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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Agnibhāsa (अग्निभास).—One of the fourteen sons of Vasiṣṭha Prajāpati in the Cāriṣṇava antara.^*

• * Vāyu-purāṇa 62. 46.

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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.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Agnibhasa in India is the name of a plant defined with Celastrus paniculatus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Euonymus euphlebiphyllus Hayata (among others).

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

· Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden (1955)
· Fl. Japan., ed. 2 (1931)
· Formosan trees indigenous to the Island (revised) (1936)
· Flora Indica (1824)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1994)
· Species Plantarum.

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

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