This paper discusses the poetic modes of recounting past in a Sanskrit mahākāvya titled Sāḷuvābhyudaya, authored by Rājanātha Ḍiṇḍima ca. 1480 AD, to eulogise Sāḷuva Narasiṃha, soon-to-be founder dynasty Vijayanagara. Focusing on poem’s second canto, which is built theme divine intervention culminating miraculous conception future, I argue that depiction Narasiṃha as Ahobilanarasiṃha incarnate ...

Two cases of Squamous cell carcinoma are recorded in zebu cattle of Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. Lesions showed different clinical aspects Papule and cauliflower like growths placed at level of nictinating membrane of eye and interdigital spaces of hind limb respectively. Cytology and histopathological examination revealed well and poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinomas respectively.

The present study is an attempt to enlist plants used to increase the secretion of milk among new mothers and lactating woman and to gather information on how this plant resources are used by indigenous people in Andhra Pradesh. This stud have brought to light 13 useful plants that were formerly either less known or unknown.

The aim of the present investigation was to assess the filarial transmission levels in houses of different structure in rural areas of Andhra Pradesh, India. During this study, ecologically-similar households were selected for entomological study. The per-man-hour density (PMHD), infection and infectivity rates, were recorded in different ranges ie, 16.1 to 77.6, 0-31.2% and 0-5.6%, respectively.

During the course of ethnomedicinal investigations in Andhra Pradesh some interesting indigenous medicinal plants have been reported for the treatment of paralysis amongst sugalis. Firsthand information was gathered through persona interviews with local in habitats. Apart from this a note on the ethnography of the tribe is discussed.

A new Streptomycete was isolated from soils of Andhra Pradesh in India. The morphological, cultural, physiological and biochemical characters were studied, compared to known species and identified as a new species of Streptomyces rufus. Antibiotic activity of the strain was tested against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria as well as fungi and yeasts.

The pharmacovigilance study was conducted in100 patients with pulmonary tuberculosis admitted pulmonology ward of Government general hospital, Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh. The purpose of this study is to assess the rate of adverse drug reactions induced by antitubercular drugs and also to detect serious and preventable ADRs.

The preliminary investigations of crude during resources of sugali tribes of Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh with their recipes, preparation of drugs, administration, usage form several centuries. Fifty plant crude drugs (species) belong to twenty nine families were collected based on folk-lore knowledge. Botanical name, family name, part used, mode of preparation and administration and purp...

1 Department of Computer Applications, Rayapati Venkata Ranga Rao and Jagarlamudi Chadramouli College of Engineering, Guntur, India 2 Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada, India 3 Department of Statistics, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, India, 4 Endocrine and Diabetes Centre, Andhra Pradesh, India [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], sridhar...

This paper describes the ethnobotanical importance of 6 Rutaceous plants common in Andhra Pradesh. For each plant its popular name/local name and manner of use are described. Data are based on personal survey, observation and discussion with chenchu, Yanadi, Erukala and sugali tribes of this area.