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Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Mahāmuṇḍī (महामुण्डी) is another name for Mahāśrāvaṇī, an unidentified medicinal plant, according to verse 5.19-21 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fifth chapter (parpaṭādi-varga) of this book enumerates sixty varieties of smaller plants (kṣudra-kṣupa). Together with the names Mahāmuṇḍī and Mahāśrāvaṇī, there are a total of eight 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

Mahamundi [महामुंडी] in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Sphaeranthus indicus L. from the Asteraceae (Sunflower) family. For the possible medicinal usage of mahamundi, 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)

Mahamundi in India is the name of a plant defined with Sphaeranthus africanus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Sphaeranthus hildebrandtii Baker (among others).

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

· Nucleus (1975)
· Taxon (1975)
· Hooker's Icones Plantarum, or ‘figures, with brief descriptive characters and remarks of new or rare plants’ (1955)
· Glimpses in Plant Research (1988)
· Icones plantarum formosanarum nec non et contributiones ad floram formosanam. (1919)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1998)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Mahamundi, for example extract dosage, chemical composition, diet and recipes, health benefits, side effects, 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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mahāmuṇḍī (महामुण्डी):—[=mahā-muṇḍī] [from mahā > mah] f. a kind of Sphaeranthus, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Mahamundi 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: Maha, Munti, Mundi.

Full-text: Mahamundanika, Mahashravanika, Mahashravani.

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