The Sanskrit term Amarapuṣpaka can be transliterated into English as Amarapuspaka or Amarapushpaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Amarapushpaka in India is the name of a plant defined with Chionachne gigantea in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Coix arundinacea J. König ex Willd., nom. illeg., non Coix arundinacea Lam. (among others).

2) Amarapushpaka is also identified with Chionachne koenigii It has the synonym Polytoca barbata (Roxb.) Stapf (etc.).

3) Amarapushpaka is also identified with Coix koenigii It has the synonym Chionachne barbata (Roxb.) Aitch. (etc.).

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

· Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon (1900)
· Grasses of Ceylon (1956)
· Flora Australiensis: a description … (1878)
· Botanische Zeitung. Berlin (1861)
· Plantae Javanicae Rariores (1838)
· Species Plantarum. Editio quarta (1805)

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

Amarapuṣpaka (अमरपुष्पक).—

1) Name of several plants (ketaka, cūta).

2) Name of a kind of grass.

3) the wish-yielding tree (kalpavṛkṣa).

Derivable forms: amarapuṣpakaḥ (अमरपुष्पकः).

Amarapuṣpaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms amara and puṣpaka (पुष्पक). See also (synonyms): amarapuṣpa.

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

Amarapuṣpaka (अमरपुष्पक):—[=a-mara-puṣpaka] [from a-mara > a-mamri] m. the plants Saccharum Spontaneum, Pandanus Odoratissimus and Magnifera Indica.

[Sanskrit to German]

Amarapushpaka 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.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Amarapuṣpaka (अमरपुष्पक):—n. Bot. name of several plants;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Pushpaka, Amara.

Full-text: Amarapushpa, Amarpuspak.

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