The Sanskrit term Dugdhapāṣāṇa can be transliterated into English as Dugdhapasana or Dugdhapashana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Dugdhapashana [दुग्धपाषाण] in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Ceropegia edulis (Edgew.) Bruyns from the Apocynaceae (Oleander) family having the following synonyms: Caralluma edulis, Caralluma vittata, Caralluma mouretii, Caudanthera edulis. For the possible medicinal usage of dugdhapashana, 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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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Dugdhapāṣāṇa (दुग्धपाषाण).—calcareous spar.

Derivable forms: dugdhapāṣāṇam (दुग्धपाषाणम्).

Dugdhapāṣāṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dugdha and pāṣāṇa (पाषाण).

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

Dugdhapāṣāṇa (दुग्धपाषाण):—[=dugdha-pāṣāṇa] [from dugdha] n. calcareous spar, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Dugdhapashana 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Dugdhapāṣāṇa (ದುಗ್ಧಪಾಷಾಣ):—[noun] white, metamorphosed limestone, consisting chiefly of recrystallised calcite or dolomite, capable of taking a high polish, used in sculpture and architecture; marble.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Pasana, Dugdha.

Full-text: Gomedasamnibha, Dugdhashman, Dugdha, Diptika.

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