Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Girikadamba [गिरिकदम्ब] in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Adina cordifolia (Roxb.) Brandis from the Rubiaceae (Coffee) family having the following synonyms: Haldina cordifolia, Nauclea cordifolia, Nauclea sterculiifolia. For the possible medicinal usage of girikadamba, 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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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Girikadamba (गिरिकदम्ब).—a species of the Kadamba tree.

Derivable forms: girikadambaḥ (गिरिकदम्बः).

Girikadamba is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms giri and kadamba (कदम्ब). See also (synonyms): girikadambaka.

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

Girikadamba (गिरिकदम्ब).—m.

(-mbaḥ) A species of Kadamba, (Nauclea cadamba.) E. giri, and kadamba the same.

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

Girikadamba (गिरिकदम्ब):—[=giri-kadamba] [from giri > gir] m. a mountain Kadamba tree, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Girikadamba (गिरिकदम्ब):—[giri-kadamba] (mbaḥ) 1. m. A tree (Nauclea Kadamba).

[Sanskrit to German]

Girikadamba 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: Kadamba, Giri.

Starts with: Girikadambaka.

Full-text: Girikadambaka.

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