The Sanskrit term Śītahara can be transliterated into English as Sitahara or Shitahara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Sitahara in the Oriya language is the name of a plant identified with Millingtonia hortensis L. fil. from the Bignoniaceae (Jacaranda) family. For the possible medicinal usage of sitahara, 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.

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Śītahara (शीतहर).—mfn.

(-raḥ-rā-raṃ) Removing cold. E. śīta, and hara what takes.

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

1) Śītahara (शीतहर):—[=śīta-hara] [from śīta] mfn. removing c°, [Śiśupāla-vadha]

2) Sītāhāra (सीताहार):—[from sītā > sī] (tāh) m. ‘Sītā’s food’, Lycopodium Phlegmaria, [ib.]

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

Śītahara (शीतहर):—[śīta-hara] (raḥ-rā-raṃ) a. Removing cold.

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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: Sita, Hara.

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