The Sanskrit term Puṣita can be transliterated into English as Pusita or Pushita, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Pusita in India is the name of a plant defined with Euphorbia hirta in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Chamaesyce pekinensis var. glaberrima (Koidz.) Makino & Nemoto (among others).

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

· Cytologia (1999)
· Cell and Chromosome Research (1987)
· Flora of the Southeastern United States (1903)
· Synopsis plantarum succulentarum (1812)
· Suppl. Meth. (1802)
· Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 4 (2006)

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

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Puṣita (पुषित).—mfn.

(-taḥ-tā-taṃ) Nourished, nurtured. E. puṣ to nourish, aff. kta; also without the augment puṣṭa.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Puṣita (पुषित):—[from puṣ] mfn. nourished, nurtured (= puṣṭa), [Horace H. Wilson]

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

Puṣita (पुषित):—[(taḥ-tā-taṃ) a.] Nourished.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Pushitai.

Full-text: Phosita, Push.

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