The Sanskrit term Karṣaphala can be transliterated into English as Karsaphala or Karshaphala, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Karsaphala in India is the name of a plant defined with Terminalia bellirica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Myrobalanus laurinoides (Teijsm. & Binn.) Kuntze (among others).

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

· Flora of the British India (1878)
· De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum (1791)
· Plant Systematics and Evolution (1996)
· Novae Plantarum Species (1821)
· Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique (1856)
· Plants of the Coast of Coromandel (1805)

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

Karṣaphala (कर्षफल).—m.

(-laḥ) Beleric myrobalan, (Terminalia belerica.) E. karṣa the same, and phala fruit.

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

1) Karṣaphala (कर्षफल):—[=karṣa-phala] [from karṣa] m. Terminalia Bellerica, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) Karṣaphalā (कर्षफला):—[=karṣa-phalā] [from karṣa-phala > karṣa] f. Emblica officinalis, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Karṣaphala (कर्षफल):—[karṣa-phala] (laḥ) 1. m. Beleric myrobalan.

[Sanskrit to German]

Karshaphala 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

Karṣaphala (ಕರ್ಷಫಲ):—

1) [noun] the fruit of the tree Terminalia bellirica (=T. bellerica) of Combretaceae family; Belleric Myrobalan.

2) [noun] the fruit of the tree Terminalia chebula of the same family; chebulic myrobalan.

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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: Karsha, Phala.

Starts with: Karshaphalamu.

Full-text: Karsha.

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