The Sanskrit term Puṣpacāmara can be transliterated into English as Puspacamara or Pushpacamara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Pushpachamara.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Puspacamara in India is the name of a plant defined with Artemisia vulgaris in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Artemisia vulgaris var. glabra Ledebour (among others).

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

· Bulletin of Botanical Research, Harbin (1988)
· Botaničeskij Žurnal (1975)
· Cell and Chromosome Research (1989)
· Botaničeskij Žurnal
· Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis (1926)
· Species Plantarum (1753)

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

Puṣpacāmara (पुष्पचामर).—a kind of cane.

Derivable forms: puṣpacāmaraḥ (पुष्पचामरः).

Puṣpacāmara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms puṣpa and cāmara (चामर).

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

Puṣpacāmara (पुष्पचामर).—m.

(-raḥ) 1. A plant, (Artemisia.) 2. A fragrant plant, (Pandanus odoratissimus.) E. puṣpa a flower, and cāmara a Chowri, having a large bushy flower. vetravṛkṣe, madanavṛkṣeca .

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

Puṣpacāmara (पुष्पचामर):—[=puṣpa-cāmara] [from puṣpa > puṣ] m. ‘having f° for a chowrie’, Artemisia Indica or Pandanus Odoratissimus, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Puṣpacāmara (पुष्पचामर):—[puṣpa-cāmara] (raḥ) 1. m. A plant.

[Sanskrit to German]

Pushpacamara 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: Pushpa, Camara.

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