Gridhranakhi, Gṛdhranakhī, Gridhra-nakhi: 7 definitions

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Gridhranakhi has 5 English definitions available.

The Sanskrit term Gṛdhranakhī can be transliterated into English as Grdhranakhi or Gridhranakhi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Gṛdhranakhī (गृध्रनखी):—(gṛdhra + nakha) f. Judendorn, Zizyphus Jujuba Lam. (koli) [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 4, 11.] Asteracantha longifolia Nees (kulika), deren Dornen rückwärts gebogen sind, [Ratnamālā 54.] [Suśruta 1, 114, 8. 132, 8. 143, 14. 202, 13.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Gṛdhranakhī (गृध्रनखी):—f.

1) Asteracantha longifolia.

2) *Zizyphus Jujuba.

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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.

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