The Sanskrit term Gaurasarṣapa can be transliterated into English as Gaurasarsapa or Gaurasarshapa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on Agriculture

Gaurasarṣapa (गौरसर्षप) refers to “white mustard” (suitable for an offering ritual), according to the Vajratuṇḍasamayakalparāja, an ancient Buddhist ritual manual on agriculture from the 5th-century (or earlier), containing various instructions for the Sangha to provide agriculture-related services to laypeople including rain-making, weather control and crop protection.—Accordingly, [as the Bhagavān teaches the offering of the root spell], “[...] A bell (ghaṇṭā) should be fixed at the top of the jars. Nalada, sarja-resin, olibanum, nakha, nāgapuṣpa and white mustard (gaurasarṣapa) should be joined with candied sugar. These should be enchanted with the mantra 108 times. Incense should be offered by that. This incense should be used everywhere. [...]”.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Gaurasarsapa in India is the name of a plant defined with Shorea assamica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Shorea siamensis Miq. var. borealis Y.K. Yang & J.K. Wu (among others).

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

· Annales Museum Botanicum Lugduno-Batavi (1863)
· Flora of the British India (1874)

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Gaurasarṣapa (गौरसर्षप).—white mustard (considered as a kind of weight).

Derivable forms: gaurasarṣapaḥ (गौरसर्षपः).

Gaurasarṣapa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gaura and sarṣapa (सर्षप).

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

Gaurasarṣapa (गौरसर्षप).—m.

(-paḥ) 1. White mustard. 2. The white mustard seed considered as a measure of weight. E. gaura white, and sarṣapa mustard, also gaura.

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

Gaurasarṣapa (गौरसर्षप).—m. 1. white mustard, Sinapis glauca, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 5, 120; [Suśruta] 1, 16, 10. 2. a measure of weight, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 8, 133. Rājasarṣapa, i. e.

Gaurasarṣapa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gaura and sarṣapa (सर्षप).

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

Gaurasarṣapa (गौरसर्षप).—[masculine] yellow mustard or the seed of it (considered as a weight).

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

Gaurasarṣapa (गौरसर्षप):—[=gaura-sarṣapa] [from gaura] m. white mustard (Sinapis glauca; the seed used as a weight, [Manu-smṛti viii, 133 f.]), [Pāraskara-gṛhya-sūtra; Āpastamba-dharma-sūtra; Manu-smṛti; Yājñavalkya; Suśruta]

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

Gaurasarṣapa (गौरसर्षप):—[gaura-sarṣapa] (paḥ) 1. m. White mustard.

[Sanskrit to German]

Gaurasarshapa 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.

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Partial matches: Sarshapa, Gaura.

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