Hemakshiri, Hemakṣīrī: 7 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Hemakṣīrī can be transliterated into English as Hemaksiri or Hemakshiri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Hemakṣīrī (हेमक्षीरी) is another name for Svarṇakṣīrī, an unidentified medicinal plant, according to verse 5.55-56 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fifth chapter (parpaṭādi-varga) of this book enumerates sixty varieties of smaller plants (kṣudra-kṣupa). Together with the names Hemakṣīrī and Svarṇakṣīrī, there are a total of eight Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
Hemakṣīrī (हेमक्षीरी) is another name for Hemajīvantī, which is a Sanskrit word referring to Dregea volubilis (sneeze wort). It is classified as a medicinal plant in the system of Āyurveda (science of Indian medicine) and is used throughout literature such as the Suśrutasaṃhita and the Carakasaṃhitā. The synonym was identified in the Rājanighaṇṭu (verse 6.183), which is a 13th century medicinal thesaurus.
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)
Hemakshiri [हेमक्षीरी] in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Marsdenia volubilis (L. fil.) Cooke from the Apocynaceae (Oleander) family having the following synonyms: Asclepias volubilis, Dregea volubilis, Wattakaka volubilis. For the possible medicinal usage of hemakshiri, 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.
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
Hemakṣīrī (हेमक्षीरी).—f. (-rī) A medicinal sort of moon-plant. E. hema gold, kṣīrī a name of several plants.
Hemakṣīrī (हेमक्षीरी):—[=hema-kṣīrī] [from hema > heman] f. a kind of plant, [Suśruta]
Hemakṣīrī (हेमक्षीरी):—[hema-kṣīrī] (rī) 3. f. A medicinal sort of moon-plant.
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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: Kshiri, Hema.
Full-text: Hemajivanti, Svarnakshiri.
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Journal of Ayurveda and Integrated Medical Sciences
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International Research Journal of Ayurveda and Yoga
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Standardization of Bindu Ghrita < [Vol. 5 No. 8: Aug (2022)]
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