The Sanskrit term Pratyakśreṇī can be transliterated into English as Pratyaksreni or Pratyakshreni, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

1) Pratyakśreṇī (प्रत्यक्श्रेणी) is another name for Ākhukarṇī, a medicinal plant identified with Ipomoea reniformis, synonym of Merremia emarginata (kidney leaf morning glory) from the Convolvulaceae or “morning glory family” of flowering plants, according to verse 3.67-68 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 Pratyakśreṇī and Ākhukarṇī, there are a total of twenty Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

2) Pratyakśreṇī (प्रत्यक्श्रेणी) also represents a synonym for Śrutaśreṇī, an unidentified medicinal plant, according to verse 4.136-137. The fourth chapter (śatāhvādi-varga) of this book enumerates eighty varieties of small plants (pṛthu-kṣupa). Together with the names Pratyakśreṇī and Śrutaśreṇī, there are a total of eight Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant. Note: According to Narahari, Pratyakśreṇī is a common synonym to Dravantī and Ākhuparṇī along with Śrutaśreṇī but Śrutaśreṇī is anti rat-poison which Ākhuparṇī is not and Dravantī is Rasāyanī, a property absent in the rest of the two.

3) Pratyakśreṇī (प्रत्यक्श्रेणी) is another name for Dravantī an unidentified medicinal plant, possibly identified with either (1) Jaipal—Croton tiglium, (2) Baliospermum sinuatum Muell or (3) Ratanjota—Jatropha glandulifera Roxb., according to verse 5.134-136. The fifth chapter (parpaṭādi-varga) of this book enumerates sixty varieties of smaller plants (kṣudra-kṣupa). Together with the names Pratyakśreṇī and Dravantī, there are a total of fifteen 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

Pratyaksreni [प्रत्यक्श्रेणी] in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Baliospermum solanifolium (Burm.) Suresh from the Euphorbiaceae (Castor) family having the following synonyms: Baliospermum axillare, Baliospermum montanum, Jatropha montana. For the possible medicinal usage of pratyaksreni, 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.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Pratyakśreṇī (प्रत्यक्श्रेणी).—f. (-ṇī) 1. A plant, commonly Danti. 2. A plant, (Salvinia cucullata.) E. pratyak western, and śreṇī line or row. “mūṣikaparṇyāñca .”

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

Pratyakśreṇī (प्रत्यक्श्रेणी):—[=pratyak-śreṇī] [from pratyak > praty-añc] f. Name of various plants (Anthericum Tuberosum, Croton Polyandrum or C°, Salvinia Cucullata etc.), [Caraka; cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Pratyakśreṇī (प्रत्यक्श्रेणी):—[pratyak-śreṇī] (ṇī) 3. f. A flower (Dantī); a plant (Saivinia cucullata).

[Sanskrit to German]

Pratyashreni 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.

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Partial matches: Shreni, Pratyanc.

Full-text: Sutashreni, Pratyakparni, Shrutashreni, Dravanti, Akhukarni, Shambari.

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Charaka Samhita (English translation) (by Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurvedic Society)

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