Biology (plants and animals)

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

Kurasa in India is the name of a plant defined with Elephantopus mollis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Scabiosa cochinchinensis Lour. (among others).

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

· Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (1820)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1989)
· Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (1917)
· Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany (1984)
· Primitiae Florae Essequeboensis (1818)
· Florae Fluminensis Icones (1831)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Kurasa, for example chemical composition, side effects, extract dosage, health benefits, diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, 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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kurasa (कुरस).—a. having bad juice or flavour.

-saḥ a kind of spirituous liquor.

Kurasa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ku and rasa (रस).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kurasa (कुरस).—mfn.

(-saḥ-sā-saṃ) Bad-juiced, of bad essence. m.

(-saḥ) Sprituous or vinous liquor. f.

(-sā) A wild creeping plant, a species of hieracium; see gojihvā. E. ku bad, and rasa juice.

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

1) Kurasa (कुरस):—[=ku-rasa] [from ku] mfn. having bad juice or flavour or essence, [Horace H. Wilson]

2) [v.s. ...] m. spirituous or vinous liquor, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) Kurasā (कुरसा):—[=ku-rasā] [from ku-rasa > ku] f. a wild creeping plant (species of hieracium, = go-jihvā), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Kurasa (कुरस):—[ku-rasa] (saḥ) 1. m. Spirituous or vinous liquor. (sā) f. A wild creeper. a. Bad juiced, of bad flavour.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kurasa 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: Ku, Rasa.

Starts with: Kuracani, Kuracaniyomam, Kurasani, Kurasani omam, Kurasani-vaman, Kurasani-yomam, Kurasaniyamani.

Full-text: Ajwaina-kurasam, Asava.

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