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Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Dīrghapallava (दीर्घपल्लव) is another name for Śaṇa,  a medicinal plant identified with Crotalaria juncea Linn. (“Indian hemp”) from the Fabaceae or “legume” family of flowering plants, according to verse 4.75-76 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 Dīrghapallava and Śaṇa, there are a total of eight Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

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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: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Dirghapallava [दीर्घपल्लवः] in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Crotalaria juncea L. from the Fabaceae (Pea) family having the following synonyms: Crotalaria sericea, Crotalaria benghalensis, Crotalaria viminea. For the possible medicinal usage of dirghapallava, 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)

Dirghapallava in India is the name of a plant defined with Crotalaria juncea in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Crotalaria porrecta Wall., nom. nud. (among others).

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

· Bangladesh Journal of Botany (1981)
· Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany (1995)
· Botany (1978)
· Plant Genetic Resources Newsletter (1993)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (1786)

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

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Dīrghapallava (दीर्घपल्लव).—mfn.

(-vaḥ-vā-vī-vaṃ) Having long shoots or tendrils. m.

(-vaḥ) The San plant, (Crotolaria juneca.) E. dīrgha, and pallava a shoot.

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

Dīrghapallava (दीर्घपल्लव):—[=dīrgha-pallava] [from dīrgha] m. ‘having l° shoots or tendrils’, Cannabis Sativa or Crotolaria Juncea, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Dīrghapallava (दीर्घपल्लव):—[dīrgha-pallava] (vaḥ-vā-vī-vaṃ) a. Having long shoots. m. The San plant.

[Sanskrit to German]

Dirghapallava 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Pallava, Dirgha.

Full-text: Shana.

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