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Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Indrasurasa (इन्द्रसुरस, “sweet to Indra”) is a synonym for Sinduvāra, which is a Sanskrit name for a medicinal plant (either Vitex Negundo or Vitex trifolia). It is a technical term used throughout Ayurvedic literature such as the Caraka-saṃhitā and the Suśruta-saṃhitā. This synonym was identified by Amarasiṃha in his Amarakośa (a Sanskrit botanical thesaurus from the 4^th century).

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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)

Indrasurasa in India is the name of a plant defined with Vitex trifolia in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Vitex trifolia var. parviflora Benth. (among others).

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

· The Verbenaceae of the Malayan Archipelago (1919)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Bulletin of Botanical Research, Harbin (1989)
· Acta Phytotax. Geobot. (1938)
· Enumeratio Spermatophytarum Japonicarum (1948)
· Novon (1991)

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

Indrasurasa (इन्द्रसुरस).—a shrub the leaves of which are used in discutient applications (nirguṃḍī).

Derivable forms: indrasurasaḥ (इन्द्रसुरसः).

Indrasurasa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms indra and surasa (सुरस). See also (synonyms): indrasurā.

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

Indrasurasa (इन्द्रसुरस).—m.

(-saḥ) A shrub, the leaves of which are used in discutient applications, (Vitex negundo;) also sinduvāra. E. indra best, su good, and rasa juice; whose juice is excellent.

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

Indrasurasa (इन्द्रसुरस):—[=indra-surasa] [from indra] m. a shrub (the leaves of which are used in discutient applications), Vitex Negundo, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Indrasurasa (इन्द्रसुरस):—[indra-surasa] (saḥ) 1. m. A shrub.

[Sanskrit to German]

Indrasurasa 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

Iṃdrasurasa (ಇಂದ್ರಸುರಸ):—[noun] = ಇಂದ್ರಾಣಿಕೆ [imdranike].

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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: Indra, Surasa, Curaca.

Full-text: Indrasurisa, Indranika, Indrasura, Sinduvara.

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