India history and geography

Source: What is India: Inscriptions of the Śilāhāras

Parakī is the name of a person from Śrīpurī, the house of which was exempted from tax, according to the “Cintra stone inscription of Aparāditya I”.

These stone inscriptions (mentioning Parakī) were in the vicinity of the Jogeśvarī Cave to the north of Bombay in the Sālsette island. It is dated on the twelfth tithi of the bright fortnight of Caitra in the Śaka year 1059, the cyclic year being Piṅgala.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Paraki [పరాకీ] in the Telugu language is the name of a plant identified with Ziziphus oenopolia (L.) Mill. from the Rhamnaceae (Ber) family having the following synonyms: Ziziphus oenoplia, Rhamnus oenopolia, Rhamnus oenoplia. For the possible medicinal usage of paraki, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Paraki in India is the name of a plant defined with Ziziphus oenoplia in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Rhamnus oenopolia L. (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Genera Plantarum (1789)
· Species Plantarum, ed. 2 (1762)
· FBI (1875)
· Taxon (1979)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1990)
· Species Plantarum (1753)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Paraki, for example health benefits, extract dosage, side effects, pregnancy safety, diet and recipes, chemical composition, have a look at these references.

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

parakī (परकी).—a (parakīya S) Other, foreign, strange;--used of persons.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

parakī (परकी).—a Other, foreign.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Parāki (ಪರಾಕಿ):—[noun] a man who has undertaken a religious vow of abstaining from food for twelve days retaining his body and mind in a sound condition.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Parakia, Parakida, Parakikarana, Parakisu, Parakita-mulaca, Parakitam, Parakitana, Parakitaputam, Parakiya, Parakiyabhava, Parakiyai, Parakiyam, Parakiyanipana, Parakiyata, Parakiyate, Parakiyatva, Parakiye.

Ends with: Kasaparaki, Taparaki.

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