The Sanskrit terms Śītabhīrū and Śītabhīru can be transliterated into English as Sitabhiru or Shitabhiru, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Śītabhīrū (शीतभीरू) is another name for Mallikā (Jasminum sambac “Sambac jasmine”), from the Oleaceae family of flowering plants. The term is used throughout Ayurvedic literature such as the Carakasaṃhitā.

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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)

1) Shitabhiru in India is the name of a plant defined with Jasminum sambac in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Mogorium gimea Zuccagni (among others).

2) Shitabhiru is also identified with Justicia gendarussa It has the synonym Justicia gendarussa J. Macrae ex Nees (etc.).

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

· Journal of Fujian Agricultural College (1992)
· Cytologia (1992)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Prodr. (DC.) (1844)
· Flora of the British India (1882)
· Prodr. (DC.) (1847)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Shitabhiru, for example extract dosage, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, diet and recipes, side effects, health benefits, 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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śītabhīru (शीतभीरु).—a kind of jasmine (Arabian).

Derivable forms: śītabhīruḥ (शीतभीरुः).

Śītabhīru is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śīta and bhīru (भीरु).

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

Śītabhīru (शीतभीरु).—f.

(-ruḥ) Arabian jasmine, (Jasminum zambac.) E. śīta the cold, bhīru afraid.

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

Śītabhīru (शीतभीरु):—[=śīta-bhīru] [from śīta] m. sensitive to cold, Jasminum Zambac, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Śītabhīru (शीतभीरु):—[śīta-bhīru] (ruḥ) 2. f. Arabian jasmine.

[Sanskrit to German]

Shitabhiru 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Śītabhīru (ಶೀತಭೀರು):—[adjective] = ಶೀತಭೀತ [shitabhita]1.

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Śītabhīru (ಶೀತಭೀರು):—

1) [noun] = ಶೀತಭೀತ [shitabhita]2.

2) [noun] the jasmine plant Jasminum sambac ( = J. heyneanum) of Oleaceae family.

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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: Sita, Bhiru.

Starts with: Sitabhiruka.

Full-text: Shatabhiru, Mallika.

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