The Sanskrit term Aśmarīghna can be transliterated into English as Asmarighna or Ashmarighna, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

Aśmarīghna (अश्मरीघ्न):—Litholyptic; substances useful in treatment of calculi;

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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)

Asmarighna in India is the name of a plant defined with Crateva religiosa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Crataeva adansonii DC. (among others).

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

· Mat. Med. Hindoostan (1813)
· Journal of Botany, (1874)
· Fl. Ins. Austr. (1786)
· Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie (1901)
· Sumatra, zijne Plantenwereld en hare Voortbrengselen (1861)
· Illustrations de la Flore de l’Archipel Indien (1870)

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

Aśmarīghna (अश्मरीघ्न).—Name of the tree वरुण (varuṇa) (used as a lithontriptic).

Derivable forms: aśmarīghnaḥ (अश्मरीघ्नः).

Aśmarīghna is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms aśmarī and ghna (घ्न).

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

Aśmarīghna (अश्मरीघ्न).—m.

(-ghnaḥ) A tree, (Tapia cratœva.) E. aśmarī gravel, and ghna what destroys; a lithonthriptic.

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

Aśmarīghna (अश्मरीघ्न):—[=aśmarī-ghna] [from aśmarī > aśna] m. the tree Crataeva Roxburghii (used as a lithontriptic), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Aśmarīghna (अश्मरीघ्न):—[aśmarī-ghna] (ghnaḥ) 1. m. A tree, (Tapia cratoeva.) a. Lithonthriptic.

[Sanskrit to German]

Ashmarighna 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: Ashmari, Ghna.

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