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Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Sthūlaphalā (स्थूलफला) is another name for Śaṇapuṣpī, a medicinal plant identified with either Crotalaria juncea Linn. (“Indian hemp”) or Crotalaria verrucosa Linn. (“blue rattlepod”) from the Fabaceae or “legume” family of flowering plants, according to verse 4.66-67 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fourth chapter (śatāhvādi-varga) of this book enumerates eighty varieties of small plants (pṛthu-kṣupa). Together with the names Sthūlaphalā and Śaṇapuṣpī, there are a total of eight Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

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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)

Sthulaphala in India is the name of a plant defined with Bombax ceiba in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Gossampinus malabarica Merr. (among others).

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

· FBI (1874)
· Taxon (1961)
· Lingnan Science Journal (1928)
· Ethnobotany (2004)
· Hortus Malabaricus
· Flora Indica, or ‘Descriptions of Indian Plants’ (1768)

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

Sthūlaphala (स्थूलफल).—the silk-cotton tree.

Derivable forms: sthūlaphalaḥ (स्थूलफलः).

Sthūlaphala is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sthūla and phala (फल).

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

1) Sthūlaphala (स्थूलफल):—[=sthūla-phala] [from sthūla > sthūl] n. the gross result of a calculation or measurement, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

2) [v.s. ...] m. ‘having large fruit’, the silk-cotton tree, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) Sthūlaphalā (स्थूलफला):—[=sthūla-phalā] [from sthūla-phala > sthūla > sthūl] f. a species of Crotolaria, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Sthulaphala 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: Phala, Sthula.

Full-text: Tulipalai, Shanapushpi.

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