Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Sarpari in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Ophiorrhiza mungos L. from the Rubiaceae (Coffee) family. For the possible medicinal usage of sarpari, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.

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

1) Sarpari in India is the name of a plant defined with Ophiorrhiza hirsutula in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices.

2) Sarpari is also identified with Ophiorrhiza mungos It has the synonym Ophiorrhiza ostindica Christm., nom. inval..

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

· Glimpses in Plant Research (1988)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· New Botanist (1987)
· Regnum Vegetabile, or ‘a Series of Handbooks for the Use of Plant Taxonomists and Plant Geographers’ (1993)
· Nucleus (1979)
· The Flora of British India (1880)

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

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

sarpāri (सर्पारि).—m S (Enemy of the snake.) An ichneumon.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

sarpāri (सर्पारि).—m An ichneumon.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Sarpāri (सर्पारि).—

1) an ichneumon.

2) a peacock.

3) an epithet of Garuḍa.

Derivable forms: sarpāriḥ (सर्पारिः).

Sarpāri is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sarpa and ari (अरि). See also (synonyms): sarpārāti.

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

Sarpāri (सर्पारि).—m.

(-riḥ) An ichneumon. E. sarpa a snake, and ari an enemy; equally applicable to the peacock, &c.: see the last.

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

Sarpāri (सर्पारि).—[masculine] a peacock or Garuḍa (enemy of serpents).

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

1) Sarpāri (सर्पारि):—[from sarpa] m. ‘idem’, a peacock, [Subhāṣitāvali]

2) [v.s. ...] an ichneumon, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] Name of Garuḍa (in next)

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

Sarpāri (सर्पारि):—[sarpā+ri] (riḥ) 2. m. An ichneumon.

[Sanskrit to German]

Sarpari in German

context information

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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Sarpāri (ಸರ್ಪಾರಿ):—

1) [noun] the plant Laurus cassia of Lauraceae family.

2) [noun] the plant Ophiorrhiza mungos of Rubiaceae family; Indian snake root.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Sarpa, Ari.

Starts with: Sarpari-chettu, Sarpariketana, Sarpariketu, Sarpariketunagara, Sarparshi.

Ends with: Sasarpari.

Full-text: Sarpariketana, Sarpari-chettu, Sarparati.

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No search results for Sarpari, Sarpāri, Sarpa-ari; (plurals include: Sarparis, Sarpāris, aris) in any book or story.