The Sanskrit terms Amṛtasrava and Amṛtasravā can be transliterated into English as Amrtasrava or Amritasrava, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

1) Amṛtasravā (अमृतस्रवा) is the Sanskrit name for an unidentified medicinal plant, according to verse 3.141-142 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. Notes: Vaidyaka Śabda Sindhu informs that Amṛtasravā is a creeper found by its name in the surroundings of Citrakūṭa.

Amṛtasravā is mentioned as having five synonyms: Vṛkṣāruhā, Toyavallikā, Ghanavallī and Sitalatā.

Properties and characteristics: “Amṛtasravā is slightly bitter and wholesome. It is rejuvenating and an antidote to poisons. It cures wounds, leprosy and allied skin disorders, jaundice and oedema (edema)”.

2) Amṛtasravā (अमृतस्रवा) is also mentioned as a synonym for Rudantī, a medicinal plant identified with two possibly species, according to verse 5.60-62. The fifth chapter (parpaṭādi-varga) of this book enumerates sixty varieties of smaller plants (kṣudra-kṣupa). Together with the names Amṛtasravā and Rudantī, there are a total of sixteen Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant. Note: Chopra and Bāpālāl identify Rudantī with  Cressa cretica Linn. having support from Nāḍkarṇī, while P.V.S. identifies Rudantī with Capparis moonii.

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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)

Amritasrava in India is the name of a plant defined with Cressa cretica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Cressa australis R. Br..

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

· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. (1810)
· Fl. Tropical Africa, Convolvulaceae (1963)

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

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Amṛtasrava (अमृतस्रव).—flow of nectar.

-vā Name of a plant and tree (rudantī-rudravantī; Mar. rānaharabharā).

Derivable forms: amṛtasravaḥ (अमृतस्रवः).

Amṛtasrava is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms amṛta and srava (स्रव).

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

1) Amṛtasravā (अमृतस्रवा):—[=a-mṛta-sravā] [from a-mṛta > a-mūla] f. Name of a plant, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) Amṛtasrāva (अमृतस्राव):—[=a-mṛta-srāva] [from a-mṛta > a-mūla] m. a flow or current of water, [Sūryasiddhānta]

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Amritasrava 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: Amrita, Shrava.

Starts with: Amritasravana.

Full-text: Rudantika, Upavallika, Shitalata, Rudanti, Vriksharuha, Ghanavalli, Toyavallika, Sudhasrava.

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