The Sanskrit term Ādityapuṣpikā can be transliterated into English as Adityapuspika or Adityapushpika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Adityapushpika [आदित्यपुष्पिका] in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Calotropis procera (Aiton) Dryand. from the Apocynaceae (Oleander) family having the following synonyms: Asclepias procera, Calotropis wallichii, Madorius procerus. For the possible medicinal usage of adityapushpika, 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)

Adityapushpika in India is the name of a plant defined with Calotropis procera in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Madorius procerus (Aiton) Kuntze (among others).

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

· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2005)
· Hortus Kewensis (1789)
· Hortus Kewensis (1811)
· Les Figures des Plantes et Animaux d'Usage en Medecine (1764)
· Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden (1930)
· World J. Gastroenterol. (2517)

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

Ādityapuṣpikā (आदित्यपुष्पिका).—red swallow wort (Mar. śiradoḍī).

Ādityapuṣpikā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms āditya and puṣpikā (पुष्पिका).

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

Ādityapuṣpikā (आदित्यपुष्पिका).—f.

(-kā) Red swallow wort. E. āditya the sun, and puṣpikā having a flower, the flower of the sun, from its red colour: see arkapuṣpikā.

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

Ādityapuṣpikā (आदित्यपुष्पिका):—[=āditya-puṣpikā] [from āditya > ā-diteya] f. = -pattra, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Ādityapuṣpikā (आदित्यपुष्पिका):—[āditya-puṣpikā] (kā) 1. f. The sun’s flower, red swallow wort.

[Sanskrit to German]

Adityapushpika 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.

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Partial matches: Pushpika, Aditya.

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