The Sanskrit term Kṛmiśatru can be transliterated into English as Krmisatru or Krimishatru, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Krimishatru in India is the name of a plant defined with Erythrina variegata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Chirocalyx candolleanus Walp. (among others).

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

· Flora van Nederlandsch Indië (1855)
· Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society (1929)
· Species Plantarum (1763)
· Plantes à feuillage ornamental (1874)
· Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India (1961)
· An Introduction to the Natural System of Botany (1836)

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

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kṛmiśatru (कृमिशत्रु).—an anthelmintic plant (viḍaṅga).

Derivable forms: kṛmiśatruḥ (कृमिशत्रुः).

Kṛmiśatru is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kṛmi and śatru (शत्रु). See also (synonyms): kṛmiripu.

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

Krimiśatru (क्रिमिशत्रु).—m.

(-truḥ) The coral tree, (Erythrina fulgens.) E. krimi a worm, and śatru an enemy; the leaves yield, by expression, an acrid anthelmintic juice.

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

1) Kṛmiśatru (कृमिशत्रु):—[=kṛmi-śatru] [from kṛmi] m. = -ghātin, [Nighaṇṭuprakāśa]

2) [v.s. ...] the plant Erythrina fulgens, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Krimiśatru (क्रिमिशत्रु):—[krimi-śatru] (truḥ) 2. m. The coral tree.

[Sanskrit to German]

Krimishatru 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.

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Partial matches: Krimi, Shatru.

Full-text: Krimiripu.

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