Patrapushpaka, Patrapuṣpaka: 3 definitions
Introduction:
Patrapushpaka means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Patrapuṣpaka can be transliterated into English as Patrapuspaka or Patrapushpaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Patrapushpaka in India is the name of a plant defined with Betula utilis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Betula bhojpattra Lindl. ex Wall. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou (1865)
· Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany (1899)
· Prodromus Florae Nepalensis (1825)
· Plantae Wilsonianae (1916)
· Plantae Asiaticae Rariores, or ‘Descriptions and figures of a select number of unpublished East Indian plants’ (1830)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Patrapushpaka, for example extract dosage, side effects, diet and recipes, chemical composition, health benefits, pregnancy safety, have a look at these references.
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Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPatrapuṣpaka (पत्रपुष्पक).—m.
(-kaḥ) A kind of birch, from the bark of which Hukka snakes, &c. are made: see bhūrjjapatra E. patra a leaf, and puṣpa a flower, kan added.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPatrapuṣpaka (पत्रपुष्पक):—[patra-puṣpaka] (kaḥ) 1. m. A tree from whose bark huka snakes are made.
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.
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