The Sanskrit term Śuklapuṣpa can be transliterated into English as Suklapuspa or Shuklapushpa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Shuklapushpa in India is the name of a plant defined with Hygrophila auriculata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Barleria longifolia L. (among others).

2) Shuklapushpa is also identified with Jasminum multiflorum It has the synonym Nyctanthes multiflora Burm. f. (etc.).

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

· Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. (1959)
· Glimpses of Cytogenetics in India (1992)
· Novae Plantarum Species praesertim Indiae Orientalis (1821)
· Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society (1987)
· Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Kew (1898)
· Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae (1810)

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

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Śuklapuṣpa (शुक्लपुष्प).—m.

(-ṣpaḥ) 1. The white variety of Amaranth, (Gomphrœna globosa.) 2. A species of jasmine, (Jasminum pubescens.) f.

(-ṣpā) 1. A shrub, (Phrynium dichotomum.) 2. A sort of sun-flower. E. śukla white, and puṣpa a flower.

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

1) Śuklapuṣpa (शुक्लपुष्प):—[=śukla-puṣpa] [from śukla > śukra] mfn. having white flowers, [Kauśika-sūtra]

2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of various plants ([according to] to [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.], Asteracantha Longifolia; Nerium Odorum; = maruvaka etc.), [Pañcarātra]

3) Śuklapuṣpā (शुक्लपुष्पा):—[=śukla-puṣpā] [from śukla-puṣpa > śukla > śukra] f. Pistia Stratiotes, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) [v.s. ...] = nāga-dantī, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Śuklapuṣpa (शुक्लपुष्प):—[śukla-puṣpa] (ṣpaḥ) 1. m. White Amaranth; a jasmine. 1. f. A shrub, sun-flower.

[Sanskrit to German]

Shuklapushpa in German

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Partial matches: Pushpa, Shukla.

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