Kupilu, Kupīlu: 7 definitions
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In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Toxicology (Study and Treatment of poison)
Source: Ancient Science of Life: Śodhana: An Ayurvedic process for detoxificationKupīlu (कुपीलु) refers to the medicinal plant known Strychnos nux-vomica Linn.—Kupīlu is extensively used in various conditions such as nervous debility, paralysis, and weakness of limbs, sexual weakness, dyspepsia, dysentery, and rheumatism after proper Śodhana. It is used as a potent rasāyana drug for old age problems. Kupīlu has been reported to contain active alkaloids (strychnine and brucine), which are highly poisonous.
Śodhana (detoxification) procedures have been adopted to purify the toxic materials from the seeds of Kupīlu. Classical method of purification includes soaking of Kupīlu seeds in liquid media (one after another) for 3–20 days. The liquid media include kāñji (soaking for 3 days), Godugdha (boiling for 3 h), Gomūtra (7 days soaking) and Goghṛta (fried till brownish red in color and swollen) whereas traditional practitioners use castor oil (eraṇḍa-taila) instead of grita [ghrita?] to fry or immerse the seeds in the exudates scraped from the fresh leaves and stems of Aloe vera (ghṛtakumārī) for 15 days, followed by ginger juice (ārdraka-svarasa) for 7 days for purification. After Śodhana process, the seeds are washed with lukewarm water where the outer seed coat and embryo are removed from the cotyledons.
(cf. Āyurvedaprakāśa, Yogaratnākara, Rasataraṅgiṇī and Vanauṣadhi-ratnākara)
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)Kupilu in India is the name of a plant defined with Strychnos nux-vomica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Strychnos ligustrina Blume (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Mémoires de la Société Botanique de France (1910)
· Lloydia (1973)
· Rumphia (1836)
· Taxon (1980)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Kupilu, for example pregnancy safety, chemical composition, side effects, diet and recipes, health benefits, extract dosage, have a look at these references.
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 DictionaryKupīlu (कुपीलु).—m.
(-luḥ) A sort of ebony tree E. ku bad, pīlu a tree, so called.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kupīlu (कुपीलु):—[=ku-pīlu] [from ku] a m. a sort of ebony tree (= kāraskara), [Bhāvaprakāśa]
2) [v.s. ...] = -pāka, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [=ku-pīlu] b etc. See 1. ku.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKupīlu (कुपीलु):—[ku-pīlu] (luḥ) 2. m. Ebony tree.
[Sanskrit to German]
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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