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Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Sahasravīryā (सहस्रवीर्या) is another name for Mahāśatāvarī, a medicinal plant identified with either Asparagus gonocladus Baker. or Asparagus sarmentosus Linn., both from the Asparagaceae family of flowering plants, according to verse 4.120-123 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fourth chapter (śatāhvādi-varga) of this book enumerates eighty varieties of small plants (pṛthu-kṣupa).  Notes: Mahāśatāvarī is the bigger variety of Śatāvarī, identified with Asparagus racemosus Willed. (or “buttermilk root”). Together with the names Sahasravīryā and Mahāśatāvarī, there are a total of eleven Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

Unclassified Ayurveda definitions

Source: archive.org: Vagbhata’s Ashtanga Hridaya Samhita (first 5 chapters)

Sahasravīrya (सहस्रवीर्य) refers to “possessed of a thousand powers”, as mentioned in verse 5.37-39 of the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā (Sūtrasthāna) by Vāgbhaṭa.—Accordingly, “[...] [ghee is] recommended for [...] foremost among fats, cooling, (and) a first-rate preservative of youth: ghee [viz., ghṛta] (is) possessed of a thousand powers [viz., sahasravīrya] (and), by its (many) ways of application, productive of a thousand effects”.

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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)

Sahasravirya in India is the name of a plant defined with Asparagus sarmentosus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Asparagopsis sarmentosa (L.) Kunth (among others).

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

· Journ. Linn. Soc. (1875)
· Enum. Pl. (1850)
· Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany (1996)
· Species Plantarum (1753)

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

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Sahasravīryā (सहस्रवीर्या).—Dūrvā grass.

Sahasravīryā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sahasra and vīryā (वीर्या).

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

Sahasravīryā (सहस्रवीर्या) or Sahasravīryyā.—f.

(-ryā) A bent grass, (Panicum dactylon, the Agrostis linearis of LinnÆUs.) E. sahasra a thousand, vīrya splendour.

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

Sahasravīrya (सहस्रवीर्य).—[adjective] having a thousand forces.

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

1) Sahasravīrya (सहस्रवीर्य):—[=sahasra-vīrya] [from sahasra] mf(ā)n. (sahasra-) having a th° energies, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Atharva-veda]

2) Sahasravīryā (सहस्रवीर्या):—[=sahasra-vīryā] [from sahasra-vīrya > sahasra] f. a kind of plant, [Suśruta; Caraka]

3) [v.s. ...] Dūrvā grass (with white or blue flowers), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.; Bhāvaprakāśa]

4) [v.s. ...] = mahā-śatāvarī, [Bhāvaprakāśa]

5) [v.s. ...] Asa Foetida, [Apte’s The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

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

Sahasravīryā (सहस्रवीर्या):—[sahasra-vīryā] (ryyā) 1. f. A bent grass.

[Sanskrit to German]

Sahasravirya 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: Virya, Sahasra.

Full-text: Cakattiraviriyam, Sahasraviryya, Mahashatavari.

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