Biology (plants and animals)

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

Ambu-prasada in India is the name of a plant defined with Strychnos potatorum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Strychnos stuhlmannii Gilg) (Latin potator, oris ‘drinker’ (among others).

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

· Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzenge schichte und Pflanzengeographie (1893)
· Flore de Madagascar et des Comores (1984)
· Genera Plantarum (1873)
· Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie (1899)
· E-Journal of Chemistry (2007)
· Supplementum Plantarum (1781)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Ambu-prasada, for example chemical composition, extract dosage, side effects, pregnancy safety, diet and recipes, health benefits, have a look at these references.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ambuprasāda (अम्बुप्रसाद).—[ambūni prasādayati] the clearing nut tree (kataka Mar. nivaḷī). Strychnos Potatorum (the nuts of this tree are used for purifying water; when rubbed on the inner surface of the vessel, they precipitate the impurities which the water contains; (phalaṃ katakavṛkṣasya yadyapyambuprasādakam | na nāmagrahaṇādeva tasya vāri prasīdati) Manusmṛti 6.67.

Derivable forms: ambuprasādaḥ (अम्बुप्रसादः).

Ambuprasāda is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ambu and prasāda (प्रसाद). See also (synonyms): ambuprasādana.

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

Ambuprasāda (अम्बुप्रसाद):—[=ambu-prasāda] [from ambu] m. the clearing nut tree, Strychnos Potatorum (the nuts of this plant are generally used in India for purifying water cf. [Manu-smṛti vi, 67]; they are rubbed upon the inner surface of a vessel, and so precipitate the impurities of the fluid it contains).

[Sanskrit to German]

Ambuprasada 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Aṃbuprasāda (ಅಂಬುಪ್ರಸಾದ):—[noun] the seed of Strychnos potatorum, used for clearing muddy water; clearing nut.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Ambu, Prasada, Ampu.

Starts with: Ambuprasadah, Ambuprasadana, Ambuprasadanaphala, Ambuprasadani.

Full-text: Ambuprasadana.

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