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Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

1) Ajāntrī (अजान्त्री) is another name for Vastrāntrī, an unidentified medicinal plant possibly identified with Ipomoea hederacea or “ivy-leaved morning glory” from the Convolvulaceae (“bindweed” or “morning glory”) family of flowering plants, according to verse 3.96-97 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The third chapter (guḍūcyādi-varga) of this book contains climbers and creepers (vīrudh). Together with the names Ajāntrī and Vastrāntrī, there are a total of six Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

2) Ajāntrī (अजान्त्री) is also mentioned as a synonym for the primary variety of Vṛddhadāruka, a medicinal plant identified with either a) Argyreia nervosa (synonym Argyreia speciosa or Hawaiian baby woodrose or elephant creeper) or b) Merremia peltata (synonym Ipomoea petaloidea), both from the Convolvulaceae or “moring glory family” of flowering plants, according to verse 3.117-119.

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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: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Ajantri in India is the name of a plant defined with Argyreia nervosa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Convolvulus nervosus Raf. (among others).

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

· Hortus Mauritianus (1837)
· Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d’Histoire Naturelle de Genève (1833)
· Flora Cochinchinensis (1790)
· Synopseos Plantarum (1805)
· Flora Indica (1768)
· Species Plantarum (1753)

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

Ajāntrī (अजान्त्री).—[ajasya antramiva antraṃ tadākāravatī mañjarī yasyāḥ] Name of a potherb Convolvulus Argenteus, नीलबुह्ना (nīlabuhnā). (Mar. śaṃkhavela ?)

Ajāntrī is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms aja and antrī (अन्त्री).

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

Ajāntrī (अजान्त्री).—f. (-ntrī) A potherb, (Convolvulus argenteus.) See female, chagalāntrī. E. aja, and antra an entrail.

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

Ajāntrī (अजान्त्री):—[from aja > aj] f. the pot-herb Convolvulus Argenteus.

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

Ajāntrī (अजान्त्री):—[tatpurusha compound] f.

(-ntrī) A potherb (Convolvulus argenteus). See chagalāntrī. E. aja and antra.

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

Ajāntrī (अजान्त्री):—(trī) 3. f. A potherb.

[Sanskrit to German]

Ajantri 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: Antri, Aja.

Ends with: Bajabajamtri, Bajamtri, Ravanaca Vajantri, Tashebajamtri, Vajantri.

Full-text: Andakotarapushpi, Meshantri, Chagalantrika, Antra, Antri, Chagalantri, Vastrantri, Vriddhadaruka.

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