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Ayurveda (science of life)

Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Harsiṅgār or Śephālikā in the Hindi language is another name for Śephālī, a medicinal plant identified with Nyctanthes arbor-tristis Linn. (or ‘night-flowering jasmine’) from the Oleaceae family of flowering plants, according to verse 4.155-156 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fourth chapter (śatāhvādi-varga) of this book enumerates eighty varieties of small plants (pṛthu-kṣupa). Other than the Hindi word Harsiṅgār, there are more synonyms identified for this plant among which eighteen are in Sanskrit.

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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)

1) Harsingar in India is the name of a plant defined with Cochlospermum religiosum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Maximilianea gossypium (L.) Kuntze (among others).

2) Harsingar is also identified with Nyctanthes arbor-tristis It has the synonym Parilium arbor-tristis (L.) Gaertn. (etc.).

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

· Taxon (1979)
· De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum (1788)
· Current Science (1984)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· FBI (1882)
· For. Fl. Punj. (1956)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Harsingar, for example health benefits, chemical composition, diet and recipes, extract dosage, pregnancy safety, side effects, 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

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Harsingar in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) a particular sweet-smelling flower and its plant..—harsingar (हरसिंगार) is alternatively transliterated as Harasiṃgāra.

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See also (Relevant definitions)

Full-text: Harasimgara, Shephali.

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