Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Ajagandhika in India is the name of a plant defined with Ocimum basilicum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Plectranthus barrelieri Spreng. (among others).

2) Ajagandhika is also identified with Ocimum gratissimum It has the synonym Geniosporum discolor Baker (etc.).

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

· Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France (1917)
· Systema Vegetabilium (1825)
· Tabl. École Bot. (1804)
· Thaiszia (1997)
· Taxon (1979)
· Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress Association (1984)

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

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ajagandhikā (अजगन्धिका).—a kind of वर्वरीशाक (varvarīśāka) (Mar. tilavaṇī, kānaphoḍī).

Ajagandhikā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms aja and gandhikā (गन्धिका).

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

Ajagandhikā (अजगन्धिका).—f. (kā) A plant, (Ocymum gratissimum.) See ajagandhā.

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

Ajagandhikā (अजगन्धिका):—[=aja-gandhikā] [from aja > aj] f. ‘smelling like a he-goat’, shrubby basil, Ocymum Gratissimum.

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

Ajagandhikā (अजगन्धिका):—[bahuvrihi compound] f.

(-kā) The shrubby basil (Ocymum gratissimum). E. ajagandhā, samāsānta aff. kap.

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

Ajagandhikā (अजगन्धिका):—[aja-gandhikā] (kā) 1. f. Idem.

[Sanskrit to German]

Ajagandhika in German

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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)

Partial matches: Gandhika, Aja.

Full-text: Barbarika, Kentakam.

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