The Sanskrit term Gorakṣī can be transliterated into English as Goraksi or Gorakshi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

1) Gorakṣī (गोरक्षी) is the Sanskrit name for a medicinal plant possibly identified with Adansonia digitata Linn. or “African baobab” from the Malvaceae or “mallows” family of flowering plants, according to verse 5.94-95 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu.

Gorakṣī is mentioned as having seven synonyms: Sarpadaṇḍī, Dīrghadaṇḍī, Sudaṇḍikā, Citralā, Gandhabahulā, Gopālī and Pañcaparṇikā.

Properties and characteristics: “Gorakṣī is sweet (madhura), bitter (tikta), cooling (śiśira) and relieves burning sensations. It alleviates the diseases due to pitta and is useful in boils, vomiting, diarrhoea and fevers”.

2) Gorakṣī (गोरक्षी) is another name for Gorakṣadugdhī, an unidentified medicinal plant, possibly identified with either (1) Grewia hirsuta (Malvaceae family), (2) Sida spinosa (ibid.), or (3) Euphorbia thymifolia Linn. (Euphorbiaceae family), according to verse 5.142-143. The fifth chapter (parpaṭādi-varga) of this book enumerates sixty varieties of smaller plants (kṣudra-kṣupa). Together with the names Gorakṣī and Gorakṣadugdhī, there are a total of seven Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Gorakshi in India is the name of a plant defined with Adansonia digitata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Ophelus sitularius Lour. (among others).

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

· A concise dictionary of the Bini language of Southern Nigeria. (1937)
· Rev. Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon (1980)
· Nomenclator Botanicus. (1840)
· Sylva Telluriana (1838)
· Fl. Somala (1932)
· A grammar and vocabulary of the Nupe language. (1864)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Gorakshi, for example health benefits, extract dosage, side effects, chemical composition, diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, have a look at these references.

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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

1) Gorakṣī (गोरक्षी):—[=go-rakṣī] [from go-rakṣa > go] f. Name of several plants used for forming fences (gandha-bahulā, go-pālī, citralā, dīrgha-daṇḍī, pañca-parṇikā, sarpa-daṇḍī, su-daṇḍikā), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] = kṣatumbī, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] = kṣa-dugdhā, [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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Gōrakṣi (ಗೋರಕ್ಷಿ):—[noun] = ಗೋರಕ್ಷ - [goraksha -] 2.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Rakshi, Go.

Full-text: Gandhabahula, Sarpadandi, Sudandika, Citrala, Dirghadandi, Pancaparnika, Gopali, Gorakshadugdha, Dirghadanda, Gorakshadugdhi, Gopala.

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