Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Garbhaghatini in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Gloriosa superba L. from the Liliaceae (Lily) family having the following synonyms: Gloriosa rothschildiana, Gloriosa cirrhifolia, Gloriosa nepalensis. For the possible medicinal usage of garbhaghatini, 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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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

Garbhaghātinī (गर्भघातिनी):—[=garbha-ghātinī] [from garbha] f. ‘embryo-killer, producing abortion’, the poisonous plant Methonica superba, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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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.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Garbhaghātinī (गर्भघातिनी):—adj. fem. aborting the embryo;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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Partial matches: Ghatini, Garbha.

Full-text: Vehat.

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