Alternative spellings of this word include Kanchanakarini.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Kancanakarini in India is the name of a plant defined with Asparagus racemosus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Asparagopsis sarmentosa Dalzell & A. Gibson, nom. illeg. (among others).

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

· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta’ (1814)
· Enum. Pl. (1850)
· Malpighia (1937)
· Nouv. Ann. Mus. Paris (1834)
· Linnaea (1841)
· Bombay Fl. (1861)

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

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Kāñcanakāriṇī (काञ्चनकारिणी).—f. (-ṇī) a plant, (Asparagus racemosus:) see śatamūlī.

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

Kāñcanakāriṇī (काञ्चनकारिणी):—[=kāñcana-kāriṇī] [from kāñcana > kāñc] f. the plant Asparagus Racemosus, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Kāñcanakāriṇī (काञ्चनकारिणी):—[kāñcana-kāriṇī] (ṇī) 3. f. Asparagus.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kancanakarini in German

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See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Kancana, Karini.

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