The Sanskrit term Śubhrāṃśu can be transliterated into English as Subhramsu or Shubhramshu, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Subhramsu in India is the name of a plant defined with Cinnamomum camphora in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Cinnamomum camphora var. nominale Hayata (among others).

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

· Systema Vegetabilium (1825)
· Handbuch der Medicinisch-Pharmaceutischen Botanik (1831)
· Plantae Asiaticae Rariores (1831)
· Feddes Repertorium (1912)
· Journal of Wuhan Botanical Research (1998)
· Nouvelles archives du muséum d’histoire naturelle (1913)

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

Śubhrāṃśu (शुभ्रांशु).—

1) the moon.

2) camphor.

Derivable forms: śubhrāṃśuḥ (शुभ्रांशुः).

Śubhrāṃśu is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śubhra and aṃśu (अंशु). See also (synonyms): śubhrakara.

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

Śubhrāṃśu (शुभ्रांशु).—m.

(-śuḥ) 1. The moon. 2. Camphor. E. śubhra white, and aṃśu a ray.

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

1) Śubhrāṃśu (शुभ्रांशु):—[from śubhra > śubh] m. = śubhra-bhānu, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

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

Śubhrāṃśu (शुभ्रांशु):—[śubhrāṃ+śu] (śuḥ) 2. m. The moon; camphor.

[Sanskrit to German]

Shubhramshu 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

Śubhrāṃśu (ಶುಭ್ರಾಂಶು):—

1) [noun] the moon.

2) [noun] camphor.

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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: Shubhra, Amshu.

Full-text: Shubhrabhanu, Shubhrakara.

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