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Ayurveda (science of life)

Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Dheras in the Bengali language is another name for Bheṇḍā, a medicinal plant identified with Hibiscus esculentus Linn., synonym of Abelmoschus esculentus (in English ‘Gumbo’ or ‘ladies’ fingers’) from the Malvaceae or “mallows” family of flowering plants, according to verse 4.157-158 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fourth chapter (śatāhvādi-varga) of this book enumerates eighty varieties of small plants (pṛthu-kṣupa). Other than the Bengali word Dheras, there are more synonyms identified for this plant among which eleven are in Sanskrit.

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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) Dheras in India is the name of a plant defined with Abelmoschus esculentus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Hibiscus longifolius Roxb., nom. illeg. (among others).

2) Dheras is also identified with Hibiscus esculentus It has the synonym Hibiscus longifolius Willd. (etc.).

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

· Flora Indica (1832)
· Ewé: the use of plants in Yoruba society. (1995)
· Essai sur la langue Bambara. (1886)
· Notulae ad Plantas Asiaticas (1854)
· Methodus Plantas Horti Botanici (1794)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1983)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Dheras, for example diet and recipes, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, health benefits, side effects, 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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Full-text: Bhenda.

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