The Sanskrit term Kandaśūraṇa can be transliterated into English as Kandasurana or Kandashurana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Kandashurana in India is the name of a plant defined with Amorphophallus paeoniifolius in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Dracontium polyphyllum G. Forst. (among others).

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

· Genética Ibérica (1979)
· Taxon (1983)
· Memoirs of the College of Agriculture, National Taiwan University (1991)
· Cytologia (1988)
· Icones plantarum formosanarum nec non et contributiones ad floram formosanam. (1916)
· Research Bulletin (1970)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Kandashurana, for example side effects, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, diet and recipes, health benefits, extract dosage, 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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kandaśūraṇa (कन्दशूरण).—m.

(-ṇaḥ) A sort of Arum, (A. campanula tum.) E. kanda, and śūraṇa the same.

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

Kandaśūraṇa (कन्दशूरण):—[=kanda-śūraṇa] [from kanda] m. Amorphophallus Campanulatus.

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

Kandaśūraṇa (कन्दशूरण):—[kanda-śūraṇa] (ṇaḥ) 1. m. Idem.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kandashurana 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: Surana, Kanda.

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