The Sanskrit term Hemapuṣpaka can be transliterated into English as Hemapuspaka or Hemapushpaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Hemapuspaka in India is the name of a plant defined with Michelia champaca in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Magnolia membranacea P. Parm. (among others).

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

· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (DC.) (1824)
· Systema Naturae (1817)
· Mant. Pl. (1767)
· Synopseos Plantarum (Persoon) (1806)
· Bulletin Scientifique de la France et de la Belgique (1895)
· Flora van Nederlandsch Indie, (1861)

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

Hemapuṣpaka (हेमपुष्पक).—

1) the Aśoka tree.

2) the Lodhra tree.

3) the Champaka tree. (-n.)

1) the Aśoka flower.

2) the flower of China rose.

Derivable forms: hemapuṣpakaḥ (हेमपुष्पकः).

Hemapuṣpaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms heman and puṣpaka (पुष्पक). See also (synonyms): hemapuṣpa.

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

Hemapuṣpaka (हेमपुष्पक).—m.

(-kaḥ) The Champaka. f.

(-kā) Yellow jasmine.

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

1) Hemapuṣpaka (हेमपुष्पक):—[=hema-puṣpaka] [from hema > heman] m. (only [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]) Michelia Champaka

2) [v.s. ...] Symplocos Racemosa

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

Hemapuṣpaka (हेमपुष्पक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. The Champaca. f. ṣpikā Yellow jasmine.

[Sanskrit to German]

Hemapushpaka 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Hēmapuṣpaka (ಹೇಮಪುಷ್ಪಕ):—[noun] = ಹೇಮಪುಷ್ಪ [hemapushpa].

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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: Hema, Pushpaka.

Full-text: Hemapushpika, Hemapushpa.

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