The Sanskrit terms Niśreṇi and Niśreṇī can be transliterated into English as Nisreni or Nishreni, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Nishreni in India is the name of a plant defined with Phoenix sylvestris in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Elate versicolor Salisb. (among others).

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

· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta’ (1814)
· Ann. Agric. Environ. Med. (2003)
· J. Investig. Allergol. Clin. Immunol. (2006)
· Enumeratio Plantarum Zeylaniae (1864)
· Species Plantarum
· Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences (2006)

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

Niśreṇi (निश्रेणि) or Niśreṇī (निश्रेणी).—A ladder, a staircase; cf. निःश्रयणी (niḥśrayaṇī) &c. कुम्भद्रोणीनिश्रेणीपरशु (kumbhadroṇīniśreṇīparaśu)... Kau. A.; निश्रेणिरिव वीराणां सद्यो द्यामारुरुक्षताम् (niśreṇiriva vīrāṇāṃ sadyo dyāmārurukṣatām) Śiva. B.4.37; निश्रेणीरधिरुह्यान्ये तद्भित्तीः परिरेभिरे (niśreṇīradhiruhyānye tadbhittīḥ parirebhire) Śiva. B.13.92; सम्भूय सम्यक् तैः सर्वैः मालानिःश्रेणि- साधकान् (sambhūya samyak taiḥ sarvaiḥ mālāniḥśreṇi- sādhakān) Parnāl.

See also (synonyms): niśrayaṇī.

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

Niśreṇī (निश्रेणी):—[=ni-śreṇī] [from ni-śri] f. idem, [Mahābhārata; Raghuvaṃśa etc.] (also written ni-śreṇi, niḥ-śreṇī).

[Sanskrit to German]

Nishreni 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Niśrēṇi (ನಿಶ್ರೇಣಿ):—[noun] a structure of wood or metal, commonly consisting of two sidepieces between which a series of bars or rungs are set at suitable distances, forming a means of climbing up or down; a ladder.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Shreni, Ni.

Starts with: Nishshrenika.

Ends with: Devanishreni, Vamshanishreni.

Full-text: Nishshrenika, Nihshreni, Vamshanishreni, Devanishreni, Nishrayani.

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