The Sanskrit term Aśvaghna can be transliterated into English as Asvaghna or Ashvaghna, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)

Source: Shodhganga: Edition translation and critical study of yogasarasamgraha

Aśvaghna (अश्वघ्न) refers to the medicinal plant known as “Nerium oleander Linn.” and is dealt with in the 15th-century Yogasārasaṅgraha (Yogasara-saṅgraha) by Vāsudeva: an unpublished Keralite work representing an Ayurvedic compendium of medicinal recipes. The Yogasārasaṃgraha [mentioning aśvaghna] deals with entire recipes in the route of administration, and thus deals with the knowledge of pharmacy (bhaiṣajya-kalpanā) which is a branch of pharmacology (dravyaguṇa).

Agriculture (Krishi) and Vrikshayurveda (study of Plant life)

Source: Shodhganga: Drumavichitrikarnam—Plant mutagenesis in ancient India

Aśvaghna (अश्वघ्न) (identified with Thevetia peruviana) is used in the recipe for manipulating the taste of fruits (on the tree), according to the Vṛkṣāyurveda by Sūrapāla (1000 CE): an encyclopedic work dealing with the study of trees and the principles of ancient Indian agriculture.—Accordingly, “A ball made out of the mixture of Thevetia peruviana [Aśvaghna], Gloriosa superba, the big and small Solanum indicum kept in the hole at the root of a tree watered with the same mixture, produces pungent fruits (on that tree) although their natural taste is sweet”.

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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.

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Aśvaghna (अश्वघ्न).—[aśvaṃ hanti amanuṣyakartṛkatvāt]

1) a horse-bane.

2) Name of a kind of Oleander, Nerium Odorum Ait. (Mar. pāṃḍharī kaṇhera)

Derivable forms: aśvaghnaḥ (अश्वघ्नः).

Aśvaghna is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms aśva and ghna (घ्न).

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

Aśvaghna (अश्वघ्न).—m.

(-ghnaḥ) Oleander, (Nerium odorum.) E. aśva and ghna what kills or hurts, from hana; horse-destroying.

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

1) Aśvaghna (अश्वघ्न):—[=aśva-ghna] [from aśva] m. ‘horse-bane’, a kind of Oleander (Nerium Odorum), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) Āśvaghna (आश्वघ्न):—[from āśva] m. ([from] aśva-ghna), Name of a man, [Ṛg-veda x, 61, 22.]

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

Aśvaghna (अश्वघ्न):—[aśva-ghna] (ghnaḥ) 1. m. Oleander.

[Sanskrit to German]

Ashvaghna 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: Ashva, Ghna.

Full-text: Ashvarodhaka, Ashvantaka, Ashvamara, Thevetia peruviana.

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