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Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Himajā (हिमजा) is another name for Kṣīriṇī, an unidentified medicinal plant, according to verse 5.50-51 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 Himajā and Kṣīriṇī, there are a total of fourteen Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

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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) Himaja in India is the name of a plant defined with Hedychium spicatum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Gandasulium sieboldii Kuntze (among others).

2) Himaja is also identified with Terminalia chebula It has the synonym Myrobalanus chebula Gaertn. (etc.).

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

· Tableau Encyclopédique et Méthodique … Botanique (1791)
· Hooker’s Journal of Botany Kew Gard. Misc. (1853)
· Journ. Hort. Soc. (1852)
· Observationes Botanicae (1783)
· Bot. Cab. (1818)
· Monandr. Pl. Scitam. (1825)

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

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Himaja (हिमज).—the Maināka mountain.

Derivable forms: himajaḥ (हिमजः).

Himaja is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms hima and ja (ज).

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Himajā (हिमजा).—

1) the plant Zedoary.

2) Pārvatī.

Himajā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms hima and jā (जा).

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

Himaja (हिमज).—mfn.

(-jaḥ-jā-jaṃ) Produced by cold, in the Himalaya, &c. m.

(-jaḥ) 1. The mountain Mainaka. f.

(-jā) 1. Parvati. 2. Zedoary- E. hima the Himalaya personified, ja born.

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

Himaja (हिमज).—[hima-ja], I. adj. 1. Produced by cold. 2. Produced in the Himālaya. Ii. f. jā, Pārvatī.

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

1) Himaja (हिमज):—[=hima-ja] [from hima > him] mfn. produced by cold, [Horace H. Wilson]

2) [v.s. ...] born or prod° in the Himālaya mountain, [ib.]

3) [v.s. ...] m. the mountain Maināka, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) Himajā (हिमजा):—[=hima-jā] [from hima-ja > hima > him] f. a kind of plant = kṣiriṇī, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

5) [v.s. ...] the plant called Zedoary, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

6) [v.s. ...] sugar prepared from Yava-nāla, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

7) [v.s. ...] Name of Parvati, [ib.]

8) [v.s. ...] of Śacī, [ib.]

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

Himaja (हिमज):—[hima-ja] (jaḥ-jā-jaṃ) m. The mountain Maināka. 1. f. Pārvatī; zedoary. a. Produced by cold.

[Sanskrit to German]

Himaja 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: Hima, Ja.

Ends with: Bhimaja.

Full-text: Kshirini.

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