Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

1) Durabhi in India is the name of a plant defined with Fagonia cretica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Fagonia desertorum Andr..

2) Durabhi is also identified with Fagonia indica It has the synonym Fagonia oliveri DC. var. grandiflora Ozenda & Quézel (etc.).

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

· Prodr. (DC.) (1824)
· Flora Indica (1768)
· Regnum Vegetabile, or ‘a Series of Handbooks for the Use of Plant Taxonomists and Plant Geographers’ (1993)
· Diagn. Pl. Orient. (1843)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France (1900)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Durabhi, for example diet and recipes, side effects, pregnancy safety, extract dosage, health benefits, chemical composition, 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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Durabhi (दुरभि):—[=dur-abhi] [from dur] n. (wrongly opp. to surabhi) stench, [Maitrāyaṇī-saṃhitā ii, 1, 3.]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Durabhi (दुरभि) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Dubbhi.

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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: Dur, Abhi.

Starts with (+3): Durabhibhava, Durabhigama, Durabhigamya, Durabhigra, Durabhigraha, Durabhihita, Durabhimana, Durabhimani, Durabhimanin, Durabhimanini, Durabhimata, Durabhimoca, Durabhimocha, Durabhinna, Durabhipraya, Durabhiraja, Durabhiraksha, Durabhirakshata, Durabhisambhava, Durabhisambhuna.

Full-text: Abhisambhava, Abhisambhuna, Dubbhi, Abhimanin.

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