Ashvamaraka, Aśvamāraka, Ashva-maraka: 6 definitions

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Ashvamaraka means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term Aśvamāraka can be transliterated into English as Asvamaraka or Ashvamaraka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Biology (plants and animals)

[«previous next»] — Ashvamaraka in Biology glossary
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Ashvamaraka in India is the name of a plant defined with Nerium oleander in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Nerion oleandrum St.-Lag. (among others).

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

· Phys. (1790) (1790)
· Tabl. École Bot., ed. 2 (1815)
· Flora of Puná Island (2001)
· Annales de la Société Botanique de Lyon (1880)
· Mag. Bot. (1837)
· Nomenclator Botanicus (1821)

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Ashvamaraka in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Aśvamāraka (अश्वमारक).—m. 'horse-destroying', a kind of Oleander, Nerium Odorum Ait. (Mar. pāṃḍharī kaṇhera).

Derivable forms: aśvamārakaḥ (अश्वमारकः).

Aśvamāraka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms aśva and māraka (मारक). See also (synonyms): aśvamāra, aśvahantṛ.

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

Aśvamāraka (अश्वमारक).—m.

(-kaḥ) See the preceding.

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

Aśvamāraka (अश्वमारक):—[=aśva-māraka] [from aśva] m. = -ghna q.v., [Suśruta]

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

Aśvamāraka (अश्वमारक):—[aśva-māraka] (kaḥ) 1. m. Idem.

[Sanskrit to German]

Ashvamaraka 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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