The Sanskrit term Nīlapuṣpikā can be transliterated into English as Nilapuspika or Nilapushpika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Nilapushpika in India is the name of a plant defined with Indigofera tinctoria in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Indigofera hover Forssk. (among others).

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

· Indigofera (1768)
· The Gardeners Dictionary
· Kew Bulletin (1998)
· Taxon (1982)
· Biodiversidad del estado de Tabasco (2005)
· Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica (1775)

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

Nīlapuṣpikā (नीलपुष्पिका).—

1) the indigo plant.

2) linseed.

Nīlapuṣpikā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nīla and puṣpikā (पुष्पिका).

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

Nīlapuṣpikā (नीलपुष्पिका).—f.

(-kā) The indigo plant. E. kan added to nīlapuṣpī.

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

1) Nīlapuṣpikā (नीलपुष्पिका):—[=nīla-puṣpikā] [from nīla > nīl] f. the indigo plant, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] Linum Usitatissimum, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Nīlapuṣpikā (नीलपुष्पिका):—[nīla-puṣpikā] (kā) 1. f. Indigo plant.

[Sanskrit to German]

Nilapushpika 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.

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Partial matches: Pushpika, Nila.

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