The Sanskrit term Śṛṅgika can be transliterated into English as Srngika or Shringika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Shringika in India is the name of a plant defined with Aconitum heterophyllum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Aconitum heterophyllum Wall..

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

· Numer. List (4722)
· Illustrations of the Botany … of the Himalayan Mountains (1833)

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śṛṅgika (शृङ्गिक).—A kind of poison.

-kā 1 A kind of birch tree.

2) A kind of missile or catapult; लोहचर्मवती चापि साग्निः सगुडशृङ्गिका (lohacarmavatī cāpi sāgniḥ saguḍaśṛṅgikā) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 3.15.8.

Derivable forms: śṛṅgikam (शृङ्गिकम्).

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

Śṛṅgika (शृङ्गिक).—n.

(-kaṃ) A sort of poison. f.

(-kā) A plant, (Betula.) E. śṛṅka a fish, &c., ṭhañ aff.

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

1) Śṛṅgikā (शृङ्गिका):—[from śṛṅgaka > śṛṅga] a f. a kind of flute, [Saṃgīta-sārasaṃgraha]

2) [v.s. ...] aconite, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] a kind of gall-nut, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) [v.s. ...] a kind of Betula or birch tree, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

5) Śṛṅgika (शृङ्गिक):—[from śṛṅga] m. a [particular] vegetable poison, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

6) [v.s. ...] m. or f. (only ifc. f(ikā). ) a kind of missile or catapult, [Mahābhārata iii, 363] ([Nīlakaṇṭha])

7) Śṛṅgikā (शृङ्गिका):—[from śṛṅgika > śṛṅga] b f. See śṛṅgaka.

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

Śṛṅgika (शृङ्गिक):—(kaṃ) 1. n. A sort of poison; a plant, Betula.

[Sanskrit to German]

Shringika 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

Śṛṃgika (ಶೃಂಗಿಕ):—[noun] = ಶೃಂಗಿ [shrimgi]3 - 10.

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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)

Starts with: Shringikanaka.

Ends with: Dvishringika, Gudashringika, Karkatashringika, Raktashringika.

Full-text: Karkatashringika, Gudashringika, Shringaka, Dvishringika, Raktashringika, Vatsanabha.

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