Biology (plants and animals)

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

Ambuprasadana 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):

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

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

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ambuprasādana (अम्बुप्रसादन).—[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: ambuprasādanam (अम्बुप्रसादनम्).

Ambuprasādana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ambu and prasādana (प्रसादन). See also (synonyms): ambuprasāda.

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

Ambuprasādana (अम्बुप्रसादन).—m.

(-naḥ) The clearing nut tree, (Strychnos potatorum.) E. ambu water, prasada to cleanse, lyuṭ affix. The nuts of this plant are generally used in India, for purifying water; they are rubbed upon the inner surface of the vessel, and occasion the precipitation of the impurities of the fluid.

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

Ambuprasādana (अम्बुप्रसादन):—[=ambu-prasādana] [from ambu] n. 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).

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

Ambuprasādana (अम्बुप्रसादन):—[ambu-prasādana] (naḥ) 1. m. A tree, the nut of which is used for clearing water, (Strychnos potatorum.)

[Sanskrit to German]

Ambuprasadana 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: Ambu, Prasadana, Ampu.

Starts with: Ambuprasadanaphala.

Full-text: Ampuppiracatanam, Ambuprasada, Ambusadana, Toyaprasadana, Kataka, Kata.

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