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Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Sthūlairaṇḍa (स्थूलैरण्ड, “rough eraṇḍa”) refers to one of the three varieties of Eraṇḍa, the Sanskrit name for Ricinus communis (castor-oil-plant), a plant species in the Euphorbiaceae family. Certain plant parts of Eraṇḍa are eaten as a vegetable (śāka), and it is therefore part of the Śākavarga group of medicinal plants, referring to the “group of vegetables/pot-herbs”.

According to the Rājanighaṇṭu (verse 8.55-57), the rough (sthūla) variety of eraṇḍa has 2 synonyms: Mahairaṇḍa and Mahāpañcāṅgula.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Sthūlairaṇḍa (स्थूलैरण्ड):—[from sthūla > sthūl] m. the l° castor-oil plant, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Sthulairanda 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.

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Partial matches: Sthula, Eranda.

Full-text: Mahairandam, Mahapancangula, Mahairanda, Eranda.

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