The Sanskrit term Apaviṣa can be transliterated into English as Apavisa or Apavisha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Apavisha in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Delphinium denudatum Wall. ex Hook.f. & Thomson from the Ranunculaceae (Buttercup) family. For the possible medicinal usage of apavisha, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.

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

1) Apavisha in India is the name of a plant defined with Delphinium denudatum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Delphinium denudatum Wall. ex Royle (among others).

2) Apavisha is also identified with Kyllinga odorata It has the synonym Cyperus sesquiflorus f. dunensis (Osten) Kük. (etc.).

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

· Hist. Pl. Guiane (1775)
· Pakistan Syst. (1987)
· Supplementum Plantarum Systematis Vegetabilium Editionis Decimae Tertiae (1782)
· Flora Japonica (Thunberg) (1784)
· Numer. List (4719)
· Cytologia (1981)

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

Apaviṣa (अपविष).—a. Free from poison.

-ṣā A sort of grass with aromatic roots; Kyllingia Monocephala.

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

Apaviṣā (अपविषा).—f.

(-ṣā) A species of grass, (Kyllingia monocephala.) E. apa, and viṣa poison.

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

Apaviṣā (अपविषा):—[=apa-viṣā] f. ‘free from poison’, the grass Kyllingia Monocephala.

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

Apaviṣa (अपविष):—I. [bahuvrihi compound] 1. m. f. n.

(-ṣaḥ-ṣā-ṣam) Free from poison; the same as nirviṣa. 2. f.

(-ṣā) The name of a plant; also nirviṣā (Wilson: Kyllingia monocephala; Ainslie: Curcuma Zedoaria Roxb. or Amomum Zedoria Lin.). Ii. [tatpurusha compound] n.

(-ṣam) ‘A weak poison; there are seven varieties of these poisons’ (Wise’s Hindu System of Medicine p. 407). E. apa and viṣa.

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

Apaviṣā (अपविषा):—[apa-viṣā] (ṣā) 1. f. Kind of grass.

[Sanskrit to German]

Apavisha 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.

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Partial matches: Visha, Apa.

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