The Sanskrit term Kuṣṭhaghnī can be transliterated into English as Kusthaghni or Kushthaghni, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Kuṣṭhaghnī (कुष्ठघ्नी) is another name for Avalguja (Psoralea corylifolia “Malaysian scurfpea”) according to the Bhāvaprakāśa, which is a 16^th century medicinal thesaurus authored by Bhāvamiśra. The term is used throughout Ayurvedic literature.

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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: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Kushthaghni in India is the name of a plant defined with Ficus hispida in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Covellia hispida (Linnaeus f.) Miquel (among others).

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

· Journal of Botany (1848)
· Notulae Systematicae (Paris) (1927)
· Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany (1996)
· Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis (1911)
· Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis (1910)
· Species Plantarum, ed. 4

If you are looking for specific details regarding Kushthaghni, for example chemical composition, side effects, extract dosage, diet and recipes, 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

1) Kuṣṭhaghnī (कुष्ठघ्नी):—[=kuṣṭha-ghnī] [from kuṣṭha-ghna > kuṣṭha] f. an esculent root (Solanum indicum = kāka-mācī), [Horace H. Wilson]

2) [v.s. ...] the tree Ficus oppositifolia, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] the plant Vernonia anthelminthica, [Bhāvaprakāśa]

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kuṣṭhaghni (ಕುಷ್ಠಘ್ನಿ):—

1) [noun] name of a medicinal plant.

2) [noun] the plant Solanum indicum of Solanaceae family.

3) [noun] the ficus tree Ficus hispida ( = F. oppositifolia) of Moraceae family.

4) [noun] the plant Vernonia anthelminthica.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Kushtha, Ghni.

Full-text: Avalguja.

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