Alternative spellings of this word include Sufal.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Suphalā (सुफला) is another name for Indravāruṇī, a medicinal plant identified with Citrullus colocynthis (colocynth, bitter apple or desert gourd) from the Cucurbitaceae or “gourd family” of flowering plants, according to verse 3.70-72 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The third chapter (guḍūcyādi-varga) of this book contains climbers and creepers (vīrudh). Together with the names Suphalā and Indravāruṇī, there are a total of twenty-nine Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

Unclassified Ayurveda definitions

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Suphalā (सुफला) is another name (synonym) for Kūṣmāṇḍa, which is a Sanskrit name for the plant Benincasa hispida (ash gourd). This synonym was identified by Narahari in his 13th-century Rājanighaṇṭu (verse 7.160), which is an Ayurvedic medicinal thesaurus. Certain plant parts of Kūṣmāṇḍa 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”.

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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) Suphala in India is the name of a plant defined with Punica granatum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices.

2) Suphala is also identified with Vigna mungo It has the synonym Phaseolus hernandezii Savi (etc.).

3) Suphala is also identified with Ziziphus jujuba It has the synonym Ziziphus vulgaris Lam. (etc.).

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

· The Gardeners Dictionary (1768)
· FBI (1879)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Mantissa Plantarum (1767)
· J. Hebei Agric. Univ. (1987)
· Kew Bulletin (1956)

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

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

suphala (सुफल).—n The notch of an arrow, of a needle &c.

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suphala (सुफल).—a (S) pop. suphaḷa a That bears good fruit, or that has borne good fruit--a tree: also that has proved gainful, productive, profitable, advantageous--a business or an act. 3 Efficacious, effectual, successful, availing--any application, operation, or measure.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

suphala (सुफल) [-ḷa, -ळ].—a That bears good fruit. Efficacious.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Suphala (सुफल).—a.

1) very fruitful, very productive.

2) very fertile. (-laḥ) 1 the pomegranate tree.

2) the jujube.

3) the Karṇikāra tree.

4) a kind of bean. (-lā) 1 a pumpkin, gourd.

2) the plantain tree.

3) a variety of brown grape.

4) colocynth.

Suphala is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms su and phala (फल).

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

Suphala (सुफल).—mfn.

(-laḥ-lā-laṃ) Bearing good fruit, (literally or figuratively.) m.

(-laḥ) 1. The wood apple, (Feronia elephantium.) 2. The pomegranate. 3. Jujube. 4. A sort of bean, (Phaseolus Mungo.) f.

(-lā) 1. Colocynth. 2. A pumpkin-gourd. 3. The plantain. 4. The brown grape. E. su good, phala fruit.

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

Suphala (सुफल).—I. adj. bearing good fruit. Ii. m., and f. lā, the name of several plants.

Suphala is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms su and phala (फल).

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

Suphala (सुफल).—[adjective] bearing good fruit.

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Suphala (सुफल).—[adjective] bearing good fruit.

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

1) Suphala (सुफल):—[=su-phala] [from su > su-pakva] a su-phala or su-phala, mf(ā)n. yielding much or good fruit, fruitful, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda]

2) [v.s. ...] having a good blade (as a sword), [Mahābhārata]

3) [v.s. ...] m. (only [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]) the wood-apple tree, Feronia Elephantum

4) [v.s. ...] the citron tree

5) [v.s. ...] Pterospermum Acerifolium

6) [v.s. ...] the pomegranate tree

7) [v.s. ...] Zizyphus Jujuba

8) [v.s. ...] Phaseolus Mungo

9) Suphalā (सुफला):—[=su-phalā] [from su-phala > su > su-pakva] f. (only [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]) Momordica Mixta

10) [v.s. ...] Gmelina Arborea

11) [v.s. ...] a kind of brown grape

12) [v.s. ...] colocynth

13) [v.s. ...] Beninkasa Cerifera

14) [v.s. ...] Musa Sapientum.

15) Suphala (सुफल):—[=su-phala] [from su > su-pakva] colocynth

16) [v.s. ...] Beninkasa Cerifera

17) Suphāla (सुफाल):—[=su-phāla] [from su > su-pakva] su-phāla or su-phāla, m. a good ploughshare, [Atharva-veda; Maitrāyaṇī-saṃhitā]

18) Suphala (सुफल):—[=su-phala] b etc. See p. 1229, col. 1.

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

Suphala (सुफल):—[su-phala] (laḥ) 1. m. The wood-apple; pomegranate; jujube; sort of bean. 1. f. Colocynth; pumpkin; gourd; plantain; brown grape. a. Bearing good fruit.

[Sanskrit to German]

Suphala 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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Suphala (सुफल) [Also spelled sufal]:—(nm) good/welcome result; hence ~[lā] (fem. form).

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Partial matches: Phala, Cu, Shu.

Ends with: Ashuphala.

Full-text: Sudirghaphalika, Sufal, Shobhana, Indravaruni, Kushmanda.

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