The Sanskrit term Pānīyapṛṣṭhajā can be transliterated into English as Paniyaprsthaja or Paniyaprishthaja, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Paniyaprishthaja in India is the name of a plant defined with Pistia stratiotes in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Apiospermum obcordatum (Schleid.) Klotzsch (among others).

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

· Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress Association (1993)
· Abhandlungen der Königlichen Böhmischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften (1851)
· Flore de Madagascar et des Comores (1975)
· Guide to the Poisonous and Irritant Plants of Florida. (1978)
· Revista del Museo de La Plata, Nueva Serie, Botanica (1971)
· Rapid Biological Inventories (2000)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Paniyaprishthaja, for example extract dosage, chemical composition, side effects, diet and recipes, health benefits, 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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pānīyapṛṣṭhajā (पानीयपृष्ठजा).—f. moss.

Pānīyapṛṣṭhajā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pānīya and pṛṣṭhajā (पृष्ठजा).

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

Pānīyapṛṣṭhaja (पानीयपृष्ठज).—m.

(-jaḥ) An aquatic plant, (Pistia stratiotes.) E. pānīya water, pṛṣṭha surface, ja born. “pānā” .

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

Pānīyapṛṣṭhaja (पानीयपृष्ठज):—[=pānīya-pṛṣṭha-ja] [from pānīya > pā] m. ‘w°-surface-born’, Pistia Stratiotes, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Pānīyapṛṣṭhaja (पानीयपृष्ठज):—[pānīya-pṛṣṭha-ja] (jaḥ) 1. m. An aquatic plant (Pistia stratiotes).

[Sanskrit to German]

Paniyaprishthaja 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: Prishthaja, Ja, Paniya.

Full-text: Ashakumbhi, Parshni.

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