Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Dronagandhika in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Vanda tessellata (Roxb.) Hook. ex G.Don from the Orchidaceae (Orchid) family having the following synonyms: Epidendrum tessellatum, Vanda roxburghii, Cymbidium tessellatum. For the possible medicinal usage of dronagandhika, 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)

Dronagandhika in India is the name of a plant defined with Vanda tessellata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Epidendrum tessellatum Roxb. (among others).

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

· Loudon’s Hortus Britannicus. (1830)
· Taxon (1979)
· Flora Indica, or ‘Descriptions of Indian Plants’ ed. 1832 (1832)
· Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal. (1799)
· Pl. Coromandel (1795)
· Taxon (1981)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Dronagandhika, for example pregnancy safety, health benefits, chemical composition, extract dosage, diet and recipes, side effects, 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

Droṇagandhikā (द्रोणगन्धिका).—a kind of plant (rāsanā).

Droṇagandhikā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms droṇa and gandhikā (गन्धिका).

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

Droṇagandhikā (द्रोणगन्धिका).—f.

(-kā) A plant: see rāsnā .

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

Droṇagandhikā (द्रोणगन्धिका):—[=droṇa-gandhikā] [from droṇa] f. a kind of plant (= rāsnā), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Droṇagandhikā (द्रोणगन्धिका):—[droṇa-gandhikā] (kā) 1. f. A plant.

[Sanskrit to German]

Dronagandhika 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: Drona, Gandhika.

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