The Sanskrit term Aśmaghna can be transliterated into English as Asmaghna or Ashmaghna, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Aśmaghna (अश्मघ्न) is another name for Pāṣāṇabheda, a medicinal plant commonly identified with Bergenia ligulata (Wall.) Engl. from the Saxifragaceae family of flowering plants, according to verse 5.39-40 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fifth chapter (parpaṭādi-varga) of this book enumerates sixty varieties of smaller plants (kṣudra-kṣupa). Together with the names Aśmaghna and Pāṣāṇabheda, there are a total of eight Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

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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)

1) Ashmaghna in India is the name of a plant defined with Bergenia ciliata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Bergenia ciliata A. Braun ex Engl. (among others).

2) Ashmaghna is also identified with Bergenia pacumbis It has the synonym Saxifraga ligulata Wallich, nom. illeg., non Murray (etc.).

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

· Fitoterapia (1994)
· Edwards's Botanical Register, or Flower Garden and Shrubbery (1843)
· Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien (1891)
· Opuscula (1781)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. (1894)

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

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Aśmaghna (अश्मघ्न).—Name of a tree; (pāṣāṇabheda ?);

Derivable forms: aśmaghnaḥ (अश्मघ्नः).

Aśmaghna is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms aśman and ghna (घ्न).

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

Aśmaghna (अश्मघ्न):—[=aśma-ghna] [from aśma > aśna] m. Name of a plant, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Ashmaghna 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: Asma, Asman, Ghna.

Full-text: Ashmajit, Pashanabheda.

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