The Sanskrit term Mahiṣavallī can be transliterated into English as Mahisavalli or Mahishavalli, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Mahiṣavallī (महिषवल्ली) is the Sanskrit name for a medicinal plant identified with Sarcostemma brevistigma (synonym of Sarcostemma acidum or leafless east-Indian vine) from the Apocynaceae or “dog-away” family of flowering plants, according to verse 3.100-101 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. Mahiṣavallī is commonly known in Hindi as Somalatā or Bāgh-dudhā; in Marathi as Ranser; in Gujarati as Sandhiā-vel, Chirodī or Thor-vel; in Telugu as Konḍaphalā; and in Tamil as Somam.

Mahiṣavallī is mentioned as having six synonyms: Saumyā, Pratisomā, Āntravallikā, Apatravallikā and Kāṇḍaśākha.

Properties and characteristics: “the rasa, vīrya, vipāka and all other properties of this [Mahiṣavallī] drug are equal to that of Somā”.

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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)

Mahisavalli in India is the name of a plant defined with Sarcostemma acidum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Asclepias acida Roxburgh (among others).

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

· Contributions to the Botany of India (1834)
· Ethnobotany (2001)
· Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae (1810)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Hortus Bengalensis (1814)
· Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress Association (1988)

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

Mahiṣavallī (महिषवल्ली):—[=mahiṣa-vallī] [from mahiṣa > mah] f. a kind of creeper, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Mahishavalli 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: Mahisha, Valli.

Full-text: Pratisoma, Antravallika, Apatravallika, Khandashakha, Kandashakha, Bagh-dudha, Chirodi, Thorvel, Ranser, Sandhia-vel, Kondaphala, Somam, Somalata, Saumya.

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