The Sanskrit term Sthūlapuṣpa can be transliterated into English as Sthulapuspa or Sthulapushpa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Sthūlapuṣpā (स्थूलपुष्पा) is another name for Jhaṇḍū, an unidentified medicinal plant, possibly identified with Tagetes erecta Linn. or “Mexican marygold” from the Asteraceae or ‘daisy’ family of flowering plants, according to verse 5.141 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fifth chapter (parpaṭādi-varga) of this book enumerates sixty varieties of smaller plants (kṣudra-kṣupa). Together with the names Sthūlapuṣpā and Jhaṇḍū, there are a total of seven 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)

1) Sthulapushpa in India is the name of a plant defined with Sesbania grandiflora in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Coronilla coccinea (L.f.) Willd. (among others).

2) Sthulapushpa is also identified with Tagetes erecta It has the synonym Tagetes jaliscensis Greenm. (etc.).

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

· Linnaea (1847)
· Phytologia (1975)
· Supplementum Plantarum (1781)
· North American Flora (1915)
· Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (1820)
· Species Plantarum. (2127)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Sthulapushpa, for example side effects, extract dosage, chemical composition, diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, health benefits, have a look at these references.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sthūlapuṣpa (स्थूलपुष्प).—m.

(-ṣpaḥ) A tree, (Æschynomene grandiflora.) f.

(-ṣpā) A flower a sort of mountain Clitorea. E. sthūla large, puṣpa a flower.

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

1) Sthūlapuṣpa (स्थूलपुष्प):—[=sthūla-puṣpa] [from sthūla > sthūl] m. a kind of plant (= baka), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] Aeschynomene Grandiflora, [Horace H. Wilson]

3) Sthūlapuṣpā (स्थूलपुष्पा):—[=sthūla-puṣpā] [from sthūla-puṣpa > sthūla > sthūl] f. a sort of Aparājitā growing on mountains, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) [v.s. ...] Gomphrena Globosa, [ib.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sthūlapuṣpa (स्थूलपुष्प):—[sthūla-puṣpa] (ṣpaḥ) 1. m. A tree, Æschynomene grandiflora. 1. f. A flower, a kind of mountain Clitoria.

[Sanskrit to German]

Sthulapushpa 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: Pushpa, Sthula.

Full-text: Sthulapushpi, Jhandu.

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