Ghritakumarika, Ghṛtakumārikā, Ghrita-kumarika: 5 definitions

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Ghritakumarika 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.

The Sanskrit term Ghṛtakumārikā can be transliterated into English as Ghrtakumarika or Ghritakumarika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Ghrtakumarika in India is the name of a plant defined with Aloe vera in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Aloe maculata Forssk., nom. illeg. (among others).

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

· Synopseos Plantarum (Persoon) (1805)
· Tabl. École Bot. (1804)
· Histoire Naturelle des Îles Canaries (1848)
· Hort. Bot. Panorm. (1890)
· Botanical Magazine, or ‘Flower-Garden Displayed’ (1804)
· Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Bot. (1878)

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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

[«previous next»] — Ghritakumarika in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ghṛtakumārikā (घृतकुमारिका).—Aloe Indica (Mar. koraphaḍa); Bhāvapr.5.3.282.

Ghṛtakumārikā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ghṛta and kumārikā (कुमारिका). See also (synonyms): ghṛtakumārī.

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

Ghṛtakumārikā (घृतकुमारिका):—[=ghṛta-kumārikā] [from ghṛta > ghṛ] f. ‘ghee-virgin’, Aloe indica (supposed to resemble a virgin in delicacy), [Bhāvaprakāśa v, 3, 282.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Ghritakumarika 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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