The Sanskrit term Śīrṇavṛnta can be transliterated into English as Sirnavrnta or Shirnavrinta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Shirnavrinta in India is the name of a plant defined with Citrullus lanatus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Cucumis vulgaris (Schrad. ex Eckl. & Zeyh.) E.H.L. Krause (among others).

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

· Prodromus Plantarum Capensium (1794)
· Uses of plants by the Indians (1991)
· Enumeratio Plantarum Africae Australis Extratropicae (1826)
· Catalogus Seminum et Sporarum in Horto Botanico Universitatis Imperialis Tokyoensis (1915)
· Prodr. Flora Capensis, being a systematic description of the plants of the Cape Colony, Caffraria, & port Natal (1800)

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

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śīrṇavṛnta (शीर्णवृन्त).—a water-melon.

Derivable forms: śīrṇavṛntaḥ (शीर्णवृन्तः).

Śīrṇavṛnta is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śīrṇa and vṛnta (वृन्त).

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

Śīrṇavṛnta (शीर्णवृन्त).—n.

(-ntaṃ) A water-melon. E. śīrṇa slender, and vṛnta foot-stalk.

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

Śīrṇavṛnta (शीर्णवृन्त):—[=śīrṇa-vṛnta] [from śīrṇa] m. ‘slender-stalked’, a water-melon (n. its fruit), [Suśruta; Vāgbhaṭālaṃkāra]

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

Śīrṇavṛnta (शीर्णवृन्त):—[śīrṇa-vṛnta] (ntaṃ) 1. n. A water-melon.

[Sanskrit to German]

Shirnavrinta 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: Shirna, Vrinta.

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