Biology (plants and animals)

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

Indravarunika in India is the name of a plant defined with Citrullus colocynthis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Colocynthis vulgaris Schrad. (among others).

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

· Index Seminum [Goettingen] (1833)
· The Gardeners Dictionary (1754)
· Species Plantarum
· Garcia Orta, Sér. Bot. (1976)
· Linnaea (1838)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Indravarunika, for example diet and recipes, extract dosage, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, side effects, health benefits, have a look at these references.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Indravāruṇikā (इन्द्रवारुणिका).—Colocynth, a wild bitter gourd cucumis colocynthis. (Mar. moṭhī kaṃvaḍaḷa) किमिन्द्रवारुणी राम सितया कटुकीयते (kimindravāruṇī rāma sitayā kaṭukīyate) Laghu Yogavāsiṣṭha-sāra X. सौवर्चलं हरिद्रा च पिप्पली चेन्द्रवारुणिः । मूत्र- कृच्छ्रे प्रशंसन्ति पिण्डोऽयं वाजिनां हितः ॥ शालिहोत्र (sauvarcalaṃ haridrā ca pippalī cendravāruṇiḥ | mūtra- kṛcchre praśaṃsanti piṇḍo'yaṃ vājināṃ hitaḥ || śālihotra) of भोज (bhoja) 33.

Indravāruṇikā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms indra and vāruṇikā (वारुणिका). See also (synonyms): indravāruṇī.

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

Indravāruṇikā (इन्द्रवारुणिका).—f.

(-kā) Colocynth, a wild bitter gourd, (Cucumis colocynthis.) E. kan added to indravāruṇī.

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

Indravāruṇikā (इन्द्रवारुणिका):—[=indra-vāruṇikā] [from indra] f. Colocynth, a wild bitter gourd, Cucumis Colocynthis

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

Indravāruṇikā (इन्द्रवारुणिका):—[indra-vāruṇikā] (kā) 1. f. Colocynth.

[Sanskrit to German]

Indravarunika 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: Varunika, Indra.

Full-text: Indravaruni.

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