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Ayurveda (science of life)

Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Somrāj in the Bengali language is another name for Vākucī, a medicinal plant identified with Psoralea corylifolia Linn. (“Babchi”) from the Fabaceae or “legume” family of flowering plants, according to verse 4.62-65 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fourth chapter (śatāhvādi-varga) of this book enumerates eighty varieties of small plants (pṛthu-kṣupa). Other than the Bengali word Somrāj, there are more synonyms identified for this plant among which twenty-one are in Sanskrit.

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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)

1) Somraj in India is the name of a plant defined with Centratherum anthelmintica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Centratherum anthelminticum (Willd.) Kuntze (among others).

2) Somraj is also identified with Paederia foetida It has the synonym Reussia sarmentosa Dennst. (etc.).

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

· Opera Botanica Belgica (1991)
· Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club (1891)
· Sci. Rep. Kanazawa Univ., Biol. (1955)
· Journal of the Arnold Arboretum (1944)
· FBI (1881)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1994)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Somraj, for example diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, extract dosage, side effects, 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

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Somraj is another spelling for सोमराज [somarāja].—n. the moon;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Somraji.

Full-text: Somaraja, Krimighna, Vakuci.

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Search found 2 books and stories containing Somraj, Somrāj; (plurals include: Somrajs, Somrājs). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Ancient Science of Life

Study on somaraj curna and nimbadi oil for vicarcika eczema. < [Volume 1 (issue 4), Apr-Jun 1982]

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World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research

Quality assessment profile of seeds of vernonia anthelmentica (l.) willd. < [2016: Volume 5, May issue 5]

Review of horse gram's phytochemical and pharmacological profile. < [2019: Volume 8, April issue 5]