The Sanskrit term Mūṣākarṇī can be transliterated into English as Musakarni or Mushakarni, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Musakarni [मूषाकर्णी] in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Evolvulus nummularius (L.) L. from the Convolvulaceae (Morning glory) family having the following synonyms: Convolvulus nummularius, Volvulopsis nummularium. For the possible medicinal usage of musakarni, 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)

1) Musakarni in India is the name of a plant defined with Evolvulus nummularius in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Volvulopsis nummularium (L.) Roberty (among others).

2) Musakarni is also identified with Merremia gangetica It has the synonym Merremia gangetica (L.) Cufod..

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

· Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica (1986)
· Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d’Histoire Naturelle de Genève (1837)
· Pharmaceutical Biology (1985)
· Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (1818)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (DC.) (1845)

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

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

musākarṇī (मुसाकर्णी).—f (mūṣakakarṇī S) A plant, Salvinia cucullata. Distinguished into thōra mu0 & laghu mu0.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Mūṣākarṇī (मूषाकर्णी).—Salvinia Cucullata (Mar. uṃdīrakānī).

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

Mūṣākarṇī (मूषाकर्णी).—f. (-rṇī) An aquatic plant, (Salvinia cucullata.) E. mūṣā a rat, karṇa the ear; to which the leaf of the plant is compared, fem. aff. ṅīṣ; also mūṣikaparṇī.

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

Mūṣākarṇī (मूषाकर्णी):—[=mūṣā-karṇī] [from mūṣā > mūṣ] f. Salvinia Cucullata, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Mūṣākarṇī (मूषाकर्णी):—[mūṣā+karṇī] (rṇī) 3. f. An aquatic plant.

[Sanskrit to German]

Musakarni 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: Musha, Karni.

Full-text: Mushakakarni.

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