The Sanskrit term Kṣīradala can be transliterated into English as Ksiradala or Kshiradala, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Kshiradala in India is the name of a plant defined with Calotropis gigantea in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Streptocaulon cochinchinense G. Don (among others).

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

· Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress Association (1988)
· Ethnobotany (2004)
· Contraception. (2007)
· Fitoterapia (2007)
· Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon (1895)
· Science and Culture (1980)

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

Kṣīradala (क्षीरदल).—m.

(-laḥ) Gigantic swallow-wort. E. kṣīra milk, and dala leaf; the leaves, &c. yielding, on expression or incision, a milky juice.

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

Kṣīradala (क्षीरदल):—[=kṣīra-dala] [from kṣīra] m. = -cchada, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Kṣīradala (क्षीरदल):—[kṣīra-dala] (la;) 1. m. Gigantic swallow-wort. a. Milky-leaved.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kshiradala 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: Kshira, Dala, Tala.

Full-text: Kshiraparni, Kshiraparnin.

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