Alternative spellings of this word include Chitraphala.

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Ayurveda (science of life)

Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

1) Citraphalā (चित्रफला) is another name for Liṅginī, an unidentified medicinal plant, according to verse 3.45-47 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The third chapter (guḍūcyādi-varga) of this book contains climbers and creepers (vīrudh). Together with the names Citraphalā and Liṅginī, there are a total of sixteen Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

2) Citraphalā (चित्रफला) is also mentioned as a synonym for Kaṇṭakārī, a medicinal plant identified with Solanum xanthacarpum, a synonym of Solanum virginianum L. (“surattense nightshade” or “Thai eggplant”) from the Solanaceae or “nightshades” family of flowering plants, according to verse 4.30-32. The fourth chapter (śatāhvādi-varga) of this book enumerates eighty varieties of small plants (pṛthu-kṣupa). Together with the names Citraphalā and Kaṇṭakārī, there are a total of fourteen Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

Unclassified Ayurveda definitions

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Citraphalā (चित्रफला) is another name (synonym) for Vārttākī, which is the Sanskrit word for Solanum melongena (eggplant), a plant from the Solanaceae family. This synonym was identified by Narahari in his 13th-century Rājanighaṇṭu (verses 7.194-195), which is an Ayurvedic 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: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Citraphala in India is the name of a plant defined with Solanum melongena in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Solanum incanum auct. non L. (among others).

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

· FBI (1883)
· Journal of the Indian Botanical Society (1998)
· Cytologia (1989)
· Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding (1981)
· Cytologia (1991)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (1852)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Citraphala, for example extract dosage, pregnancy safety, chemical composition, diet and recipes, health benefits, side effects, have a look at these references.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Citraphala (चित्रफल).—A kind of large flat fish; L. D. B.

Derivable forms: citraphalaḥ (चित्रफलः).

Citraphala is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms citra and phala (फल). See also (synonyms): citraphalaka.

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Citraphalā (चित्रफला).—

1) A smaller kind of flat fish.

2) Name of several plants.

Citraphalā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms citra and phalā (फला).

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

Citraphala (चित्रफल).—mf.

(-laḥ-lā) A kind of cucumber, (C. utilatissimus.) m.

(-laḥ) A kind of fish, (Mystus chitala, Ham.) f. (-lā-lī) 1. Egg plant, (Solanum malongena.) 2. Prickly nightshade, (Solanum jacquini.) 3. Gourds of various sorts. 4. A fish, (Mystus karpirat, Ham.) E. citra surprising, and phala fruit. citraṃ phalaṃ phalakamiva ākāro’sti asya-ac . (cital) matsyabhede .

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

1) Citraphala (चित्रफल):—[=citra-phala] [from citra > cit] m. the fish Mystus Citala, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] Cucumis sativus, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] f(ā, ī). the fish Mystus Karpirat, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) Citraphalā (चित्रफला):—[=citra-phalā] [from citra-phala > citra > cit] f. Name of several plants (cirbhiṭā, mṛgervāru, citra-devī, vārtākī kaṇṭakāri), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Citraphala (चित्रफल):—[citra-phala] (laḥ-lā) 1. m. f. Kind of cucumber f. Kind of fish; a gourd.

[Sanskrit to German]

Citraphala in German

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See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Citra, Phala.

Starts with: Citraphalah, Citraphalaka, Citraphalakagata.

Ends with: Bilicitraphala, Kempucitraphala.

Full-text: Citraphalaka, Lingini, Varttaki, Kantakari.

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