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Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Mārtaṇḍavallabhā (मार्तण्डवल्लभा) is another name for Ādityabhaktā, a medicinal plant, possibly identified with Helianthus annuus Linn. or “common sunflower” from the Asteraceae or “daisy” family of flowering plants, according to verse 4.179-181 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fourth chapter (śatāhvādi-varga) of this book enumerates eighty varieties of small plants (pṛthu-kṣupa). Together with the names Mārtaṇḍavallabhā and Ādityabhaktā, there are a total of eighteen 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: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Martandavallabha in India is the name of a plant defined with Cleome viscosa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Sinapistrum viscosum Moench (among others).

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

· Ethnobotany (2000)
· Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Kew (1897)
· Prodromus Florae Peninsulae Indiae Orientalis (1834)
· Flora Brasiliensis (1865)
· Fitoterapia (2003)
· Systema Vegetabilium (1829)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Martandavallabha, for example chemical composition, pregnancy safety, health benefits, diet and recipes, extract dosage, 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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

Mārtaṇḍavallabhā (मार्तण्डवल्लभा) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Muhūrtamārtaṇḍaṭīkā.

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

1) Mārtaṇḍavallabhā (मार्तण्डवल्लभा):—[=mārtaṇḍa-vallabhā] [from mārtaṇḍa] f. ‘beloved of the sun’ Polanisia Icosandra, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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[Sanskrit to German]

Martandavallabha 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: Vallabha, Martanda.

Full-text (+14): Sphutakarana, Jyotisharka, Devayajanadipika, Vyavaharasara, Samhitasaravali, Sharngadhara mishra, Phalapradipa, Phalagrantha, Brahmashambhu, Samhitasara, Ratnaprakasha, Vastupaddhati, Bhimaparakrama, Jyotihsagara, Ananta kaushikanvaya, Mahalugi, Muhurtamartanda, Bhrigu, Mandavya, Bhupalavallabha.

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