Biology (plants and animals)

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

Indrasunu in India is the name of a plant defined with Terminalia arjuna in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Terminalia arjuna (Roxb. ex DC.) Wight & Arn. (among others).

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

· Taxon (1981)
· Flora Sylvatica (1869)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (1828)
· Taxon (1979)
· Plant Systematics and Evolution (1996)
· Fl. Austral. (1864)

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

Indrasūnu (इन्द्रसूनु).—

1) Name of (a) Jayanta; (b) Arjuna; (c) Vāli, the king of monkeys.

2) Name of the अर्जुन (arjuna) tree.

Derivable forms: indrasūnuḥ (इन्द्रसूनुः).

Indrasūnu is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms indra and sūnu (सूनु). See also (synonyms): indrasuta.

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

Indrasūnu (इन्द्रसूनु).—m.

(-nuḥ) The son of Indra: see indrasuta

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

Indrasūnu (इन्द्रसूनु):—[=indra-sūnu] [from indra] m. ‘the son of Indra’, Name of the monkey-king Vālin.

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

Indrasūnu (इन्द्रसूनु):—[indra-sūnu] (nuḥ) 2. m. Monkey Bāli.

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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: Sunu, Indra, Cunu.

Full-text: Indrasuta.

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