The Sanskrit term Śvetāmlī can be transliterated into English as Svetamli or Shvetamli, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Śvetāmlī (श्वेताम्ली) is the Sanskrit name for an unidentified medicinal plant, according to verse 4.175 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. Note: See also Nīlāmlī.

Śvetāmlī is mentioned as having three synonyms: Ambikā, Piṣṭauṇḍi and Piṇḍikā.

Properties and characteristics: “Śvetāmlī is sweet, aphrodisiac and gives strength. It quells the vitiated pitta”.

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Śvetāmlī (श्वेताम्ली):—[from śveta > śvit] f. Tamarindus Indica, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Shvetamli 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)

Full-text: Pishtodi, Pindika, Pishtaundi, Ambika, Nilamli, Pindaka.

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