Sharapunkha, Śarapuṅkhā, Śarapuṅkha, Shara-punkha: 9 definitions
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Sharapunkha has 8 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit terms Śarapuṅkhā and Śarapuṅkha can be transliterated into English as Sarapunkha or Sharapunkha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚarapuṅkha (शरपुङ्ख):—
1) m. = puṅkha
1) [Suśruta 1, 25, 1.] [VĀGBH. 25, 33.] —
2) f. ā eine best. Pflanze, vulgo uṃhālī [NIGH. PR.] ähnlich der Indigopflanze [Bhāvaprakāśa ebend.] (m. [Śabdakalpadruma] nach ders. Aut.). = sūryavaṃśī [Rājanirghaṇṭa] ebend.
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)
Partial matches: Sara, Punkha, Cara.
Starts with: Sharapunkhadi.
Full-text (+5): Shvetasharapunkha, Sayakapunkha, Kandapunkha, Ishupunkha, Sarapunkhah, Banapunkha, Kantapunkha, Vanapunkha, Ishupunkhika, Varisphota, Sphota, Unhali, Sarfonkha, Bannila, Sarpankho, Vempali, Kolingi, Koggili, Sitapunkha, Kantapunkhika.
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Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 2: Minerals (uparasa) (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)
Part 2 - Purification of haritala < [Chapter XII - Uparasa (13): Haritala (orpiment)]
Part 5 - Extraction of essence from haritala < [Chapter XII - Uparasa (13): Haritala (orpiment)]
Part 3 - Incineration of haritala < [Chapter XII - Uparasa (13): Haritala (orpiment)]
Garuda Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter CCVII - Various other medicinal Recipes (continued) < [Dhanvantari Samhita]
Chapter CCXV - Various Recipes < [Dhanvantari Samhita]
Chapter CXCIII - Medical treatment of fever etc < [Dhanvantari Samhita]
International Ayurvedic Medical Journal
Drug review on “sharapunkha” < [2016, Issue I January]
Studies on medadusti in pandu w.s.r. to its therapeutic measures with sarapunkha < [2022, Issue 2, February]
Pharmacognostical, physicochemical and phytochemical evaluation of sharapunkha mula churna < [2018, Issue IX, September]
World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research
Evaluation of Sharapunkhadi Yoga for Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver < [2016: Volume 5, July issue 7]
A study of sharapunkha kalka vs. jatyadi taila for episiotomy wounds. < [2019: Volume 8, October issue 11]
An ayurvedic and modern overview of sharpunkha (tephrosia purpurea pers) < [2022: Volume 11, October special issue 14]
Observations on Tephrosia purpurea in and around Gauhat, Assam. < [Volume 2 (issue 1), Jul-Sep 1982]
In vitro antioxidant studies of the ethanolic extract of Tephrosia purpurea L. < [Volume 27 (issue 1), Jul-Sep 2007]
Treatment of sickle cell disorders by ayurvedic medicine < [Volume 17 (issue 1), Jul-Sep 1997]
Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 4: Iatrochemistry (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)
Part 8 - Treatment for enlargement of spleen and liver (7): Sadyo-mrityunjaya rasa < [Chapter VII - Enlargement of spleen (plihodara) and liver (yakridudara)]
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