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Source: Advances in Zoology and Botany: Ethnomedicinal List of Plants Treating Fever in Ahmednagar District of Maharashtra, India

Kolīsnā (or Koḻīsnā) in the Marathi language refers to the medicinal herb “Hygrophila schulli (Ham.) M.R. & S.M. Almeida”, and is used for ethnomedicine treatment of Fever in Ahmednagar district, India. The parts used are: “Whole Plant”. Instructions for using the herb named Kolīsnā: A decoction of root 4-5 teaspoonful—twice a day.

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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.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

kōḷiṣṇā (कोळिष्णा).—m A small wild animal said to kill tigers by making water on its tail, and spirting it into the tiger's eyes. This word is variously written, kōḷisarā, kōḷistrā, kōḷistrēṃ, kōḷistā, kōḷasundā, kōḷasunā, kōḷīsa. 2 The three first forms further signify A sort of beetle.

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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.

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Full-text: Kolasinda-Shinda-Sunda-Suna-Suna-Sana.

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