Biology (plants and animals)

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

Hastiparni in India is the name of a plant defined with Leea macrophylla in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Ampelocissus sikkimensis auct. non (M.A. Lawson) Planch. (among others).

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

· A General History of the Dichlamydeous Plants (1831)
· Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (1846)
· Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Kew (1917)
· Flora Siamensis Enumeratio (1926)
· Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Kew (1920)
· Prodr. (DC.) (1824)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Hastiparni, for example pregnancy safety, health benefits, diet and recipes, chemical composition, side effects, extract dosage, 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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Hastiparṇī (हस्तिपर्णी).—the कर्कटी (karkaṭī) plant.

Hastiparṇī is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms hastin and parṇī (पर्णी).

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

Hastiparṇī (हस्तिपर्णी).—f. (-rṇī) 1. A plant, commonly Morata. 2. A sort of gourd, (Momordica mixta.) E. hastin an elephant, parṇa a leaf.

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

Hastiparṇī (हस्तिपर्णी):—[=hasti-parṇī] [from hasti > hasta] f. Name of two plants (= karkaṭī or = moraṭā), [ib.]

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

Hastiparṇī (हस्तिपर्णी):—[hasti-parṇī] (rṇī) 3. f. A plant, Morotā; sort of gourd.

[Sanskrit to German]

Hastiparni 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: Hastin, Parni.

Starts with: Hastiparnika, Hastiparnini.

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