The Sanskrit term Meṣaśṛṅga can be transliterated into English as Mesasrnga or Meshashringa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Dietetics and Culinary Art (such as household cooking)

Source: Shodhganga: Dietetics and culinary art in ancient and medieval India

Meṣaśṛṅga (मेषशृङ्ग) refers to a type of spices according to Arthaśāstra II.15.21, and is commonly found in literature dealing with the topics of dietetics and culinary art, also known as Pākaśāstra or Pākakalā.—Arthaśāstra refers to the spices like śṛṅgibera, ajāji, kirītatikta, gaura, sarṣapa, kustumaburu, coraka, damanaka, maruvaka, śigru, harītakī and meṣaśṛṅga.

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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.

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Jainism

Meṣaśṛṅga (मेषशृङ्ग) is the name of the caitya-tree under which the parents of Nemi are often depicted in Jaina iconography, according to the Digambara tradition. According to the Śvetāmbara tradition the tree is known as Vetasa. The term caitya refers to “sacred shrine”, an important place of pelgrimage and meditation in Jainism. Sculptures with such caitya-trees generally shows a male and a female couple seated under a tree with the female having a child on her lap. Usually there is a seated Jina figure on top of the tree.

Nemi is the twenty-second of twenty-four tīrthaṅkaras: enlightened beings who, having conquered saṃsāra (cycle of birth and death), leave a path behind for others to follow. His father is Samudravijaya and his mother is Śivādevī, according to the Ācāradinakara (14th century work on Jain conduct written by Vardhamāna Sūri).

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Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Mesasrnga in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Dolichandrone falcata (Wall. ex DC.) Seem. from the Bignoniaceae (Jacaranda) family having the following synonyms: Spathodea falcata. For the possible medicinal usage of mesasrnga, 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.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Meṣaśṛṅga (मेषशृङ्ग).—a species of tree; Mahābhārata (Bombay) 14.43.3.

Derivable forms: meṣaśṛṅgaḥ (मेषशृङ्गः).

Meṣaśṛṅga is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms meṣa and śṛṅga (शृङ्ग).

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

Meṣaśṛṅga (मेषशृङ्ग).—m.

(-ṅgaḥ) A sort of poison. f. (-ṅgī) A kind of creeping plant, (Asclepias geminata, &c.;) see meḍhraśṛṅgī. E. meṣa a ram, śṛṅga horn.

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

1) Meṣaśṛṅga (मेषशृङ्ग):—[=meṣa-śṛṅga] [from meṣa] m. a species of tree, [Mahābhārata; Suśruta]

2) [v.s. ...] a species of poisonous plant, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Meṣaśṛṅga (मेषशृङ्ग):—[meṣa-śṛṅga] (ṅgaḥ) 1. m. A poison. f. (ḍgī) A creeper (Asclepias geminata).

[Sanskrit to German]

Meshashringa 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: Mesha, Shringa.

Full-text: Meshashringi, Meshashanga, Kustumaburu, Ajaji, Shringibera, Kiritatikta, Maruvaka, Coraka, Gaura, Damanaka, Haritaki, Shigru, Vetasa, Sarshapa.

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