The Sanskrit term Aśvakṣurā can be transliterated into English as Asvaksura or Ashvakshura, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Aśvakṣurā (अश्वक्षुरा) is the Sanskrit name for a medicinal plant identified with Clitoria ternatea (Asian pigeonwings, butterfly pea or bluebellvine) from the Fabaceae or “legume family” of flowering plants, according to verse 3.87-89 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. Aśvakṣurā is commonly known in Hindi as Koyal or Aparājitā; in Marathi as Gokarṇī or Kajalī; in Gujarati as Garṇī; in Kannada as Girikarṇikā; in Bengali as Aparājitā; in Telugu as Ditena; and in Tamil as Kākkanan-koṭī.

Aśvakṣurā is mentioned as having fourteen synonyms: Ādrikarṇī, Kaṭabhī, Dadhipuṣpikā, Gardabhī, Sitapuṣpī, Śvetasyandā, Aparājitā, Śvetā, Bhadrā, Supuṣpī and Viṣahantrī.

Properties and characteristics: “This drug [Aśvakṣurā] is cooling and bitter in rasa. It corrects the subservient complications/diseases due to pitta-doṣa. It enhances eye sight and is an antidote to poisons. This drug possesses a soothing effect on all the doṣas”.

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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)

Asvaksura in India is the name of a plant defined with Medicago sativa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Trigonella upendrae H.J. Chowdhery & R.R. Rao (among others).

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

· Phytoestrogens.
· Botanical Research (1993)
· Flora of Cultivated Plants of the USSR (1950)
· Toxicants of Plant Origin.
· Botanica Helvetica (1996)
· Bull. Res. Council Israel (1959)

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

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Kshura, Ashva.

Starts with: Ashvakshurardikarni.

Full-text (+5): Dadhipushpika, Shvetasyanda, Vishahantri, Adrikarni, Supushpi, Gardabhi, Ditena, Kajali, Girikarnika, Vyaktagandha, Nilasyanda, Koyal, Garni, Nilagirikarnika, Kakkanan-koti, Sitapushpi, Gokarni, Katabhi, Gavadani, Nilapushpi.

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