The Sanskrit term Śvetaguñjā can be transliterated into English as Svetagunja or Shvetagunja, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Śvetaguñjā (श्वेतगुञ्जा) is one of the two varieties of Guñjā, a medicinal plant identified with Abrus precatorius (Indian licorice or rosary pea) from the Fabaceae or “legume family” of flowering plants, according to verse 3.113-116 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu.

Śvetaguñjā is mentioned as having fourteen synonyms: Śvetakāmbhojī, Bhiriṇṭikā, Kākādanī, Kākapīlu and Vaktraśalyā.

Properties and characteristics: “both red [Raktaguñjā] and white [Śvetaguñjā] have bitter taste (rasa). Its seeds are hot in nature and roots are emetic. Its leaves are  pain killer, but poisonous. The leaves of Śveta Guñjā are said to be capable of subduing a person (if worn by one)”.

Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)

Source: archive.org: Science And Technology In Medievel India (kalpa)

Śvetaguñjā (श्वेतगुञ्जा) or Śvetaguñjākalpa refers to Kalpa (medicinal preparation) described in the Auṣadhikalpa, as mentioned in A. Rahman’s Science and Technology in Medievel India: A bibliography of source materials in Sanskrit, Arabic and Persian.—Ancient and medieval India produced a wide range of scientific manuscripts and major contributions lie in the field of medicine, astronomy and mathematics, besides covering encyclopedic glossaries and technical dictionaries.—The Auṣadhikalpa is a medical work of the type of Materia Medica giving twenty-six medical preparations [e.g., Śvetaguñjā-kalpa] to be used as patent medicines against various diseases.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Shvetagunja in India is the name of a plant defined with Abrus precatorius in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Abrus pauciflorus Desv. (among others).

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

· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1983)
· Verhandelingen van het bataviaasch genootschap van kunsten en wetenschappen (1790)
· Kew Bulletin (1970)
· Willdenowia (1986)
· Revue de zoologie et de botanique africaines (1932)
· Notulae Systematicae. Herbier du Museum de Paris (1951)

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

Śvetaguñjā (श्वेतगुञ्जा):—[=śveta-guñjā] [from śveta > śvit] f. a white variety of Abrus Precatorius, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Shvetagunja 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)

Partial matches: Shveta, Gunja.

Starts with: Shvetagunjakalpa.

Full-text: Bhirintika, Kakapilu, Cudala, Gunja, Sitagunja, Shvetakamboji, Cakrashalya, Kakadani, Shvetakambhoji, Raktagunja, Raupya, Raupyamusha, Vaktrashalya.

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