Kasaghni, Kāsaghnī, Kasa-ghni: 3 definitions

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Kasaghni 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)

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

1) Kasaghni in India is the name of a plant defined with Rotheca serrata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Clerodendrum macrophyllum Sims (among others).

2) Kasaghni is also identified with Tragia involucrata It has the synonym Croton urens L. (etc.).

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

· Prodromus Florae Nepalensis. (1825)
· Numer. List (1815)
· Flora (1842)
· Phytologia (1952)
· Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (1818)
· Rev. Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon (1983)

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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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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Kāsaghnī (कासघ्नी):—[=kāsa-ghnī] [from kāsa-ghna > kāsa > kās] f. a sort of prickly nightshade (Solanum Jacquini), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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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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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kāsaghni (ಕಾಸಘ್ನಿ):—

1) [noun] the prickly nightshade Solanum jacquini of Solanaceae family.

2) [noun] its fruit.

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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.

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