The Sanskrit term Puṣpahīnā can be transliterated into English as Puspahina or Pushpahina, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Pushpahina in India is the name of a plant defined with Ficus racemosa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Covellia glomerata Miq. (among others).

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

· Plants of the Coast of Coromandel (1798)
· Biotropica (2006)
· Species Plantarum
· Flora de Filipinas (1837)
· Numer. List (4549)
· London Journal of Botany (1848)

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

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Puṣpahīnā (पुष्पहीना).—a woman past child-bearing.

Puṣpahīnā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms puṣpa and hīnā (हीना).

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

Puṣpahīna (पुष्पहीन).—mfn.

(-naḥ-nā-naṃ) Flowerless, not flowering. f.

(-nā) 1. The glomerous fig-tree. 2. A woman whose menstruation has ceased a barren woman. E. puṣpa a flower, &c. and hīna abandoned.

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

1) Puṣpahīna (पुष्पहीन):—[=puṣpa-hīna] [from puṣpa > puṣ] mfn. f°, not flowering, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) Puṣpahīnā (पुष्पहीना):—[=puṣpa-hīnā] [from puṣpa-hīna > puṣpa > puṣ] f. a woman past child-bearing, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

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

Puṣpahīna (पुष्पहीन):—[puṣpa-hīna] (naḥ-nā-naṃ) a. Flowerless. f. Glomerous fig-tree; a woman whose menstruation has ceased.

[Sanskrit to German]

Pushpahina 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, Hina.

Full-text: Pushpashunya.

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