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Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Pīluparṇī (पीलुपर्णी) is another name for Mūrvā, a medicinal plant identified with Marsdenia tenacissima from the Asclepiadoideae or “milkweed family” of flowering plants, according to verse 3.19-21 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The third chapter (guḍūcyādi-varga) of this book contains climbers and creepers (vīrudh). Together with the names Pīluparṇī and Mūrvā, there are a total of twenty-eight 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: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

1) Piluparni in India is the name of a plant defined with Clematis gouriana in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Clematis vitalba var. micrantha H. Lév. & Vaniot (among others).

2) Piluparni is also identified with Clematis triloba It has the synonym Clematis triloba B. Heyne.

3) Piluparni is also identified with Coccinia grandis It has the synonym Turia moghadd J.F. Gmel. (etc.).

4) Piluparni is also identified with Sansevieria roxburghiana It has the synonym Acyntha roxburghiana Kuntze (etc.).

5) Piluparni is also identified with Sansevieria zeylanica It has the synonym Aloe zeylanica (L.) Jacq. (etc.).

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

· Cytologia (1983)
· Hortus Suburbanus Calcuttensis (1845)
· Systema Vegetabilium ed. 15 (1829)
· Taxon (1980)
· Enum. Philipp. Fl. Pl. (1923)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2007)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Piluparni, for example chemical composition, side effects, diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, extract dosage, health benefits, 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

Pīluparṇī (पीलुपर्णी).—

1) a kind of drug.

2) Name of two plants.

Pīluparṇī is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pīlu and parṇī (पर्णी).

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

Pīluparṇī (पीलुपर्णी).—f. (-rṇī) 1. A plant: see pīlu. 2. Bryonia grandis. 3. A sort of drug. E. pīlu the tree, and parṇa a leaf.

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

1) Piluparṇi (पिलुपर्णि):—[=pilu-parṇi] [from pilu > pil] f. Sanseviera Roxburghiana, [Caraka]

2) Pīluparṇī (पीलुपर्णी):—[=pīlu-parṇī] [from pīlu > pīl] f. idem, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] Momordica Monidelpha, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) [v.s. ...] a kind of drug, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Pīluparṇī (पीलुपर्णी):—[pīlu-parṇī] (rṇī) 3. f. A plant; a drug.

[Sanskrit to German]

Piluparni 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Pīluparṇi (ಪೀಲುಪರ್ಣಿ):—

1) [noun] the plant Sansevieria roxburghiana of Liliaceae family; Indian bowstring hemp.

2) [noun] the climber Coccinia cordifolia ( = C. indica, = Bryonia grandis, = Momordica monadelpha) of Cucurbitaceae family.

3) [noun] its fruit, used as a vegetable.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Parni, Pilu.

Starts with: Piluparnika.

Full-text: Ghanarasa, Piluni, Vilupannivilu, Murva.

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