The Sanskrit term Gṛdhranakhī can be transliterated into English as Grdhranakhi or Gridhranakhi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)

Source: Wisdom Library: Rasa-śāstra

Gṛdhranakhī (गृध्रनखी):—One of the sixty-eight Siddhauṣadhi, as per Rasaśāstra texts (rasa literature). These drugs give siddhi (success) in mercurial operations. Even so, they are more powerful than rasa (mercury) itself. These may perform all the kāryas (‘effects’) and grant dehasiddhi (‘perfection of body’) and lohasiddhi (‘transmutation of base metals’) both.

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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: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Grdhranakhi [गृध्रनखी] in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Capparis sepiaria L. from the Capparaceae (caper) family. For the possible medicinal usage of grdhranakhi, 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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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Gṛdhranakhī (गृध्रनखी).—f. (-khī) 1. The jujube, (Zizyphus jujuba.) 2. A wild kind of the same, (Zizyphus nepeca.) E. gṛdhra a vulture, and nakha nail, having thorns like a vulture’s claws.

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

1) Gṛdhranakhī (गृध्रनखी):—[=gṛdhra-nakhī] [from gṛdhra > gṛdh] f. ‘vulture-clawed’, Asteracantha longifolia, [Suśruta i]

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

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

Gṛdhranakhī (गृध्रनखी):—[gṛdhra-nakhī] (khī) 3. f. The jujube.

[Sanskrit to German]

Gridhranakhi 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Gridhra, Nakhi.

Full-text: Pancakantaka, Kakadani, Kantakapancamula, Siddhaushadhi, Pancamula.

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