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Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Kuṇañjara (कुणञ्जर) is the Sanskrit name for a medicinal plant possibly identified with Digera muricata (Linn.) Mart. or “false amaranth” from the Amaranthaceae or “amaranth family” family of flowering plants, according to verse 5.90 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. Note Kuṇañjara is yet an unidentified plant. Thakur B.S. identifies it with Digera muricata called Lahsuvā (lahasuvā) in Hindi by the tribals.

Kuṇañjara is mentioned as having three synonyms: Kuṇañjī, Kuṇañja and Araṇyavāstuka.

Properties and characteristics: “Kuṇañjara is sweet, appetiser, digestive stimulant and the promoter of digestive process”.

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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: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Kunanjara [कुणञ्जर] in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Digera muricata (L.) Mart. from the Amaranthaceae (Amaranth) family having the following synonyms: Achyranthes alternifolia, Chamissoa muricata, Digera arvensis. For the possible medicinal usage of kunanjara, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.

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

Kunanjara in India is the name of a plant defined with Digera alternifolia in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Amaranthus arvensis (Forssk.) K. Krause (among others).

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

· Deutschland Flora ed. 2 (1901)
· Beitrag zur Flora Aethiopiens (1867)
· Mantissa Plantarum (1767)
· Species Plantarum (1753)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Kunanjara, for example diet and recipes, extract dosage, side effects, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, 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: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kuṇañjara (कुणञ्जर):—[from kuṇajī] n. idem, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Kunanjara 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)

Full-text: Krinanja, Kupyamjara, Kunanja, Kunanji, Aranyavastuka, Lahsuva.

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World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research

A crystal compendium on raja nighantu < [2023: Volume 12, June issue 9]

An ethno-botanical survey on shakavarga of anamalai tribes < [2024: Volume 13, January special issue 2]