In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

1) Samudrānta (समुद्रान्त) is another name for Yavāsa, a medicinal plant identified with Alhagi pseudalhagi, synonym of Alhagi maurorum (“camelthorn”) from the Fabaceae or legume family of flowering plants, according to verse 4.44-46 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 Samudrānta and Yavāsa, there are a total of twenty-two Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

2) Samudrāntā (समुद्रान्ता) is also mentioned as a synonym for Kārpāsī, an unidentified medicinal plant, according to verse 4.188-189). Together with the names Samudrāntā and Kālāñjanī, there are a total of ten 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.

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Samudrānta (समुद्रान्त) refers to “extending to the oceans”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.4.19 (“Gaṇapati’s marriage”).—Accordingly, as Śiva and Pārvatī said to Gaṇeśa: “O son, when was the great earth circumambulated by you, the earth consisting of seven continents extending to the oceans (samudrānta) and consisting of vast jungles?”.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: The University of Sydney: A study of the Twelve Reflections

Samudrānta (समुद्रान्त) refers to “inside the ocean”, according to the 11th century Jñānārṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “This most powerful [and] cruel death devours against their will the life of those who possess a body that has settled in the middle world, in hell, in the world of Brahmā, in Indra’s abode, in the middle of the ocean [com.—samudrānta—‘inside the ocean’], inside the forest, at all quarters of the globe, on a mountain-peak, in a place difficult of access on account of fire, forest, cold, darkness, thunderbolts [and] swords, or in [a place] crowded with a troop of ruttish elephants”.

Synonyms: Sāgarānta.

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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: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

1) Samudranta in India is the name of a plant defined with Alhagi maurorum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Hedysarum pseudalhagi M. Bieb. (among others).

2) Samudranta is also identified with Fagonia cretica It has the synonym Fagonia desertorum Andr..

3) Samudranta is also identified with Fagonia indica It has the synonym Fagonia jolyi Batt. (etc.).

4) Samudranta is also identified with Gossypium herbaceum It has the synonym Gossypium punctatum Rich., Guill. & H. Perrier, nom. illeg., non Gossypium punctatum Schumach. & Thonn. (etc.).

5) Samudranta is also identified with Tragia involucrata It has the synonym Croton urens L. (etc.).

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

· Species Plantarum
· Fl. Chiapas (1990)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Acta Helvetica, Physico-Mathematico-Anatomico-Botanico-Medica (1755)
· Regnum Vegetabile, or ‘a Series of Handbooks for the Use of Plant Taxonomists and Plant Geographers’ (1993)
· Species Plantarum (1753)

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

Samudrānta (समुद्रान्त).—

1) the sea-shore.

2) nutmeg.

Derivable forms: samudrāntaḥ (समुद्रान्तः), samudrāntam (समुद्रान्तम्).

Samudrānta is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms samudra and anta (अन्त).

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Samudrāntā (समुद्रान्ता).—

1) the cotton-plant.

2) the earth.

Samudrāntā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms samudra and antā (अन्ता).

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

Samudrānta (समुद्रान्त).—n.

(-ntaṃ) 1. The nutmeg. 2. The sea-shore. f.

(-ntā) 1. A shrub, (Hedysarum alhagi.) 2. The cotton plant. 3. A gramineous plant, (Trigonella corniculata.) 4. The earth. E. samudra the sea, and anta end or boundary.

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

Samudrānta (समुद्रान्त).—1. [masculine] sea-shore.

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Samudrānta (समुद्रान्त).—2. [adjective] reaching up to or falling into the sea (the earth or a river).

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

1) Samudrānta (समुद्रान्त):—[from sam-udra > sam-ud] m. the sea-shore, [Cāṇakya]

2) [v.s. ...] mf(ā)n. reaching to the sea (said of the earth), [Rāmāyaṇa; Kathāsaritsāgara]

3) [v.s. ...] falling into the sea (as a river), [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

4) Samudrāntā (समुद्रान्ता):—[from samudrānta > sam-udra > sam-ud] f. the earth,

5) [v.s. ...] the shrub Alhagi Maurorum, [Bhāvaprakāśa]

6) [v.s. ...] the cotton plant, [ib.]

7) [v.s. ...] Trigonella Corniculata, [ib.]

8) Samudrānta (समुद्रान्त):—[from sam-udra > sam-ud] n. nutmeg, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Samudrānta (समुद्रान्त):—[samudrā+nta] (ntaṃ) 1. n. The nutmeg; sea shore. 1. f. Hedysarum; cotton plant; gramineous plant.

[Sanskrit to German]

Samudranta 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Samudrāṃta (ಸಮುದ್ರಾಂತ):—[adjective] having sea as the border.

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Samudrāṃta (ಸಮುದ್ರಾಂತ):—

1) [noun] the sea-shore.

2) [noun] the hard, aromatic seed of the tree Myristica fragrans of Myristiaceae family, which is used as a spice and whose covering yields the spice mace; nutmeg.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Samudra, Anta.

Starts with: Samudrantaraka.

Ends with: Asamudranta, Saptasamudranta.

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