The Sanskrit term Kṣarapatrā can be transliterated into English as Ksarapatra or Ksharapatra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Ksarapatra in India is the name of a plant defined with Chenopodium album in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Atriplex alba Salisb. (among others).

2) Ksarapatra is also identified with Chenopodium hederiforme It has the synonym Atriplex alba Crantz (etc.).

3) Ksarapatra is also identified with Chenopodium olukondae It has the synonym Chenopodium opulifolium subsp. oluhondae Murray (etc.).

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

· Species Plantarum (1753)
· J. Palynol. (1980)
· American Midland Naturalist (1914)
· Taxon (1981)
· Annales Botanici Fennici (1977)
· Opera Botanica a Societate Botanica Lundensi (1999)

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

Kṣarapatrā (क्षरपत्रा).—f.

(-trā) The Dronapushpa plant.

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Kṣārapatra (क्षारपत्र).—n.

(-traṃ) A potherb, (Chenopodium album.) E. kṣāra juice, and pratra a leaf; also kṣārapatraka.

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

1) Kṣarapatrā (क्षरपत्रा):—[kṣara-patrā] (trā) 1. f. A plant.

2) Kṣārapatra (क्षारपत्र):—[kṣāra-patra] (traṃ) 1. n. A potherb.

[Sanskrit to German]

Ksharapatra 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: Kshara, Patra.

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