The Sanskrit term Kutṛṇa can be transliterated into English as Kutrna or Kutrina, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Kutrina in India is the name of a plant defined with Pistia stratiotes in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Apiospermum obcordatum Klotzsch (among others).

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

· Aquatics (1989)
· Rumphia (1836)
· Guide to the Poisonous and Irritant Plants of Florida. (1978)
· Blumea (1995)
· Rapid Biological Inventories (2000)
· Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress Association (1991)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Kutrina, for example pregnancy safety, health benefits, diet and recipes, extract dosage, chemical composition, side effects, 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

Kutṛṇa (कुतृण).—An acquatic plant.

Derivable forms: kutṛṇam (कुतृणम्).

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

Kutṛṇa (कुतृण).—n.

(-ṇaṃ) An aquatic plant, water-house leek, (Pistia stratiotes.) E. bad, tṛṇa grass.

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

1) Kutṛṇa (कुतृण):—[=ku-tṛṇa] [from ku] a n. water houseleek (Pistia Stratiotes), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [=ku-tṛṇa] b See 1. ku.

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

Kutṛṇa (कुतृण):—(ṇaṃ) 1. n. An aquatic plant, a water-house leek.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kutrina 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.

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Partial matches: Trina, Ku.

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