The Sanskrit terms Śitaśūka and Śītaśūka and Sitaśūka can be transliterated into English as Sitasuka or Shitashuka or Sitashuka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Sitashuka in India is the name of a plant defined with Hordeum vulgare in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Zeocriton distichum P. Beauv. (among others).

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

· Synopseos Plantarum (Persoon) (1805)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Essai d’une Nouvelle Agrostographie
· A Botanical Materia Medica (1812)

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

Śitaśūka (शितशूक).—

1) barley.

2) wheat.

Derivable forms: śitaśūkaḥ (शितशूकः).

Śitaśūka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śita and śūka (शूक).

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Śītaśūka (शीतशूक).—barley.

Derivable forms: śītaśūkaḥ (शीतशूकः).

Śītaśūka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śīta and śūka (शूक).

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Sitaśūka (सितशूक).—barley.

Derivable forms: sitaśūkaḥ (सितशूकः).

Sitaśūka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sita and śūka (शूक).

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

Śitaśūka (शितशूक).—m.

(-kaḥ) 1. Barley. 2. Wheat. E. śita sharpened, śūka the beard.

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Śītaśūka (शीतशूक).—m.

(-kaḥ) Barley. E. śīta cold, and śūka an awn or beard.

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Sitaśūka (सितशूक).—m.

(-kaḥ) Barley. E. śita white, an śūka and awn or ear.

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

Sitaśūka (सितशूक).—), m. 1. barley. 2. wheat.

Sitaśūka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sita and śūka (शूक).

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

1) Śītaśūka (शीतशूक):—[=śīta-śūka] [from śīta] m. barley, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] (cf. sita-śūka).

2) Sitaśūka (सितशूक):—[=sita-śūka] [from sita] m. barley, [ib.]

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

1) Śitaśūka (शितशूक):—[śita-śūka] (kaḥ) 1. m. Barley; wheat.

2) Śītaśūka (शीतशूक):—[śīta-śūka] (kaḥ) 1. m. Barley.

3) Sitaśūka (सितशूक):—[sita-śūka] (kaḥ) 1. m. Barley.

[Sanskrit to German]

Shitashuka 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

Śitaśūka (ಶಿತಶೂಕ):—

1) [noun] the cereal grass Hordeum distichon of Poaceae family; barley.

2) [noun] its grain, used in making malt, soups, etc.; barley.

3) [noun] the cereal grass Triticum aestivum( = T. dicoccum).

4) [noun] its nutritious grain, widely used as a staple food; wheat.

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Sitaśūka (ಸಿತಶೂಕ):—

1) [noun] the cereal grass Hordeum distichon of Poaceae family; barley.

2) [noun] its grain, used inmaking malt, soups, etc.; barley.

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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.

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Partial matches: Sita, Shuka.

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