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Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Madhuparṇikā (मधुपर्णिका) is another name for Guḍūcī, a medicinal plant identified with Tinospora cordifolia (heart-leaved moonseed) from the Menispermaceae or “moonseed family” of flowering plants, according to verse 3.13-16 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The third chapter (guḍūcyādi-varga) of this book contains climbers and creepers (vīrudh). Together with the names Madhuparṇikā and Guḍūcī, there are a total of thirty Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

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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

Madhuparnika [मधुपर्णिका] in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Crinum latifolium L. from the Amaryllidaceae (Nargis) family having the following synonyms: Crinum cochinchinense, Crinum longistylum, Crinum esquirolii. For the possible medicinal usage of madhuparnika, 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)

Madhuparnika in India is the name of a plant defined with Indigofera tinctoria in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Indigofera bosseri Du Puy & Labat (among others).

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

· Journal of Natural Remedies (2003)
· Sem. Hort. Berol. App. (1876)
· The Gardeners Dictionary
· Flora de Filipinas (1837)
· De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum (1791)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Madhuparnika, for example extract dosage, diet and recipes, side effects, chemical composition, health benefits, pregnancy safety, have a look at these references.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Madhuparṇikā (मधुपर्णिका).—the Indigo plant.

Madhuparṇikā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms madhu and parṇikā (पर्णिका). See also (synonyms): madhuparṇī.

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

Madhuparṇikā (मधुपर्णिका).—f.

(-kā) 1. The indigo plant. 2. A tree, (Gmelina arborea.) 3. Moon plant, (Asclepias acida.) 4. A creeper of the Cryptogamia class, (Lycopodium imbricatum, Rox.) 5. A shrub, (Menispermum.) E. madhu honey, parṇa a leaf, aff. kan, fem. form; also madhuparṇī .

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

Madhuparṇikā (मधुपर्णिका).—[feminine] names of plants.

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

Madhuparṇikā (मधुपर्णिका):—[=madhu-parṇikā] [from madhu] f. Name of various plants, [Suśruta; Bhāvaprakāśa] (Gmelina Arborea, Indigofera Tinctoria etc., [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.])

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

Madhuparṇikā (मधुपर्णिका):—[madhu-parṇikā] (kā) 1. f. A creeper; Indigo plant; Gmelina arborea; sweet lime; moon plant.

[Sanskrit to German]

Madhuparnika in German

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See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Parnika, Madhu, Matu.

Full-text: Matu-parunikai, Madhuparni, Guduci.

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