The Sanskrit term Doṣākleśī can be transliterated into English as Dosaklesi or Doshakleshi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Doṣākleśī (दोषाक्लेशी) is another name (synonym) for Bastagandhā, which is the Sanskrit word for Ocimum gratissimum (clove basil), a plant from the Lamiaceae family. This synonym was identified by Narahari in his 13th-century Rājanighaṇṭu, which is an Ayurvedic medicinal thesaurus.

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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: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Doshakleshi in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Ocimum gratissimum from the Lamiaceae (Mint) family having the following synonyms: Ocimum suave, Ocimum viride, Ocimum viridiflorum. For the possible medicinal usage of doshakleshi, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.

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

Doshakleshi in India is the name of a plant defined with Ocimum gratissimum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Geniosporum discolor Baker (among others).

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

· Catalecta Botanica (1800)
· The Flora of British India (1885)
· Enumeratio Plantarum Horti Botanici Berolinensis (1809)
· Beskrivelse af Guineeiske planter (1827)
· Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas (1895)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (1848)

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

Doṣākleśī (दोषाक्लेशी):—[=doṣā-kleśī] [from doṣā > doṣa] f. ‘fading in the evening’, a kind of plant, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Doshakleshi 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: Dosha, Kleshi, Dos.

Full-text: Vanavarbarika, Bastagandha.

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