Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Suranjana in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Colchicum luteum Baker from the Colchicaceae (Colchicum) family. For the possible medicinal usage of suranjana, 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)

1) Suranjana in India is the name of a plant defined with Areca catechu in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Areca cathechu Burm.f. (among others).

2) Suranjana is also identified with Colchicum luteum It has the synonym Colchicum alberti Regel (etc.).

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

· Species Plantarum. (1805)
· Gardener’s Chronicle & Agricultural Gazette (1874)
· Translational Research: the Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine (2007)
· Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada (1884)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Flora Cochinchinensis (1790)

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

surañjana (सुरंजन).—f also surañjanamiśrī f ( A) A drug, Hermodactylus. Gol.

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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

Surañjana (सुरञ्जन).—the betel nut tree.

Derivable forms: surañjanaḥ (सुरञ्जनः).

Surañjana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms su and rañjana (रञ्जन).

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

Surañjana (सुरञ्जन).—m.

(-naḥ) The betel-nut tree, (Areca faufel or catechu.) E. su well, and rañjana pleasing, affecting.

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

Surañjana (सुरञ्जन):—[=su-rañjana] [from su > su-yaj] m. the betel-nut tree, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Surañjana (सुरञ्जन):—[su-rañjana] (naḥ) 1. m. The betel-nut tree.

[Sanskrit to German]

Suranjana 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: Ranjana, Cu, Shu.

Starts with: Curancanam.

Full-text: Curancanam, Soranjana.

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