The Sanskrit term Śākavīra can be transliterated into English as Sakavira or Shakavira, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Shakavira in India is the name of a plant defined with Chenopodium album in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Atriplex alba Salisb. (among others).

2) Shakavira is also identified with Chenopodium hederiforme It has the synonym Botrys albus Nieuwl. (etc.).

3) Shakavira is also identified with Chenopodium olukondae It has the synonym Chenopodium mucronatum subsp. olukondae Murray (etc.).

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

· Scripta Fac. Sci. Nat. Univ. Purkyn. Brun. (1978)
· Ludoviciana (2000)
· Systema Vegetabilium, ed. 15 (1820)
· Bot. Žurn. (1994)
· Taxon (1981)
· Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis (1815)

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

Śākavīra (शाकवीर).—m.

(-raḥ) A potherb, (Chenopodium album.) E. śaka a potherb, and vīra eminent.

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

1) Śākavīra (शाकवीर):—[=śāka-vīra] [from śāka] m. Chenopodium, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] a species of purslain, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Śākavīra (शाकवीर):—[śāka-vīra] (raḥ) 1. m. A potherb.

[Sanskrit to German]

Shakavira 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: Shaka, Vira.

Full-text: Jivashaka, Shakaraj, Shakaraja.

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