The Sanskrit term Raktapuṣpaka can be transliterated into English as Raktapuspaka or Raktapushpaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Raktapuṣpaka (रक्तपुष्पक) is another name for Parpaṭa, a medicinal plant identified with various varieties and species, according to verse 5.8-10 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fifth chapter (parpaṭādi-varga) of this book enumerates sixty varieties of smaller plants (kṣudra-kṣupa). Together with the names Raktapuṣpaka and Parpaṭa, there are a total of eighteen 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)

Raktapuspaka in India is the name of a plant defined with Butea monosperma in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Rudolphia frondosa Poir. (among others).

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

· Prodr. (DC.) (1825)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (1786)
· Journal of Tree Sciences (1983)
· Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien (1894)
· Plants of the Coast of Coromandel (1795)
· Cytologia (1989)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Raktapuspaka, for example extract dosage, health benefits, side effects, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, diet and recipes, 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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Raktapuṣpaka (रक्तपुष्पक).—m.

(-kaḥ) 1. The Palash tree, (Butea frondosa.) 2. A small tree, (Andersonia rohitaca, Rox.) 3. A red flower, (Ixora bandhuka, or Pentapetes phœnicea.) 4. The silk-cotton tree. 5. The coral tree. 6. A tree from which a red dye is prepared, (Rottleria tinctorea.) f.

(-ṣpikā) A sort of sensitive plant or species of Lycopodium. E. kan added to the preceding.

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

1) Raktapuṣpaka (रक्तपुष्पक):—[=rakta-puṣpaka] [from rakta > raj] m. (only [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]) Butea Frondosa

2) [v.s. ...] Salmalia Malabarica

3) [v.s. ...] Andersonia Rohitaka

4) [v.s. ...] Oldenlandia Herbacea

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

Raktapuṣpaka (रक्तपुष्पक):—[rakta-puṣpaka] (kaḥ) 1. m. The Palās tree (Butea frondosa); Ixora; coral tree. f. Sensitive plant.

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Raktapushpaka 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: Pushpaka, Rakta.

Full-text: Raktapushpika, Supushpa, Krimishatru, Parpata.

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