Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Ahimsra [अहिंस्र] in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Capparis sepiaria L. from the Capparaceae (caper) family. For the possible medicinal usage of ahimsra, 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.

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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

Ahiṃsra (अहिंस्र).—a. Harmless, innocent; Manusmṛti 4.246.

-sraḥ, -srā Name of a plant (kulika Mar. phaḍyā nivaḍuṃga or karkaṭī)

-sram Harmless behaviour, innocence; Manusmṛti 1.29.

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

Ahiṃsra (अहिंस्र).—mfn.

(-sraḥ-srā-sraṃ) Innocuous, innocent, harmless. f.

(-srā) The name of a plant, commonly Kurkavali: see karkaṭā. E. a neg. and hiṃsrā injurious: than which there is none more so.

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

Ahiṃsra (अहिंस्र).—adj. not injuring (any living being), [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 4, 246.

Ahiṃsra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms a and hiṃsra (हिंस्र).

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

Ahiṃsra (अहिंस्र).—[adjective] = ahiṃsaka.

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

1) Ahiṃsra (अहिंस्र):—[=a-hiṃsra] [from a-hiṃsaka] mfn. innocuous, harmless, [Kauśika-sūtra; Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra] etc.

2) [v.s. ...] n. harmless behaviour, [Manu-smṛti i, 29]

3) Ahiṃsrā (अहिंस्रा):—[=a-hiṃsrā] [from a-hiṃsra > a-hiṃsaka] f. the plant Momordica Cochinchinensis Spreng. (commonly called Kūrkavāli), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) [v.s. ...] the plant Capparis Sepiaria, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

5) [v.s. ...] Cactus Opuntia, [Bhāvaprakāśa]

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

Ahiṃsra (अहिंस्र):—[(sraḥ-srā-sraṃ) a.] Harmless.

[Sanskrit to German]

Ahimsra 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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Ahiṃsra (अहिंस्र):—(a) non-violent, not fierce; harmless.

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See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Himsra, A.

Starts with: Ahimsraka.

Ends with: Himsrahimsra.

Full-text: Ahimsr, Ahimsaka, Adhvara.

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