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Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Aibhi in the Assamese language is the name of a plant identified with Luffa aegyptiaca Mill. from the Cucurbitaceae (Pumpkin) family having the following synonyms: Cucurbita luffa, Luffa cylindrica, Luffa pentandra, Momordica cylindrica. For the possible medicinal usage of aibhi, 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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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Aibhi (ऐभि).—a. (-bhī f.) [इभ-अण् (ibha-aṇ)] Belonging to an elephant; शीतांशोरंशुजालैर्जलधरमलिनां क्लिश्नती कृत्तिमैभीम् (śītāṃśoraṃśujālairjaladharamalināṃ kliśnatī kṛttimaibhīm) Mu.3.2.

-bhī A kind of pumpkin.

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

Aibhī (ऐभी):—[from aibha] f. a kind of pumpkin, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Aibhi 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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Ends with: Raibhi.

Full-text: Katambhara.

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