Dhustura, Dhustūra, Dhūstūra: 9 definitions

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Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Dhustura [ಧುಸ್ತೂರ] in the Kannada language is the name of a plant identified with Datura stramonium Datura stramonium L. from the Solanaceae family. For the possible medicinal usage of dhustura, 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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Dhustura (धुस्तुर) or Dhustūra (धुस्तूर).—Name of a plant (= dhattūra q. v.).

Derivable forms: dhusturaḥ (धुस्तुरः), dhustūraḥ (धुस्तूरः).

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Dhūstūra (धूस्तूर).—The thorn-apple.

Derivable forms: dhūstūraḥ (धूस्तूरः).

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

Dhustura (धुस्तुर).—m.

(-raḥ) Thorn apple, (Dhatura fastuosa:) see the next.

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Dhustūra (धुस्तूर).—m.

(-raḥ) Thorn apple, (Datura fastuosa:) E. dhūṣ to make handsome, affix kvip, tūr to be mischievous, affix ka; elegant but deleterious: the vowels are also both made short, as dhustura, or both remain long, as in dhūstūra also written dhuttūra .

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Dhūstūra (धूस्तूर).—m.

(-raḥ) The thorn apple, (Dhutura metel and fastuosa.) E. dhūs elegant, and tūra injurious: see dhustura.

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

Dhustūra (धुस्तूर).—[masculine] thorn-apple.

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

1) Dhustura (धुस्तुर):—([cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]) and tūra ([Kathāsaritsāgara; Uṇādi-sūtra iv, 90 [Scholiast or Commentator]]; ifc. also raka) thorn-apple (cf. dhattūra).

2) Dhūstūra (धूस्तूर):—m. = dhustūra, the thorn-apple, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

1) Dhustura (धुस्तुर):—(raḥ) 1. m. Thorn-apple.

2) Dhustūra (धुस्तूर):—(raḥ) 1. m. Idem.

3) Dhūstūra (धूस्तूर):—(raḥ) 1. m. The thorn-apple.

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Dhustura 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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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Dhustura (ಧುಸ್ತುರ):—[noun] = ಧುಸ್ತೂರ [dhustura].

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Dhustūra (ಧುಸ್ತೂರ):—

1) [noun] the thistle plant Argemone mexicana of Papaveraceae family; gamboge thistle.

2) [noun] the plant Datura metel of Solanaceae family.

3) [noun] another plant Datura stramonium of the same family; white stramonium.

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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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