Apushpaphala, Apuṣpaphala, Apushpa-phala: 4 definitions

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Apushpaphala means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term Apuṣpaphala can be transliterated into English as Apuspaphala or Apushpaphala, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Apuspaphala in India is the name of a plant defined with Artocarpus heterophyllus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Artocarpus philippensis Lam. (among others).

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

· Supplementum Plantarum Systematis Vegetabilium Editionis Decimae Tertiae (1782)
· Interpr. Rumphius Herbarium Amboinenese (1917)
· Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany (1996)
· Flora de Filipinas (1837)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2005)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (Lamarck) (1789)

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Apushpaphala in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Apuṣpaphala (अपुष्पफल).—bearing having neither fruits nor flowers; fruits without flowering. (-laḥ, -daḥ) 1 the jack tree (Mar. phaṇasa). Artocarpus Integrifolia.

2) the glomerous fig-tree (udumbara).

Apuṣpaphala is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms apuṣpa and phala (फल). See also (synonyms): apuṣpaphalada.

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

Apuṣpaphala (अपुष्पफल):—[=a-puṣpa-phala] [from a-puṣpa] m. ‘bearing fruits without flowering’, ‘having neither flowers nor fruits’, the jack tree, Artocarpus Integrifolia, the glomerous fig tree.

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

Apuṣpaphala (अपुष्पफल):—[bahuvrihi compound] 1. m. f. n.

(-laḥ-lā-lam) Bearing fruits without flowering (visibly). 2. m.

(-laḥ) 1) The glomerous fig-tree (Ficus glomerata).

2) The Jack-tree (Artocarpus integrifolia). E. apuṣpa and phala.

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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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