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1. abhyanga, n. View full entry 1988
...In Ayurvedic medicine: a whole-body massage intended to cleanse the body of toxins....
2. † agrom, n. View full entry 1753
...Apparently: a condition in which the tongue becomes rough and cracked (not identified)....
3. amadavat, n. View full entry 1740
...An Indian song-bird (Estrilda amandava), brown in colour with white spots....
4. ambari, n. View full entry 1855
...The fibre of an Indian plant, Hibiscus cannabinus, used for making ropes and coarse cloth; brown Indian hemp (also ambari hemp); the plant itself....
5. anandamide, n. View full entry 1992
...An endogenous arachidonic acid derivative that binds to and activates cannabinoid receptors, found in vertebrates and invertebrates and also present in very small quantities in some plant products....
6. antarafacial, adj. View full entry 1965
...Of a pericyclic reaction undergone by a molecule: involving the formation of two new bonds on opposite faces of the molecule. Cf. suprafacial2....
7. argala, n. View full entry c1754
...The adjutant-bird (Ciconia argala), a gigantic species of stork inhabiting India....
8. arjun, n. View full entry 1862
...An evergreen tree of southern India and Sri Lanka, Terminalia arjuna (family Combretaceae); = kumbuk...
9. avatar, n. View full entry 1784
...HinduMythol. The descent of a deity to the earth in an incarnate form....
10. Ayurveda, n. View full entry 1788
...An ancient Hindu system of medicine, drawn from Vedic literature and based on the belief that physical and mental health are dependent on a balance of biological humours (or doshas) uniquely constituted...
11. Ayurvedic, adj. View full entry 1917
...Of or pertaining to the traditional Hindu science of medicine....
12. babul, n. View full entry 1696
...Any of several tropical acacias, esp. Acacia nilotica (formerly A. arabica), native to North Africa and parts of Asia, which is used as a source of timber and...
13. bael | bel, n. View full entry 1618
...An Indian tree, Ægle marmelos, or its aromatic fruit; the Bengal quince. Also, the medicinal extract of the fruit....
14. bandar, n. View full entry 1885
...The Rhesus monkey, Macaca mulatta. Also in Bandar-logHindilog people, Kipling's nation of monkeys (see quot. 1894); hence fig., any body of irresponsible...
15. bandicoot, n. View full entry 1789
...A large Indian rat (Mus malabaricus or giganteus), as big as a cat, and very destructive. (Wrongly used in quot. 1789 for the Musk-rat.)...
16. barasingha, n. View full entry 1862
...The east Indian deer Cervus wallichii; also, C. duvauceli, the Swamp Deer....
17. bendy, n. View full entry 1809
...The plant Hibiscus (or Abelmoschus) esculentus, also the fruit of this plant. Also attrib. = okra...
18. ber, n. View full entry 1860
...The Chinese date or jujube (genus Zizyphus). Also attrib., as ber-fruit, ber-tree....
19. ˈberiˈberi, n. View full entry 1704
...An acute disease generally presenting dropsical symptoms, with paralytic weakness and numbness of the legs, prevalent in many parts of India....
20. bharal, n. View full entry 1838
...The wild or blue sheep of the Himalayas and south-western China, Pseudois nayaur....
