In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Advances in Zoology and Botany: Ethnomedicinal List of Plants Treating Fever in Ahmednagar District of Maharashtra, India

Sabjā in the Marathi language refers to the medicinal herb “Ocimum basilicum L.”, and is used for ethnomedicine treatment of Fever in Ahmednagar district, India. The parts used are: “Leaves”. Instructions for using the herb named Sabjā: The fresh juice made from 10 tender leaves and 10 kale mire (fruits of Pipernigrum) crushed in a glass of water—in early morning.

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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)

Sabja in India is the name of a plant defined with Ocimum basilicum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Plectranthus barrelieri (Roth) Spreng. (among others).

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

· Prodromus Stirpium in Horto ad Chapel Allerton vigentium (1796)
· Acta Facultatis Rerum Naturalium Universitatis Comenianae, Botanica (1992)
· Mant. Pl. (1767)
· Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica (1984)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Novae Plantarum Species praesertim Indiae Orientalis (1821)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Sabja, for example chemical composition, pregnancy safety, health benefits, side effects, extract dosage, 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

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Sabja (सब्ज):—(a) green; —[bāga dikhalānā] to lead the person up the garden, to arouse high hopes in vain.

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Starts with: Sabjaa, Sabjaa gida, Sabjagida.

Ends with: Surasabja.

Full-text: Sara, Shir.

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