Jantughna, Jantu-ghna: 7 definitions

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Jantughna means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

Biology (plants and animals)

[«previous next»] — Jantughna in Biology glossary
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Jantughna in India is the name of a plant defined with Embelia ribes in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Embelia garciniifolia Wallich ex Miq. (among others).

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

· Nomenclator Botanicus (1797)
· Flora Indica (1768)
· FBI (1882)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.
· Mantissa Plantarum (1771)

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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

[«previous next»] — Jantughna in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Jantughna (जन्तुघ्न).—

1) the citron.

2) a snail.

Derivable forms: jantughnaḥ (जन्तुघ्नः).

Jantughna is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms jantu and ghna (घ्न).

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

Jantughna (जन्तुघ्न).—nf. (-ghnaṃ-ghnī) 1. A plant, and vermifuge: see viḍaṅgaḥ 2. Asafœtida. m.

(-ghnaḥ) A citron. E. jantu an animal, (a worm) and ghna what destroys. jantūn kṛmīn hanti hana-ka .

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

1) Jantughna (जन्तुघ्न):—[=jantu-ghna] [from jantu > janīya] mfn. killing worms, [Suśruta i, 46, 4, 41]

2) [v.s. ...] m. = -mārin, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] n. = -nāśana, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) [v.s. ...] Embelia Ribes, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Jantughna (जन्तुघ्न):—[jantu-ghna] (ghnaṃ-ghnā) 1. n. f. A plant, vermifuge; asafoetida. m. A citron.

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Jantughna 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.

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