Durnamacatana, Durṇāmacātana, Durnama-catana: 4 definitions
Introduction:
Durnamacatana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Alternative spellings of this word include Durnamachatana.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Durnamacatana in India is the name of a plant defined with Asparagus racemosus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Asparagopsis hohenackerii Kunth (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Enum. Pl. (1850)
· Species Plantarum. (1799)
· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta’ (1814)
· Malpighia (1937)
· Linnaea (1841)
· South African Journal of Botany (1983)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Durnamacatana, for example diet and recipes, side effects, chemical composition, health benefits, pregnancy safety, extract dosage, have a look at these references.
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 DictionaryDurṇāmacātana (दुर्णामचातन):—[=dur-ṇāma-cātana] [from dur] mfn. driving away the demons called Durṇāman, [Atharva-veda viii, 6,3.]
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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.
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Women in the Atharva-veda Samhita (by Pranab Jyoti Kalita)
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Atharvaveda and Charaka Samhita (by Laxmi Maji)
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