Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Snehabija in India is the name of a plant defined with Arachis hypogaea in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Arachis nambyquarae Hoehne) (The Nambiquara tribe, also spelled Nambikwara, reside in the southwestern part of the Brazilian Amazon. (among others).

2) Snehabija is also identified with Buchanania lanzan It has the synonym Buchanania latifolia Roxb..

3) Snehabija is also identified with Semecarpus anacardium It has the synonym Anacardium orientale auct. (etc.).

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

· Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding (1981)
· Acta Agronomica Sinica (1988)
· Vascul. Pharmacol. (2007)
· Revue de Botanique Appliquée et d’Agriculture Tropicale (1933)
· Hum. Pathol.
· Cytologia (1989)

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

Snehabīja (स्नेहबीज).—the Piyāla tree.

Derivable forms: snehabījaḥ (स्नेहबीजः).

Snehabīja is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sneha and bīja (बीज).

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

Snehabīja (स्नेहबीज):—[=sneha-bīja] [from sneha > snih] m. ‘having oily seeds’, Buchanania Latifolia, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Snehabija 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: Sneha, Bija.

Starts with: Snehabijah, Snehabijaka.

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