Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Punyagandha in India is the name of a plant defined with Jasminum officinale in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Jasminum officinale var. aureovariegatum Weston (among others).

2) Punyagandha is also identified with Michelia champaca It has the synonym Sampacca suaveolens (Pers.) Kuntze (etc.).

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

· Species Plantarum (1753)
· I. Invest. Stud. Nat. (1992)
· (Magnoliaceae) (1829)
· Acta Bot. Yunnan. (1979)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (DC.) (1824)
· Synopseos Plantarum (Persoon) (1806)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Punyagandha, for example pregnancy safety, health benefits, chemical composition, side effects, extract dosage, diet and recipes, have a look at these references.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Puṇyagandha (पुण्यगन्ध).—a. Sweet-scented.

-ndhaḥ the Champaka tree.

Puṇyagandha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms puṇya and gandha (गन्ध).

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

Puṇyagandha (पुण्यगन्ध).—m.

(-ndhaḥ) The Champaka, (Michelia champaca.) Adj. Sweetscented. E. puṇya pure, and gandha smell.

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

Puṇyagandha (पुण्यगन्ध).—[adjective] sweet-scented, fragrant.

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

1) Puṇyagandha (पुण्यगन्ध):—[=puṇya-gandha] [from puṇya] mfn. (pu) sweet-scented, fragrant, [Ṛg-veda; Mahābhārata; Raghuvaṃśa]

2) [v.s. ...] m. Michelia Champaka, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] =

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

Puṇyagandha (पुण्यगन्ध):—[puṇya-gandha] (ndhaḥ) 1. m. Champa flower.

[Sanskrit to German]

Punyagandha 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: Puṇya, Gandha.

Ends with: Supunyagandha.

Full-text: Supunyagandha.

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