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Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Kāsāri (कासारि) is another name for Kāsamarda, a medicinal plant identified with Senna occidentalis (formerly known as Cassia occidentalis Linn.) or “septicweed” from the Fabaceae or “legume” family of flowering plants, according to verse 4.171-172 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fourth chapter (śatāhvādi-varga) of this book enumerates eighty varieties of small plants (pṛthu-kṣupa). Together with the names Kāsāri and Kāsamarda, there are a total of eight Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Kasari in India is the name of a plant defined with Lathyrus sativus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Lathyrus asiaticus (Zalkind) Kudr. (among others).

2) Kasari is also identified with Senna occidentalis It has the synonym Cassia falcata L. (etc.).

3) Kasari is also identified with Senna sophera It has the synonym Cassia frutescens Mill. (etc.).

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

· Flora Boreali-Americana (1803)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1997)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2005)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2004)
· Baileya (1996)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1985)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Kasari, for example side effects, chemical composition, diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, extract dosage, health benefits, 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

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

kasarī (कसरी).—a (kasara q. v.) Economical, frugal, saving; but esp. with evil implication, answering to Niggardly or parsimonious. Used also of articles and acts bought, made, or done economically or with pecuniary advantage.

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kāsarī (कासरी).—f (Commonly kācarī) Vegetables or fruits cut and dried.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

kasarī (कसरी).—a Economical. Niggardly.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Kāsāri (कासारि).—m.

(-riḥ) A plant, (Cassia esculenta:) see kāsamarddra E. kāsa cough, and ari a foe.

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

1) Kaśāri (कशारि):—f. Name of the Uttaravedi, [Kāṭhaka xxv, 6.]

2) Kāsāri (कासारि):—[from kāsa > kās] m. ‘enemy of cough’, Cassia Sophora, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Kāsāri (कासारि):—[kāsā+ri] (riḥ) 2. m. A plant, Cassia.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kasari 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

Kāsari (ಕಾಸರಿ):—

1) [noun] the tree Gmelina arborea (= Premna arborea) of Verbenaceae family; Cashmere tree.

2) [noun] its wood.

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Kāsari (ಕಾಸರಿ):—[noun] the female water-buffalo Bubalus bubalis, either domesticated or wild.

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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)

Starts with: Kacarimuttirai, Kasariga, Kasarike, Kasaripu, Kasarisu, Kasaritige.

Ends with: Cakacari, Hawai-kasari, Ketakacari, Pakkasari, Pashakashari, Takasari.

Full-text: Kasri, Hawai-kasari, Kasamarda.

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