The Sanskrit term Mṛgaśṛṅgī can be transliterated into English as Mrgasrngi or Mrigashringi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Cikitsa (natural therapy and treatment for medical conditions)

Source: Wisdom Library: Ayurveda: Cikitsa

Mṛgaśṛṅgī (मृगशृङ्गी) is a Sanskrit word referring to Helicteres isora, a species of tree from the Sterculiaceae family of flowering plants. In English, the plant is called “Indian screw tree”. It is used throughout Ayurvedic literature such as the Caraka-saṃhitā and the Suśruta-saṃhitā. It is a large shrub (or small tree), growing up to 8 meters in height. It has a grey bark with hairy, ovate shaped leaves having red or orange-red colors. The fruits consist of compound pods and are twisted like a screw with a pointy end (hence its name). The raw fruits have a green color turing brown or grey when dried. The seeds are black-brown and have a rectangle or triangular shape.

The word Mṛgaśṛṅgī literally means “stag’s horn” and is composed of the words Mṛga (“deer”, “stag”) and Śṛṅgī (“horn”).

This plant (Helicteres isora) is also possibly identified with Mūrvā, a medicinal used for the treatment of all major fevers (jvara), as described in the Jvaracikitsā (or “the treatment of fever”) which forms the first chapter of the Sanskrit work called Mādhavacikitsā.

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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

Mrgasrngi [मृगशृङ्गी] in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Helicteres isora L. from the Sterculiaceae (Cacao) family. For the possible medicinal usage of mrgasrngi, 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.

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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.

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Partial matches: Mriga, Shringi.

Full-text: Murva.

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