The Sanskrit term Mūṣaṇa can be transliterated into English as Musana or Mushana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Musna.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Mushana in Tanzania is the name of a plant defined with Psidium guajava in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Syzygium ellipticum K. Schum. & Lauterb. (among others).

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

· Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzenge schichte und Pflanzengeographie (1894)
· Flora of the British West Indian Islands (1860)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1898)
· Actes Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris (1792)
· Flora de Cuba (1953)
· FBI (1878)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Mushana, for example side effects, pregnancy safety, extract dosage, diet and recipes, health benefits, chemical composition, 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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Mūṣaṇa (मूषण).—Stealing, pilfering.

Derivable forms: mūṣaṇam (मूषणम्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Muṣaṇa (मुषण).—(nt.; = Māhārāṣṭrī musaṇa; to Epic Sanskrit and [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit] muṣati, § 28.37, for Sanskrit muṣṇāti plus -ana), stealing, theft: sarvakuśalamūla-°ṇa-tayā Kāśyapa Parivarta 101.2.

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

Mūṣaṇa (मूषण).—n.

(-ṇaṃ) Stealing, pilfering. E. mūṣ to steal, lyuṭ aff.

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

Mūṣaṇa (मूषण):—[from mūṣ] n. stealing, pilfering, [Horace H. Wilson]

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

Mūṣaṇa (मूषण):—(ṇaṃ) 1. n. Stealing.

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Mūsanā (मूसना) [Also spelled musna]:—(v) to steal; to fleece; to squeeze out; to wrinkle.

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Prakrit-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary

Musaṇa (मुसण) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Moṣaṇa.

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Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.

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Partial matches: Yu, Musha.

Full-text: Mosana, Musna.

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