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Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

1) Durabhigrahā (दुरभिग्रहा) is another name for Kapikacchu, a medicinal plant identified with Mucuna pruriens (velvet bean or cowhage or cowitch) from the Fabaceae or “bean family” of flowering plants, according to verse 3.50-53 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The third chapter (guḍūcyādi-varga) of this book contains climbers and creepers (vīrudh). Together with the names Durabhigrahā and Kapikacchu, there are a total of twenty-six Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

2) Durabhigrahā (दुरभिग्रहा) is also mentioned as a synonym for Dhanvayāsa, an unidentified medicinal plant, according to verse 4.53-55. The fourth chapter (śatāhvādi-varga) of this book enumerates eighty varieties of small plants (pṛthu-kṣupa). Together with the names Durabhigrahā and Dhanvayāsa, there are a total of fourteen Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

3) Durabhigraha (दुरभिग्रह) is also mentioned as a synonym for Apāmārga, a medicinal plant identified with Achyranthes aspera Linn. (“prickly chaff-flower”) from the Amaranthaceae or “amaranth” family of flowering plants, according to verse 4.88-91. Together with the names Durabhigraha and Apāmārga, there are a total of twenty-three 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: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Durabhigraha in India is the name of a plant defined with Achyranthes aspera in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Centrostachys indica Standl. (among others).

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

· Journal of Palynology (1980)
· Flora Indica (1824)
· Acta Botanica Indica (1982)
· Phytomedicine. (2002)
· The India Journal of Experimental Biology (IJEB) (1977)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (Lamarck) (1783)

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

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Durabhigraha (दुरभिग्रह).—a. difficult to be caught.

Durabhigraha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dur and abhigraha (अभिग्रह).

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

Durabhigraha (दुरभिग्रह).—mfn.

(-haḥ-hā-haṃ) Difficult to be taken or laid hold of. m. (haḥ) A tree, (Achyranthes aspera.) f.

(-hā) Cowach. E. dur, and abhigraha taking.

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

1) Durabhigraha (दुरभिग्रह):—[=dur-abhigraha] [from dur] mfn. d° to be laid hold of [Horace H. Wilson]

2) [v.s. ...] m. Achyranthes Aspera, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) Durabhigrahā (दुरभिग्रहा):—[=dur-abhigrahā] [from dur-abhigraha > dur] f. Mucuna Pruritus

4) [v.s. ...] Alhagi Maurorum, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Durabhigraha (दुरभिग्रह):—[dura+bhigraha] (haḥ-hā-haṃ) a. Hard to be taken. m. A tree. f. Cowach.

[Sanskrit to German]

Durabhigraha 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: Dur, Abhigraha, Door, Tur.

Full-text: Abhigraha, Dhanvayasa, Kapikacchu, Apamarga.

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Appendix III - Synonyms of Flora (Vanauṣadhi-varga)

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