The Sanskrit term Śāsanī can be transliterated into English as Sasani or Shasani, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Sasani in Zaire is the name of a plant defined with Leptaspis zeylanica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Leptaspis conchifera Hack. (among others).

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

· Enumeratio Plantarum Zeylaniae (1864)
· Bulletin du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle (1924)
· Grasses of Ceylon (1956)
· Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon (1900)
· Grasses of Burma (1960)
· Boletim da Sociedade Broteriana (1887)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Sasani, for example extract dosage, pregnancy safety, side effects, diet and recipes, chemical composition, health benefits, 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: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śāsanī (शासनी):—[from śāsana > śās] f. an instructress, [Ṛg-veda i, 31, 11]

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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: Sasanika, Shasaniga, Shasanika-kayastha, Shasaniya.

Ends with: Anushasani, Brahma rakshasani, Dashasani, Dauhshasani, Pakashasani, Sishasani.

Full-text: Shasana.

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Search found 1 books and stories containing Shasani, Śāsanī, Sasani; (plurals include: Shasanis, Śāsanīs, Sasanis). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)

Rig Veda 1.31.11 < [Sukta 31]

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