The Sanskrit term Paripuṣkarā can be transliterated into English as Paripuskara or Paripushkara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Paripushkara [परिपुष्करा] in the Hindi language is the name of a plant identified with Cucumis maderaspatanus L. from the Cucurbitaceae (Pumpkin) family having the following synonyms: Mukia maderaspatana, Bryonia scabrella, Melothria maderaspatana. For the possible medicinal usage of paripushkara, 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.

Paripushkara [परिपुष्करा] in the Sanskrit language, ibid. previous identification.

Paripushkara [پرپشکرا] in the Urdu language, ibid. previous identification.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Paripuṣkarā (परिपुष्करा).—f.

(-rā) A sort of cucumber, (C. madraspatanus.) (gomuk) .

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

Paripuṣkarā (परिपुष्करा):—[=pari-puṣkarā] f. Cucumis Maderaspatanus, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Paripuṣkarā (परिपुष्करा):—[pari-puṣkarā] (rā) 1. f. A cucumber.

[Sanskrit to German]

Paripushkara 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: Pushkara, Pari.

Starts with: Paripushkarai.

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