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Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Ātmodbhavā (आत्मोद्भवा) is another name for Māṣaparṇī, a medicinal plant identified with Teramnus labialis from the Fabaceae, or “pea family” of flowering plants, according to verse 3.30-33 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The third chapter (guḍūcyādi-varga) of this book contains climbers and creepers (vīrudh). Together with the names Ātmodbhavā and Māṣaparṇī, there are a total of twenty-one Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

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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)

Atmodbhava in India is the name of a plant defined with Teramnus labialis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Galactia diversifolia Bojer (among others).

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

· Journal of the Linnean Society Bot. (1865)
· Commentariorum de Plantis Africae Australioris (1836)
· Flora van Nederlandsch Indië (1855)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (1788)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (1825)
· Systema Vegetabilium (1826)

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

Ātmodbhava (आत्मोद्भव).—a. born or produced from oneself. (-vaḥ) 1 a son; आत्मोद्भवे वर्णचतुष्टयस्य (ātmodbhave varṇacatuṣṭayasya) R.18.12.

2) Cupid.

3) sorrow, pain. (-vā) 1 daughter.

2) intellect.

3) Name of a plant (māṣaparṇī; Mar. rānauḍīda).

Ātmodbhava is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ātman and udbhava (उद्भव).

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

Ātmodbhava (आत्मोद्भव).—mfn.

(-vaḥ-vā-vaṃ) Born or produced from one’s self. m.

(-vaḥ) A son. f.

(-vā) 1. A daughter. 2. A plant, (Glycine debilis.) E. ātman and udbhava born.

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

1) Ātmodbhava (आत्मोद्भव):—[from ātma > ātman] m. (= ātma-sambhava) a son, [Raghuvaṃśa xviii, 11]

2) Ātmodbhavā (आत्मोद्भवा):—[from ātmodbhava > ātma > ātman] f. a daughter, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] the plant Glycine Debilis Roxb., [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Ātmodbhava (आत्मोद्भव):—[ātmo+dbhava] (vaḥ-vā-vaṃ) a. Born from self. m. A son. f. A daughter.

[Sanskrit to German]

Atmodbhava 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

Ātmōdbhava (ಆತ್ಮೋದ್ಭವ):—[noun] one that is born from within a) the Love-God, Manmatha, b) a male off-spring; a son.

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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: Udbhava, Atman.

Full-text: Mashaparni.

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