Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Suparnaka [सुपर्णक] in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Marsdenia volubilis (L. fil.) Cooke from the Apocynaceae (Oleander) family having the following synonyms: Asclepias volubilis, Dregea volubilis, Wattakaka volubilis. For the possible medicinal usage of suparnaka, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Suparnaka in India is the name of a plant defined with Alstonia scholaris in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Chonemorpha malabarica G. Don (among others).

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

· Fitoterapia. (2003)
· Flora of the British India (1882)
· Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society (1811)
· The Civil and Natural History of Jamaica (1756)
· Systema Vegetabilium (1824)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2005)

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

Suparṇaka (सुपर्णक).—= सुपर्ण (suparṇa).

Derivable forms: suparṇakaḥ (सुपर्णकः).

Suparṇaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms su and parṇaka (पर्णक).

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

Suparṇaka (सुपर्णक).—m.

(-kaḥ) 1. A kind of Cassia, (C. fistula.) 2. A small tree, (Echites scholaris.) 3. A bird of superhuman character: see the last. E. su good, parṇa a wing, and kan added.

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

1) Suparṇaka (सुपर्णक):—[=su-parṇaka] [from su > su-pakva] mfn. having beautiful leaves, [Horace H. Wilson]

2) [v.s. ...] having good wings, [ib.]

3) [v.s. ...] m. Garuḍa or any supernatural bird, [Horace H. Wilson]

4) [v.s. ...] Cassia Fistula, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

5) [v.s. ...] Alstonia Scholaris, [ib.]

6) [v.s. ...] Echites Scholaris, [Horace H. Wilson]

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

Suparṇaka (सुपर्णक):—[su-parṇaka] (kaḥ) 1. m. Cassia fistula, Echites scholaris; a superhuman bird.

[Sanskrit to German]

Suparnaka 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: Parnaka, Cu, Shu.

Starts with: Suparnakakumara.

Ends with: Trisuparnaka.

Full-text: Suparnakakumara, Suparnika.

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