The Sanskrit term Oḍrapuṣpa can be transliterated into English as Odrapuspa or Odrapushpa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Odrapuspa in India is the name of a plant defined with Hibiscus rosa-sinensis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Hibiscus sinensis hort., non Mill. (among others).

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

· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1990)
· Blumea (1966)
· Ind. J. Exp. Biol.
· Arte de la lengua Pampanga. (1736)
· Vistas in Cytogenetics (1989)

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Oḍrapuṣpa (ओड्रपुष्प).—the Javā-flower; Hibiscus Rosa Sinensis and its flowers (Mar. jāsvaṃda).

Derivable forms: oḍrapuṣpam (ओड्रपुष्पम्).

Oḍrapuṣpa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms oḍra and puṣpa (पुष्प). See also (synonyms): auṇḍrapuṣpa.

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

Oḍrapuṣpa (ओड्रपुष्प).—(nt.; = Sanskrit Lex., and in late, artificial literature, Schmidt, Nachtr.), name of a flower, ‘the china- rose flower’: (Ārya-)Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa 213.15 -samākāraṃ, adj., having a form like… (of a heavenly portent).

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

Oḍrapuṣpa (ओड्रपुष्प).—n.

(-ṣpaṃ) The China rose, the plant or its flower. E. oḍra China rose, and puṣpa a flower.

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

Oḍrapuṣpa (ओड्रपुष्प):—[=oḍra-puṣpa] [from oḍra] n. the flower of the China rose, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Oḍrapuṣpa (ओड्रपुष्प):—[oḍra-puṣpa] (ṣpaṃ) 1. n. The China rose.

[Sanskrit to German]

Odrapushpa 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: Pushpa, Odra.

Starts with: Odra.

Ends with: Odra.

Full-text: Odra, Aundrapushpa.

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