The Sanskrit term Śivākṣa can be transliterated into English as Sivaksa or Shivaksha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Shivaksha in India is the name of a plant defined with Elaeocarpus angustifolius in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Ganitrus sphaerica Gaertn. (among others).

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

· Species Plantarum (1753)
· A General History of the Dichlamydeous Plants (1831)
· Adansonia (1980)
· De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum (1791)
· Illustrations of Indian Botany (1840)
· Lingnan Science Journal (1927)

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

Śivākṣa (शिवाक्ष).—= रुद्राक्ष (rudrākṣa) q. v.

Derivable forms: śivākṣam (शिवाक्षम्).

Śivākṣa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śiva and akṣa (अक्ष).

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

Śivākṣa (शिवाक्ष).—n.

(-kṣaṃ) The seed of the Eleocarpus. E. śiva Siva, and akṣa from akṣi the eye. “rudrākṣe .”

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

Śivākṣa (शिवाक्ष):—[from śiva] n. the seed of Elaeocarpus Ganitrus, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Śivākṣa (शिवाक्ष):—[śivā+kṣa] (kṣaṃ) 1. n. The seed of the Eleocarpus.

[Sanskrit to German]

Shivaksha 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: Aksha, Shiva, Civa.

Full-text: Civatcam.

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