Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Atigandha in India is the name of a plant defined with Jasminum sambac in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Mogorium gimea Zuccagni (among others).

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

· Journal of Fujian Agricultural College (1992)
· Flora (1864)
· Prodr. (DC.) (1844)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1991)
· Hortus Kewensis (1789)
· Cytologia (1992)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Atigandha, for example extract dosage, chemical composition, health benefits, pregnancy safety, 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.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Atigandha (अतिगन्ध).—a. Having an excessive or overpowering smell.

-ndhaḥ 1 Sulphur.

2) Name of various plants: चम्पक, भूततृण (campaka, bhūtatṛṇa) lemon-grass &. मुद्गर (mudgara). (Mar. sugaṃdhī rohisa gavata, sona- cāṃphā, baṭamogarā)

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

Atigandha (अतिगन्ध).—m.

(-ndhaḥ) 1. A fragrant grass, lemon-grass, (Andropogon schœnanthus.) 2. Champac, (Michelia champaca.) 3. A kind of bean, (Phaseolus mungo) 4. Sulphur. mfn.

(-ndhaḥ-ndhā-ndhaṃ) Of strong or exceeding odour. E. ati, and gandha smell.

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

1) Atigandha (अतिगन्ध):—[=ati-gandha] [from ati] mfn. having an overpowering smell

2) [v.s. ...] m. sulphur

3) [v.s. ...] lemon-grass (Andropogon Schaenunthes)

4) [v.s. ...] the Champac flower (Michelia Champaca)

5) [v.s. ...] a kind of jasmin.

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

Atigandha (अतिगन्ध):—[bahuvrihi compound] I. m. f. n.

(-ndhaḥ-ndhā-ndham) Of strong or exceeding odour. Ii. m.

(-ndhaḥ) 1) A fragrant grass, lemon-grass (Andropogon schœnanthus).

2) Champac (Michelia champaca).

3) A kind of Jasmin. See mudgara.

4) Sulphur. E. ati and gandha.

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

Atigandha (अतिगन्ध):—[ati-gandha] (ndhaḥ) 1. m. Lemon-grass.

[Sanskrit to German]

Atigandha 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Atigaṃdha (ಅತಿಗಂಧ):—

1) [noun] that which is pungently acrid to smell.

2) [noun] brimstone, a yellow non-metallic element and mineral, very brittle, fusible, and inflammable; sulphur.

3) [noun] the grass Cymbopogon citratus of Poaceae family; lemon grass.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Gandha, Ati.

Starts with: Atigandhaka, Atigandhalu.

Ends with: Ajitavatigandha, Catujjatigandha, Pratigandha.

Full-text: Bhutatrina, Pragbhara.

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