The Sanskrit term Niśrita can be transliterated into English as Nisrita or Nishrita, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Nisrita in India is the name of a plant defined with Merremia turpethum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Convolvulus anceps L. (among others).

2) Nisrita is also identified with Operculina turpethum It has the synonym Argyreia alulata Miquel (etc.).

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

· Mant. Pl. (1767)
· Systema Vegetabilium, ed. 15 (1819)
· Symbolae Botanicae (1793)
· Flora Brasiliensis (Martius) (1869)
· Genera Plantarum
· Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae (1810)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Nisrita, for example pregnancy safety, side effects, health benefits, extract dosage, diet and recipes, 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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Niśrita (निश्रित).—ppp. (Pali nissita; compare prec. and next items, and see a-ni°), depending, relying, based on (normally with acc., or at end of cpds.); sometimes (placed) on, in (of physical location): bhūmir na cātra paratīrthika- niśritānāṃ Lalitavistara 420.19 (verse; so read for Lefm. nissṛt°; some mss. niśṛt°; Tibetan gnas); māṃ caiva ye niśrita bhonti Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 90.7 (verse), and those who are relying on me alone; viveka- [Page307-b+ 71] niśritam, virāga-, nirodha- Mahāvyutpatti 972—4 (= Tibetan gnas pa); lokanāthānāṃ, kṣetraṃ tattvārthaniśritaṃ Mahāvastu i.121.8, based on…; pravāda-niśritāni Mahāvastu iii.400.20, based on talk, casuistry; saṃjñākṣara-saṃjñā-niśritāni 21 (on this passage compare osaraṇa); (na ca bodhisattvaḥ kīrtiśabda-) śloka-niśritaṃ dānaṃ dadāti, na ca parataḥ pratīkāra-ni° Bodhisattvabhūmi 121.23 f., compare niśritya Bodhisattvabhūmi 135.5; rūpa-niśritāni Aṣṭasāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā 269.1, things based on form; dvayaniśrito 'yaṃ…loko, yad utāstitvaniśritaś ca nāstitvaniśritaś ca Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra 145.4—5; pṛthivī-niśritaṃ Mahāvastu ii.435.16, placed on the ground (lit. and physically), in 18 reinterpreted with an extension of meaning, (a king will enjoy) what exists on earth (still physically).

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

Nisṛtā (निसृता).—f.

(-tā) A plant commonly Teori. E. ni + sṛ-kta striyāṃ-āp .

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

1) Nisṛta (निसृत):—[=ni-sṛta] mfn. ([probably] mc. for niḥs, √sṛ) gone away, disappeared, [Rājataraṅgiṇī]

2) [v.s. ...] come forth id est. unsheathed (as a sword), [Vikramāṅkadeva-carita, by Bilhaṇa]

3) Nisṛtā (निसृता):—[=ni-sṛtā] [from ni-sṛta] f. Ipomoea Turpethum, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) [v.s. ...] Name of a river, [Viṣṇu-purāṇa] ([varia lectio] niś-citā).

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

Nisṛtā (निसृता):—[ni-sṛtā] (tā) 1. f. A plant, Teori.

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

Niśrita (निश्रित) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ṇissiya.

[Sanskrit to German]

Nishrita 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

Nisṛta (ನಿಸೃತ):—[adjective] oozed or seeped out; flowed out in a stream.

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Nisṛta (ನಿಸೃತ):—[noun] (dance.) a pushing or stretching the shank forward.

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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: Shrita, Ni.

Ends with: Anishrita, Samnishrita, Udakanishrita, Upanishrita, Vinishrita.

Full-text: Nissiya, Nishotra, Vinishrita, Samnishrita, Varahadia, Vinihsrita, Vyavasarga, Nissita, Shri.

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