The Sanskrit term Aśitra can be transliterated into English as Asitra or Ashitra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Asitra in India is the name of a plant defined with Bauhinia racemosa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Piliostigma racemosum (Lam.) Benth. (among others).

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

· Plantae Junghuhnianae (1852)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (1785)
· Acta Pharmacologica Sinica
· Helv. Chim. Acta (1991)
· Bulletin of the Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University (2000)
· Indian J. Chem.

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

Aśitra (अशित्र).—[aś-saṃhvatau itra Uṇādi-sūtra 4.172]

1) A thief. -An oblation of rice.

Derivable forms: aśitraḥ (अशित्रः).

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

Aśitra (अशित्र).—[neuter] food.

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

Aśitra (अशित्र):—[from aś] n. food, [Kāṭhaka] (cf. prāśitra.)

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

Aśitra (अशित्र):—[aśi+tra] (traḥ) 1. m. A thief.

[Sanskrit to German]

Ashitra 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)

Ends with: Idaprashitra, Prashitra.

Full-text: Acittiran.

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