Biology (plants and animals)

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

Dhusa in India is the name of a plant defined with Pennisetum glaucum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Setaria imberbis (Poir.) Roem. & Schult. (among others).

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

· Synopseos Plantarum (1805)
· Enumeratio Plantarum Zeylaniae (1864)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· U.S. Department of Agriculture. Bureau of Plant Industry. Inventory of Seeds and Plants Imported by the Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction (1914)
· Cytologia (1991)
· J. Wuhan Bot. Res. (1985)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Dhusa, for example diet and recipes, side effects, pregnancy safety, health benefits, extract dosage, 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

ḍhusā (ढुसा) [or स्सा, ssā].—m A blow with the fist.

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dhuśā (धुशा).—m ( H) A coarse woollen stuff.

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dhusā (धुसा).—m ( H) A coarse woollen stuff.

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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.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Dhūsa (धूस):—(ka) dhūsayati 10. a. To embellish.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Prakrit-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary

Ḍhusa (ढुस) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Bhram.

Ḍhusa has the following synonyms: Ḍhuma.

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Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.

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Starts with (+21): Dhusadhusa, Dhusadhusanem, Dhusadhusani, Dhusakanem, Dhusakani, Dhusakaphusaka, Dhusaki, Dhusamusa, Dhusamusanem, Dhusanem, Dhusani, Dhusaphasa, Dhusaphasanem, Dhusar, Dhusara, Dhusaracchada, Dhusarachada, Dhusarachhada, Dhusaraka, Dhusarapatrika.

Ends with: Devamidhusha, Dhamaradhusa, Dhammaradhusa, Dhammaradhusa, Dhasadhusa, Dhusadhusa, Midhusha, Nasadhusa, Uddhusha, Varddhusha.

Full-text: Dhush, Dhusanem, Dhusadhusanem, Dhaskara, Dhusakanem, Bhram, Dhusaki, Dhuma.

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