Snuha, Snuhā: 4 definitions
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Snuha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Snuha in India is the name of a plant defined with Opuntia stricta in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Cactus strictus Haw. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress Association (1980)
· Hortus mortolensis (1912)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (DC.) (1828)
· Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club (1916)
· Botanical Register (1818)
· Synopsis plantarum succulentarum (1812)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Snuha, for example diet and recipes, health benefits, pregnancy safety, extract dosage, chemical composition, side effects, have a look at these references.
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 dictionarySnuha (स्नुह) or Snuhā (स्नुहा).—f.,
-hī The milk-hedge plant. [Raghunandana, the author of Kṛtyatattva (Jīvānanda's ed. of Smṛtitattva vol. II, 1895) quotes a verse from the Devīpurāṇa in connection with the worship of the goddess Manasā to get rid of the fear of snake-bite (cf. Dr. Kane's History of Dharma-śāstra, vol. V. p. 125). He explains स्नुही (snuhī) as सिजुवृक्षः (sijuvṛkṣaḥ). The botanic name of the tree is Euphorbia Nerifolia (Mar. nivaḍuṃga). It is a plant from the stem of which a stickly substance oozes out.]
See also (synonyms): snuhi.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionarySnuhā (स्नुहा):—[from snuh] f. idem, [Harṣacarita]
[Sanskrit to German]
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: Snuhan.
Full-text: Samantadugdhi, Snuh, Snuhi.
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