The Sanskrit term Śukrī can be transliterated into English as Sukri or Shukri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Shukri in the Gujarati language is the name of a plant identified with Grewia asiatica L. from the Tiliaceae (Phalsa) family. For the possible medicinal usage of shukri, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.

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

1) Shukri in India is the name of a plant defined with Grewia asiatica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices.

2) Shukri is also identified with Grewia subinaequalis It has the synonym Grewia subinaequalis Wall..

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

· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (DC.) (1824)
· Journal of Tree Sciences (1982)
· Numer. List
· Species Plantarum (1753)

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

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

śukrī (शुक्री).—a (śukra Venus.) Having the lustre of the planet Venus--a pearl.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Sukṛ (सुकृ).—I. adj. 1. done well. 2. treated with kindness. 3. virtuous, pious. 4. fortunate. Ii. n. 1. a virtuous act, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 3, 37. 2. kindness. 3. virtue. 4. fortune.

Sukṛ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms su and kṛ (कृ).

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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)

Partial matches: Kri, Cu, Shu.

Starts with: Shukribhu, Shukriman, Shukrita, Shukriya.

Ends with: Cakshukri, Pashukri, Uccakshukri.

Full-text: Shukribhu, Sukrit.

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