The Sanskrit term Śukapuccha can be transliterated into English as Sukapuccha or Shukapuccha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Shukapuchchha.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Shukapuccha in India is the name of a plant defined with Artemisia vulgaris in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Artemisia vulgaris var. kamtschatica Besser, also kamschatica (among others).

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

· Acta Facultatis Rerum Naturalium Universitatis Comenianae, Botanica (1974)
· Watsonia (2000)
· Nouveaux Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou (1834)
· Botaničeskij Žurnal (1975)
· Canadian Journal of Botany (1997)
· Regnum Vegetabile, or ‘a Series of Handbooks for the Use of Plant Taxonomists and Plant Geographers’ (1993)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Shukapuccha, for example diet and recipes, side effects, pregnancy safety, chemical composition, extract dosage, health benefits, have a look at these references.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śukapuccha (शुकपुच्छ).—sulphur.

Derivable forms: śukapucchaḥ (शुकपुच्छः).

Śukapuccha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śuka and puccha (पुच्छ).

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

Śukapuccha (शुकपुच्छ).—m.

(-cchaḥ) Sulphur. E. śuka a parrot, puccha the tail; of similar colour.

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

1) Śukapuccha (शुकपुच्छ):—[=śuka-puccha] [from śuka] m. a parrot’s tail, [ib.]

2) [v.s. ...] ‘coloured like a p°’s tail’, sulphur, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Śukapuccha (शुकपुच्छ):—[śuka-puccha] (cchaḥ) 1. m. Sulphur.

[Sanskrit to German]

Shukapuccha in German

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See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Shuka, Puccha.

Starts with: Shukapucchaka.

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