The Sanskrit terms Bhṛṅgajā and Bhṛṅgaja can be transliterated into English as Bhrngaja or Bhringaja, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Bhringaja in India is the name of a plant defined with Aquilaria agallocha in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Aloexylum agallochum Lour. (among others).

2) Bhringaja is also identified with Rotheca serrata It has the synonym Clerodendrum herbaceum Roxb. ex Schauer (etc.).

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

· Prodromus Florae Nepalensis. (1825)
· Phytologia (1952)
· Prodr. (1847)
· Flora Yunnanica (1977)
· Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany (1883)
· Mantissa Plantarum (1767)

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

Bhṛṅgaja (भृङ्गज).—

1) aloe-wood.

2) talc.

-jā the plant भार्गी (bhārgī).

Derivable forms: bhṛṅgajam (भृङ्गजम्).

Bhṛṅgaja is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bhṛṅga and ja (ज).

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

Bhṛṅgaja (भृङ्गज).—n.

(-jaṃ) 1. Alœ-wood or Agallochum. 2. Talc.

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

1) Bhṛṅgaja (भृङ्गज):—[=bhṛṅga-ja] [from bhṛṅga] m. Agallochum, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) Bhṛṅgajā (भृङ्गजा):—[=bhṛṅga-jā] [from bhṛṅga-ja > bhṛṅga] f. Clerodendrum Siphonanthus, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Bhṛṅgaja (भृङ्गज):—[bhṛṅga-ja] (jaṃ) 1. n. Aloe wood.

[Sanskrit to German]

Bhringaja 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: Bhringa, Ja.

Full-text: Bharangi.

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