती है। इसके पत्ते पान के पत्ते क�
  • हिंदी विकिपीडिया

    Reference: http://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/
C.M. Rawal
India
Local time: 07:37
Native speaker of: Hindi
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