The Sanskrit term Bhujaṅgākṣī can be transliterated into English as Bhujangaksi or Bhujangakshi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Bhujangakshi in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Vanda tessellata (Roxb.) Hook. ex G.Don from the Orchidaceae (Orchid) family having the following synonyms: Epidendrum tessellatum, Vanda roxburghii, Cymbidium tessellatum. For the possible medicinal usage of bhujangakshi, 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.

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

Bhujangakshi in India is the name of a plant defined with Vanda tessellata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Cymbidium allagnata Buch.-Ham. ex Wall., nom. inval. (among others).

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

· Taxon (1981)
· Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal. (1799)
· Pl. Coromandel (1795)
· Flora Indica, or ‘Descriptions of Indian Plants’ ed. 1832 (1832)
· Loudon’s Hortus Britannicus. (1830)
· Ann. Bot. Syst. (Walpers) (1864)

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

Bhujaṅgākṣī (भुजङ्गाक्षी).—f. (-kṣī) A plant, (the ichneumon plant: see rāsvā. E. bhujaṅga a snake, akṣa to pervade, affs. aṇ and ṅīp; otherwise bhujaṅga and akṣ an eye; the flowers being compared to the eye of the snake.

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

Bhujaṅgākṣī (भुजङ्गाक्षी):—[bhujaṅgā+kṣī] (kṣīṃ) 3. f. The ichneumon 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Bhujaṃgākṣi (ಭುಜಂಗಾಕ್ಷಿ):—[noun] the twining shrub Aristolochia indica of Aristolochiaceae family; Indian birth wort; serpent root plant.

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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.

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