The Sanskrit term Bhṛguja can be transliterated into English as Bhrguja or Bhriguja, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Bhriguja in India is the name of a plant defined with Rotheca serrata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Cyclonema serratum (L.) Hassk. (among others).

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

· Flora Telluriana (1838)
· Flora Yunnanica (1977)
· Flora (1842)
· Systema Vegetabilium (1825)
· Rev. Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon (1983)
· Mantissa Plantarum (1767)

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

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Bhṛguja (भृगुज).—

1) an epithet of Śukra.

2) the planet Venus.

Derivable forms: bhṛgujaḥ (भृगुजः).

Bhṛguja is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bhṛgu and ja (ज). See also (synonyms): bhṛgutanaya.

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

Bhṛguja (भृगुज):—[=bhṛgu-ja] [from bhṛgu] ([Sūryasiddhānta]) ([Varāha-mihira]) m. ‘son of Bh°’, the planet Venus.

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Bhriguja 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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Partial matches: Bhrigu, Ja.

Full-text: Bhrigutanaya.

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