The Sanskrit term Devaśekhara can be transliterated into English as Devasekhara or Devashekhara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Devashekhara in India is the name of a plant defined with Artemisia sieversiana in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Absinthium sieversianum Besser (among others).

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

· Grassland of China (1989)
· Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou (1829)
· Species Plantarum. (1845)
· Report of the First Scientific Expedition to Manchoukou (1935)
· Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Intramongolicae (1991)
· Folia Geobotanica et Phytotaxonomica (1984)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Devashekhara, for example diet and recipes, side effects, extract dosage, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, 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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Devaśekhara (देवशेखर).—the damanaka tree (Mar. davaṇā).

Devaśekhara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms deva and śekhara (शेखर).

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

Devaśekhara (देवशेखर):—[=deva-śekhara] [from deva] m. ‘d° diadem’, Artemisia Indica, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Devashekhara in German

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Partial matches: Sekhara, Deva, Teva.

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