The Sanskrit term Śothaghnī can be transliterated into English as Sothaghni or Shothaghni, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Shothaghni in India is the name of a plant defined with Boerhavia diffusa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Boerhavia adscendens Willd. (among others).

2) Shothaghni is also identified with Desmodium gangeticum It has the synonym Aeschynomene gangetica (L.) Poir. (etc.).

3) Shothaghni is also identified with Trianthema portulacastrum It has the synonym Trianthema littoralis Cordem. (etc.).

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

· Fl. Veracruz (1979)
· Flora of Ecuador (1996)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (1825)
· Flora Indica, or ‘Descriptions of Indian Plants’ (1820)
· Flora Indica, or ‘Descriptions of Indian Plants’ (1832)
· Flora of Australia (1984)

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

Śothaghnī (शोथघ्नी).—Bœrhavia Procumbens (Mar. tāṃbaḍā punarnavā).

Śothaghnī is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śotha and ghnī (घ्नी). See also (synonyms): śothaghna, śothajit.

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

Śothaghnī (शोथघ्नी):—[=śotha-ghnī] [from śotha] f. ‘removing tumours’, Boerhavia Procumbens or Desmodium Gangeticum, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Śothaghnī (शोथघ्नी):—[śotha-ghnī] (ghnī) 3. f. Hogweed.

[Sanskrit to German]

Shothaghni 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

Śōthaghni (ಶೋಥಘ್ನಿ):—[noun] the plant Boerhaavia diffusa (- B. procumbens, = B. repens) of Nyctaginaceae family; the hog weed.

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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: Shotha, Ghni.

Full-text: Shothaghna, Shothajit.

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