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Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Agnidamanī (अग्निदमनी) is the Sanskrit name for an unidentified medicinal plant, according to verse 4.59-61 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. Note Agnidamanī is an unidentified drug not mentioned in Bṛhattrayī, including A.S. V.S.S. quotes it as “Medicinal plant, stimulant and stomachic, considered as small species of Kaṇṭakārī”.

Agnidamanī is mentioned as having nine synonyms: Vanhidamanī, Bahukaṇṭakā, Vallikaṇṭakārikā, Gucchaphalā, Kṣudraphalā, Kṣudraduḥsparśā, Kṣudrakaṇṭakārikā and Matsyendramātā.

Properties and characteristics: “Agnidamanī is pungent (kaṭu), hot in potency (vīrya), dry (rūkṣa). It alleviates symptoms produced by vitiated vāta and kapha. It is digestive stimulant and appetiser and good for heart. It cures gulma (false abdominal lumps due to wind) and diseases pertaining to spleen”.

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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.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Agnidamani in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Artemisia indica Willd. from the Asteraceae (Sunflower) family having the following synonyms: Artemisia indica var. nepalensis, Artemisia asiatica. For the possible medicinal usage of agnidamani, 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.

Agnidamani [अग्निदमनी] in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Solanum trilobatum L. from the Solanaceae (Potato) family.

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

Agnidamani in India is the name of a plant defined with Artemisia indica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Artemisia dubia var. legitima (Besser) Pampanini (among others).

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

· Nouveaux Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou (1834)
· Lav. Inst. Bot. Univ. Cagl. (1938)
· Bulletin de l’Académie Impériale des Sciences de St-Pétersbourg (1872)
· Enumeratio Spermatophytarum Japonicarum (1952)
· Nouveaux Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou (1836)
· Prodromus Florae Nepalensis (1825)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Agnidamani, for example extract dosage, pregnancy safety, chemical composition, diet and recipes, 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.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Agnidamanī (अग्निदमनी).—[agnirdamyate'nayā; dam-ṇic karaṇe lyuṭa] a narcotic plant, Solanum Jacquini. [Mar. रिंगणी (riṃgaṇī)]

Agnidamanī is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms agni and damanī (दमनी).

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

Agnidamanī (अग्निदमनी).—f. (-nī) A medicinal plant, of narcotic properties, (Solanum jacquini.) See kaṇṭakārikā, E. agni bile, and damanī what tames.

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

Agnidamanī (अग्निदमनी):—[=agni-damanī] [from agni] f. a narcotic plant, Solanum Jacquini.

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

Agnidamanī (अग्निदमनी):—[tatpurusha compound] f.

(-nī) A medicinal plant of narcotic properties (Solanum jacquini). See kaṇṭhakārikā. E. agni (bile) and damanī (what tames).

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

Agnidamanī (अग्निदमनी):—[agni-damanī] (nī) 3. f. A medicinal plant of narcotic properties.

[Sanskrit to German]

Agnidamani 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)

Partial matches: Agni, Damani, Ani, Tamani.

Full-text: Kshudraduhsparsha, Bahukantaka, Kshudraphala, Gucchaphala, Vahnidamani, Kshudrakantakari, Matsyendramata, Vanhidamani, Vallikantakarika, Kshudrakantakarika, Anakranta, Trikanta, Vasuka, Damana.

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