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Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Bahuparṇī (बहुपर्णी) is another name for Doḍī, a medicinal plant, possibly identified with Strychnos nux-vomica Linn. or “strychnine tree” from the Loganiaceae family of flowering plants, according to verse 4.184-185 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fourth chapter (śatāhvādi-varga) of this book enumerates eighty varieties of small plants (pṛthu-kṣupa). Together with the names Bahuparṇī and Doḍī, there are a total of eight Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

Unclassified Ayurveda definitions

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Bahuparṇī (बहुपर्णी) is another name for Hemajīvantī, which is a Sanskrit word referring to Dregea volubilis (sneeze wort). It is classified as a medicinal plant in the system of Āyurveda (science of Indian medicine) and is used throughout literature such as the Suśrutasaṃhita and the Carakasaṃhitā. The synonym was identified in the Rājanighaṇṭu (verse 6.183), which is a 13^th century medicinal thesaurus.

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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: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Bahuparni [बहुपर्णी] in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Trigonella foenum-graecum from the Fabaceae (Pea) family. For the possible medicinal usage of bahuparni, 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.

Bahuparni [बहुपर्णी] in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Marsdenia volubilis (L. fil.) Cooke from the Apocynaceae (Oleander) family having the following synonyms: Asclepias volubilis, Dregea volubilis, Wattakaka volubilis.

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

Bahuparni in India is the name of a plant defined with Trigonella foenum-graecum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Medicago tibetana (Alef.) Vassilcz. (among others).

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

· Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden (1994)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2002)
· Grassland of China (1997)
· Methodus Plantas Horti Botanici (1794)
· Cytologia (1988)
· New Botanist (1988)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Bahuparni, for example pregnancy safety, diet and recipes, health benefits, side effects, chemical composition, extract dosage, 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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bahuparṇī (बहुपर्णी).—f. (rṇī) A medicinal plant, (Trigonella fœnugræcum.) E. bahu many, parṇa a leaf.

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

Bahuparṇī (बहुपर्णी):—[bahu-parṇī] (rṇī) 3. f. A medicinal plant.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Bahu, Parni.

Starts with: Bahuparnika.

Full-text: Hemajivanti, Dodi.

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