The Sanskrit term Abhrapuṣpa can be transliterated into English as Abhrapuspa or Abhrapushpa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Kavya (poetry)

Source: archive.org: Naisadhacarita of Sriharsa

Abhrapuṣpa (अभ्रपुष्प) refers to “water” and is mentioned in the Naiṣadha-carita 5.127.

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Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Abhrapushpa in India is the name of a plant defined with Calamus rotang in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Palmijuncus monoecus (Roxb.) Kuntze (among others).

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

· Annals of the Royal Botanic Garden (Calcutta) (1908)
· Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. (1845)
· Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress Association (1976)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Cell and Chromosome Research (1985)

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

Abhrapuṣpa (अभ्रपुष्प).—Name of a cane (Mar. veta) Calamus Rotang. See अभ्र (abhra) (6). (-ṣpam) 1 water.

2) 'a sky flower', anything impossible, a castle in the air.

Derivable forms: abhrapuṣpaḥ (अभ्रपुष्पः).

Abhrapuṣpa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms abhra and puṣpa (पुष्प).

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

Abhrapuṣpa (अभ्रपुष्प).—m.

(-ṣpaḥ) A kind of tree or cane. See vetasa. E. abhra a cloud and puṣpa a flower; flowering in the cloudy or rainy season. n.

(-ṣpaṃ) Water. E. As before; put forth as a flower from the clouds.

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

Abhrapuṣpa (अभ्रपुष्प).—n. 1. water. 2. a flower in the air, i. e. anything non-existent. 3. the ratan, Calamus rotang.

Abhrapuṣpa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms abhra and puṣpa (पुष्प).

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

1) Abhrapuṣpa (अभ्रपुष्प):—[=abhra-puṣpa] [from abhra] m. the cane Calamus Rotang, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] n. ‘a flower in the clouds’, castle in the air, anything impossible, [Naiṣadha-carita] (cf. ambara-puṣpa.)

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

Abhrapuṣpa (अभ्रपुष्प):—[abhra-puṣpa] (ṣpaḥ) 1. m. A kind of tree, or cane. n. Water.

[Sanskrit to German]

Abhrapushpa 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

Abhrapuṣpa (ಅಭ್ರಪುಷ್ಪ):—

1) [noun] water.

2) [noun] (fig.) an impossible thing to achieve; a non-existent, never-existent thing pursued; a castle in the air.

3) [noun] a variety in cane, Calamus rotang.

4) [noun] the plant Polyalthia fragrans of Annonaceae family; fragrant cherry 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: Pushpa, Abhra.

Ends with: Rathabhrapushpa.

Full-text: Ambarapushpa, Rathabhrapushpa.

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