Atyamlaparni, Atyamlaparṇī, Atyamla-parni: 8 definitions

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Ayurveda (science of life)

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Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Atyamlaparṇī (अत्यम्लपर्णी) is the Sanskrit name for an unidentified medicinal plant, according to verse 3.130-131 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. Notes: Vaidyaka Śabda Sindhu equates Atyamlaparṇī with Amlaloṇī (Cāṅgerī) Oxalis corniculata Linn. (also known as creeping woodsorrel or sleeping beauty) but Chopra identifies Cāṅgerī as Rumex dentatus Linn.

Atyamlaparṇī is mentioned as having eight synonyms: Tīkṣṇā, Kaṇḍulā, Vallisūrṇā, Vallī, Karvaḍādī, Vanasthā and Araṇyavāsinī.

Properties and characteristics: “Atyamlaparṇī possesses sharp potency (tīkṣṇa). It has amla-rasa and is used in the ailments of spleen and colics. It sooths vitiated vāta-doṣa. It is appetizer (rucyā) and digestive stimulant (dīpanī). It cures gulma (false abdominal lumps due to wind), and alleviates the diseases due to vitiated kapha”.

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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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Biology (plants and animals)

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Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Atyamlaparni [अत्यम्लपर्णी] in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Causonis trifolia (L.) Mabb. & J.Wen from the Vitaceae (Grape) family having the following synonyms: Cissus trifolia, Vitis trifolia, Vitis carnosa, Cayratia trifolia. For the possible medicinal usage of atyamlaparni, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.

Atyamlaparni in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Amorphophallus bulbifer (Roxb.) Blume from the Araceae (Arum) family having the following synonyms: Arum bulbiferum.

Atyamlaparni [अत्याम्लपर्णि] in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Gynostemma pentaphyllum (Thunb.) Makino from the Cucurbitaceae (Pumpkin) family having the following synonyms: Vitis pentaphylla, Gynostemma wightianum, Gynostemma laxum.

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

1) Atyamlaparni in India is the name of a plant defined with Amorphophallus bulbifer in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Arum punctulatum Zipp. ex Kunth (among others).

2) Atyamlaparni is also identified with Cayratia carnosa It has the synonym Vitis trifolia L. (etc.).

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

· Meletemata Botanica (1832)
· Flora of the British India (1893)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1989)
· Notulae Systematicae. (1911)
· Synopsis Aroidearum: complectens enumerationem systematicam generum et specierum hujus ordinis. (1856)
· A Numerical List of Dried Specimens (6018)

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

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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Atyamlaparṇī (अत्यम्लपर्णी).—f. (-rṇī) A creeper and medicinal plant. E. ati excessive, amla sour; and parṇa a leaf, with the fem. aff. ṅīp.

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

Atyamlaparṇī (अत्यम्लपर्णी):—[=aty-amla-parṇī] [from ati] f. ‘having very acid leaves’, Name of a medicinal plant.

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

Atyamlaparṇī (अत्यम्लपर्णी):—[bahuvrihi compound] f.

(-rṇī) A creeper and medicinal plant, ‘of pungent and astringent properties, employed as a stomachic and against pains and enlargement of the spleen, rheumatism and diseases coming from disorders of the phlegmatic humour.’ See tīkṣṇā, kaṇḍurā, vayasthā. E. atyamla and parṇa, with the fem. aff. ṅīṣ.

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

Atyamlaparṇī (अत्यम्लपर्णी):—[atya+mla-parṇī] < [atyamla-parṇī] (rṇī) 3. f. A creeper.

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Atyamlaparni 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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