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Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

1) Bhadrabalā (भद्रबला) is another name for Balā, a medicinal plant identified with Sida cordifolia Linn. (“country mellow” or “flannel weed”) from the Malvaceae or mallows family of flowering plants, according to verse 4.88-91 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fourth chapter (śatāhvādi-varga) of this book enumerates eighty varieties of small plants (pṛthu-kṣupa). Together with the names Bhadrabalā and Balā, there are a total of twenty-three Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

2) Bhadrabalā (भद्रबला) is also mentioned as a synonym for Prasāriṇī, a medicinal plant possibly identified with Paederia foetida Linn. or “skunkvine” from the Rubiaceae or “coffee” family of flowering plants, according to verse 5.36-38. The fifth chapter (parpaṭādi-varga) of this book enumerates sixty varieties of smaller plants (kṣudra-kṣupa). Together with the names Bhadrabalā and Prasāriṇī, there are a total of fifteen Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Bhadrabala in India is the name of a plant defined with Convolvulus arvensis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Convolvulus arvensis var. crassifolius Choisy (among others).

2) Bhadrabala is also identified with Paederia foetida It has the synonym Hondbesseion tomentosum (Blume) Kuntze (etc.).

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

· Enumeratio Spermatophytarum Japonicarum (1952)
· Opera Botanica a Societate Botanica Lundensi Belg. (1911)
· Flora Boreali-Americana (1803)
· Journal of Japanese Botany (1988)
· Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club (1891)
· Bulletin of the Tokyo Science Museum (1950)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Bhadrabala, for example pregnancy safety, side effects, diet and recipes, chemical composition, health benefits, 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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bhadrabalā (भद्रबला) or Bhadravalā.—f.

(-lā) A shrub, (Pœderia fœtida.)

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

Bhadrabalā (भद्रबला):—[=bhadra-balā] [from bhadra > bhand] f. Paederia Foetida or Sida Cordifolia, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Bhadrabalā (भद्रबला):—[bhadra-balā] (lā) 1. f. Poederia foetida.

[Sanskrit to German]

Bhadrabala 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: Bala, Bhadra.

Starts with: Bhadrabalana.

Full-text: Bhadravala, Rajabala, Prasarini, Bala.

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