The Sanskrit term Kṛṣṇaphalā can be transliterated into English as Krsnaphala or Krishnaphala, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Kṛṣṇaphalā (कृष्णफला) is another name for Avalguja (Psoralea corylifolia “Malaysian scurfpea”) according to the Bhāvaprakāśa, which is a 16^th century medicinal thesaurus authored by Bhāvamiśra. The term is used throughout Ayurvedic literature.

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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) Krishnaphala in India is the name of a plant defined with Carissa carandas in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Jasminonerium salicinum (Lam.) Kuntze (among others).

2) Krishnaphala is also identified with Centratherum anthelmintica It has the synonym Centratherum anthelminticum (L.) Kuntze (etc.).

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

· De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum (1805)
· Fl. Cochinch. (1790)
· Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis (1912)
· Bot. Cab. (1822)
· Histoire des Plantes (1888)
· Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences (1993)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Krishnaphala, for example pregnancy safety, side effects, diet and recipes, extract dosage, 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.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Kṛṣṇaphala (कृष्णफल).—m.

(-laḥ) A fruit tree, the Karinda: see kṛṣṇapāka. (lā) A shrub, (Serratula anthelmintica:) see somarājī. E. kṛṣṇa black, and phala fruit.

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

1) Kṛṣṇaphala (कृष्णफल):—[=kṛṣṇa-phala] [from kṛṣṇa] m. ‘having a black fruit’, = -pāka, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) Kṛṣṇaphalā (कृष्णफला):—[=kṛṣṇa-phalā] [from kṛṣṇa-phala > kṛṣṇa] f. the plant Vernonia anthelminthica, [Bhāvaprakāśa]

3) [v.s. ...] a variety of Mucuna, [Bhāvaprakāśa]

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

Kṛṣṇaphala (कृष्णफल):—[kṛṣṇa-phala] (laḥ) 1. m. The karinda tree. (lā) f. A shrub (Serratula anthelmintica).

[Sanskrit to German]

Krishnaphala 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Krishna, Phala.

Starts with: Krishnaphalapaka.

Ends with: Pakakrishnaphala, Sukshmakrishnaphala.

Full-text: Sukshmakrishnaphala, Krishnaphalapaka, Pakakrishnaphala, Krishnapakaphala, Krishnapaka, Avalguja.

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