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Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Dhanurlatā (धनुर्लता) is another name for Somavallī, a medicinal plant identified with Sarcostemma brevistigma (synonym of Sarcostemma acidum or leafless east-Indian vine) from the Apocynaceae or “dog-away” family of flowering plants, according to verse 3.98-99 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The third chapter (guḍūcyādi-varga) of this book contains climbers and creepers (vīrudh). Together with the names Dhanurlatā and Somavallī, there are a total of eleven 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)

Dhanurlata in India is the name of a plant defined with Sarcostemma acidum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Asclepias acida Roxburgh (among others).

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

· Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien (1895)
· Journ. Arnold Arboretum (1950)
· Hortus Bengalensis (1814)
· Asian J. Androl. (2002)
· Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae (1810)
· Allgemeine Naturgeschichte

If you are looking for specific details regarding Dhanurlata, for example pregnancy safety, chemical composition, diet and recipes, extract dosage, side effects, 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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Dhanurlatā (धनुर्लता).—

1) bow.

2) Soma creeper.

Dhanurlatā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dhanus and latā (लता).

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

Dhanurlatā (धनुर्लता).—f.

(-tā) The moon plant. dhanuravayavayogyā latā . somavallyām .

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

Dhanurlatā (धनुर्लता).—[feminine] the bow (conc. as [feminine]).

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

1) Dhanurlatā (धनुर्लता):—[=dhanur-latā] [from dhanur > dhanu] f. a bow ([literally] b°-creeper), [Kathāsaritsāgara]

2) [v.s. ...] = soma-vallī, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Dhanurlatā (धनुर्लता):—(tā) 1. f. The moon-plant.

[Sanskrit to German]

Dhanurlata 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.

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Partial matches: Dhanus, Lata.

Full-text: Manmatha, Somavalli.

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