Dhvankshanashini, Dhvāṅkṣanāśinī, Dhvanksha-nashini: 2 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Dhvāṅkṣanāśinī can be transliterated into English as Dhvanksanasini or Dhvankshanashini, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭuDhvāṅkṣanāśinī (ध्वाङ्क्षनाशिनी) is another name for (the smaller variety of) Hapuṣā, an unidentified medicinal plant possibly identified with Juniperus communis Linn (“common juniper”) or Juniperus macropoda Boiss. (also called Juniperus excelsa polycarpos, or “the Pashtun juniper”), both from the Cupressaceae family of plants, according to verse 4.113-115 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fourth chapter (śatāhvādi-varga) of this book enumerates eighty varieties of small plants (pṛthu-kṣupa). Together with the names Dhvāṅkṣanāśinī and Hapuṣā, there are a total of eleven Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
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.
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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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Partial matches: Nashini, Dhvanksha.
Full-text: Hapusha.
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