The Sanskrit term Śuklī can be transliterated into English as Sukli or Shukli, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Sukli in India is the name of a plant defined with Heteropogon contortus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Andropogon glaber (Pers.) Raspail, nom. illeg., non Andropogon glaber Roxb. (among others).

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

· Grasses of Burma (1960)
· Synopseos Plantarum (1807)
· Annales des Sciences Naturelles (Paris) (1825)
· Flore de France, ed. 3 (1805)
· Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon (1931)
· Flora van Nederlandsch Indië (1857)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Sukli, for example pregnancy safety, health benefits, diet and recipes, chemical composition, extract dosage, side effects, 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: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śuklī (शुक्ली):—[from śukra] in [compound] for śukla.

[Sanskrit to German]

Shukli 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)

Starts with: Shuklibhu, Shuklika, Shuklikar, Shuklikarana, Shuklikri, Shuklikrita, Shukliman, Shuklita.

Full-text: Shuklikrita, Shuklikri, Shuklikarana, Shuklibhu, Sukli sengha, Cvi.

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Search found 2 books and stories containing Shukli, Śuklī, Sukli; (plurals include: Shuklis, Śuklīs, Suklis). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)

Verse 4.7.7 < [Chapter 7 - The Story of the Ayodhya Women]

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Impact of Vedic Culture on Society (by Kaushik Acharya)

Select Sanskrit Inscriptions Found in Northern India < [Chapter 1]

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