The Sanskrit term Kharapuṣpa can be transliterated into English as Kharapuspa or Kharapushpa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Kharapushpa in India is the name of a plant defined with Ocimum basilicum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Plectranthus barrelieri Spreng. (among others).

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

· Flora of the British India (1885)
· Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (1794)
· Systema Vegetabilium (1825)
· Les Figures des Plantes et Animaux d'Usage en Medecine (1764)
· Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences (1985)
· Novae Plantarum Species praesertim Indiae Orientalis (1821)

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

Kharapuṣpa (खरपुष्प).—m.

(-ṣpaḥ) A plant, commonly Marua: see maruvaka f.

(-ṣpā or -ṣpikā) A kind of Tulasi, (Ocymum gratissimum;) also varvara. E. khara sharp, hot, puṣpa a flower.

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

1) Kharapuṣpa (खरपुष्प):—[=khara-puṣpa] [from khara] m. a variety of Ocimum, [Suśruta i, 46, 4, 11]

2) Kharapuṣpā (खरपुष्पा):—[=khara-puṣpā] [from khara-puṣpa > khara] f. idem, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Kharapuṣpa (खरपुष्प):—[khara-puṣpa] (ṣpaḥ) 1. m. A plant (Marua). 1. f. (ṣyakā) Tulasi.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kharapushpa 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

Kharapuṣpa (ಖರಪುಷ್ಪ):—

1) [noun] the plant Crataeva marmelos ( = Aegle marmelos) of Capparaceae family (?).

2) [noun] its flower.

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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: Pushpa, Khara.

Full-text: Gardabhapushpa.

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