The Sanskrit term Śṛgālakaṇṭaka can be transliterated into English as Srgalakantaka or Shrigalakantaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Srgalakantaka [सृगालकण्टक] in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Argemone mexicana L. from the Papaveraceae (Poppy) family. For the possible medicinal usage of srgalakantaka, 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.

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

Srigalakantaka in India is the name of a plant defined with Argemone mexicana in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Echtrus mexicanus Nieuwl. (among others).

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

· J. Palynol. (1980)
· Histoire Naturelle des Végétaux (1839)
· The British Flower Garden (1828)
· A Botanical Materia Medica (1812)
· Glimpses Cytogenet. India (1992)
· Prodromus Stirpium in Horto ad Chapel Allerton vigentium (1796)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Srigalakantaka, for example side effects, chemical composition, health benefits, pregnancy safety, extract dosage, 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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śṛgālakaṇṭaka (शृगालकण्टक).—m.

(-kaḥ) A plant, commonly. Seyala-kanta or jackal’s thorn, (Zizyphus scandens.) E. śṛgāla, kaṇṭaka a thorn.

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

Sṛgālakaṇṭaka (सृगालकण्टक):—[=sṛgāla-kaṇṭaka] [from sṛgāla] m. ‘jackal’s thorn’, a kind of plant (Zizyphus Scandens or Argemone Mexicana), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Śṛgālakaṇṭaka (शृगालकण्टक):—[śṛgāla-kaṇṭaka] (kaḥ) 1. m. A plant; jackal’s thorn.

[Sanskrit to German]

Shrigalakantaka 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: Shrigala, Kantaka.

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