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Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Pāṇḍuphalī (पाण्डुफली) is another name for Pāṇḍuraphalī an unidentified medicinal plant, possibly identified with either (1) Potarphalam, (2) Manamande (in Marathi) or (3) Pandurphalare (in Kannada), according to verse 5.130-131 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fifth chapter (parpaṭādi-varga) of this book enumerates sixty varieties of smaller plants (kṣudra-kṣupa). Together with the names Pāṇḍuphalī and Pāṇḍuraphalī, there are a total of six Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Panduphali [पान्डुफली] in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Flueggea leucopyrus Willd. from the Phyllanthaceae (Amla) family having the following synonyms: Securinega leucopyrus, Phyllanthus leucopyrus. For the possible medicinal usage of panduphali, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.

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

Panduphali in India is the name of a plant defined with Flueggea leucopyrus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Phyllanthus albicans Wall., nom. inval. (among others).

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

· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (1866)
· Bombay Fl. (1861)
· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta’ (1814)
· Symb. Antill. (1905)
· Novae Plantarum Species praesertim Indiae Orientalis (1821)
· Species Plantarum. (1806)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Panduphali, for example side effects, health benefits, diet and recipes, extract dosage, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, 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: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pāṇḍuphalī (पाण्डुफली):—[=pāṇḍu-phalī] [from pāṇḍu-phala > pāṇḍu] f. a species of shrub, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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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: Phali, Pandu, Pantu.

Full-text: Panduraphali, Bhuriphali.

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