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BIBLIO (Ayurveda)

Title - A DICTIONARY OF THE ECONOMIC PRODUCTS OF INDIA VOL.I - 4
Author - GEORGE WATT
Title - A HANDBOOK OF MEDICINAL PLANTS
Author - DR.P.N.V.KURUP, DR.V.N.K.RAMADAS & JOSHI,P
Title - DRAVYAGUNA VIGNANA VOL.2,5,5N
Author - PROF. P.V. SHARMA
Title - GLOSSARY OF VEGETABLE DRUGS IN BRHTTRAYI
Author - THAKUR BALWANT SINGH & DR. K.C.CHUNEKAR
Title - INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS Vol 1 -4
Author - K.R. KIRTIKAR, B.D. BASU & AN I.C.S.
Title - INDIAN PHARMACEUTICAL CODEX VOL.I
Author - MUKERJI,B
Title - LA-HARITA SAMHITA
Author - ALIX RAISON
Title - NIGHANTU ADARSA VOL. I & II
Author - BAPALAL G. VAIDYA
Title - SOME CONTROVERSIAL DRUGS OF INDIA
Author - DR. BAPLAL VAIDYA
Title - THE AYURVEDIC FORMULARY OF INDIA PART 1. FIRST EDITION
Author - Ministry of Health & family Welfare

BIBLIO (Distribution)

Title - Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol I

Distribution

INDIA: North-Western Himalaya; HIMACHAL PRADESH: Chamba, Kinnaur, Kulu, Lahul & Spiti.

Title - Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol I

Author - H.J.chowdhery & B.M.Wadhwa

Title - Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of Himachal Pradesh

Distribution

Native to Europe W.Asia, now cultivated in Bihar, Orissa, Punjab, Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Hills of Kumaon, Garhwal, Kashmir, Chamba, grows wild in Himachal Pradesh and N.Himalayan regions

Title - Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of Himachal Pradesh

Author - Dr. Narain Singh Chauhan

Title - Alpine meadows of Uttaranchal

Distribution

Uttaranchal (Alpine meadows): Byans, Darma, Ralam, Johar, Malari, Nilang, Kedarnath. Common in marsh meadows and along water courses between 3000 - 4000 m asl.

Title - Alpine meadows of Uttaranchal

Author - G.S.Rawat

Botanical Name -

Carum carvi L.

Full Botanical citation -

Carum carvi L., Sp. pl. 263. 1753; S. Karthikeyan & al., Flowering plants of India - Dicots. 1: 105. 2009.

Family -

APIACEAE

System(s) of Indian Medicine -

Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani, Homeopathy, Sowa-Rigpa

Vernacular names -

Total 66 Vernacular names found in 8 languages.

English (4) - caraway, caraway seed, kummel, seedcake

Hindi (9) - jangi dhania, jeerka, jeero, kalazera, kalazira, kalazird, shiajira, siya jeera, zira

Marathi (1) - shahajire

Sanskrit (28) -

Sanskrit Comments

asitajiraka, bahugandha, bhedanika, bhedini, hridya, jarana, jiraka, kalajiraka, kalameshi, karavi, karunjiraka, krishna, krishnajaji, krishnajeeraka, krishnajiraka, krsnajiraka, mashmirajiraka, nila, nilakana, patu, raka, ruchya, sugandha, sushavi, syahajira, udgarashodhini, vantishodhini, varshakali

Tamil (16) - appakacaccompucceti, appakacam, cimai compu, cimai peruncirakam, cimaiccirakam, cimaiccompu, cimaivitai, karuncirakam, kekku vitai, kekkuvirai, kekkuvitai, keturuvirai, malaiccompu, pilappu-chirakam, shimayi-shombu, simaishembu

Telugu (3) - seema jeeraka, seemai sompu, shimaisapu

Tibetan (1) - zi ra nag po

Urdu (4) - karawiyah, syah zira, zeera siyah, zira siyah