Biology (plants and animals)

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

Skandharuha in India is the name of a plant defined with Ficus benghalensis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Ficus cotonaeifolia Vahl (among others).

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

· Species Plantarum
· Enumeratio plantarum (1805)
· Plant Systematics and Evolution (1987)
· Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi (1867)
· Bot. Mat. Med. (1812)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Skandharuha, for example extract dosage, side effects, pregnancy safety, chemical composition, health benefits, diet and recipes, 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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Skandharuha (स्कन्धरुह).—the (Indian) fig-tree.

Derivable forms: skandharuhaḥ (स्कन्धरुहः).

Skandharuha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms skandha and ruha (रुह).

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

Skandharuha (स्कन्धरुह).—m.

(-haḥ) The Indian fig-tree. E. skandha a principal stem, ruha what-grows.

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

Skandharuha (स्कन्धरुह):—[=skandha-ruha] [from skandha] m. the Indian fig-tree, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Skandharuha (स्कन्धरुह):—[skandha-ruha] (haḥ) 1. m. The Indian fig tree.

[Sanskrit to German]

Skandharuha 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: Ruha, Skandha.

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