The Sanskrit term Kroṣṭukamekhalā can be transliterated into English as Krostukamekhala or Kroshtukamekhala, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Kroṣṭukamekhalā (क्रोष्टुकमेखला) is another name for Pṛśniparṇī, a medicinal plant identified with Uraria picta Desv. from the Fabaceae or “legume” family of flowering plants, according to verse 4.37-39 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 Kroṣṭukamekhalā and Pṛśniparṇī, there are a total of twenty-four 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)

Kroshtukamekhala in India is the name of a plant defined with Aglaia odorata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Aglaia odorata var. microphyllina C. DC..

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

· Monographiae Phanerogamarum (1878)
· Flora Cochinchinensis (1790)
· Antiviral Research (2005)
· Journal of Natural Products (1996)

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

Kroṣṭukamekhalā (क्रोष्टुकमेखला).—f.

(-lā) The plant Chacaliya; see the preceding.

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

Kroṣṭukamekhalā (क्रोष्टुकमेखला):—[=kroṣṭuka-mekhalā] [from kroṣṭuka > kruś] f. = -pucchikā, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Kroṣṭukamekhalā (क्रोष्टुकमेखला):—[kroṣṭuka-mekhalā] (lā) 1. f. Idem.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kroshtukamekhala 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: Kroshtuka, Mekhala.

Full-text: Prishniparni.

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