The Sanskrit term Brahmakośī can be transliterated into English as Brahmakosi or Brahmakoshi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Brahmakoshi [ब्रह्मकोषी] in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Apium graveolens L. from the Apiaceae (Carrot) family. For the possible medicinal usage of brahmakoshi, 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)

Brahmakoshi in India is the name of a plant defined with Apium graveolens in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Smyrnium laterale Thunb. (among others).

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

· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Taxon (1992)
· Flora Pyrenaea (1900)
· Flora Carniolica (1772)
· Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo (1911)
· Familles des Plantes (1763)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Brahmakoshi, for example health benefits, diet and recipes, side effects, pregnancy safety, 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: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Brahmakośī (ब्रह्मकोशी):—[=brahma-kośī] [from brahma-kośa > brahma > brahman] f. a species of plant (= aja-modā), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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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: Kosi, Brahma.

Full-text: Brahmakusha.

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