The Sanskrit term Svarṇapuṣpā can be transliterated into English as Svarnapuspa or Svarnapushpa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Svarṇapuṣpā (स्वर्णपुष्पा) is another name for Kalikārī, a medicinal plant identified with Gloriosa superba Linn. (‘flame lily’) from the Colchicaceae family of flowering plants, according to verse 4.128-130 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 Svarṇapuṣpā and Kalikārī, there are a total of sixteen 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) Svarnapushpa in India is the name of a plant defined with Acacia nilotica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Mimosa scorpioides L. (among others).

2) Svarnapushpa is also identified with Gloriosa superba It has the synonym Methonica virescens Kunth (etc.).

3) Svarnapushpa is also identified with Michelia champaca It has the synonym Magnolia membranacea P. Parm. (etc.).

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

· Plantae Asiaticae Rariores, or ‘Descriptions and figures of a select number of unpublished East Indian plants’ (Wallich) (1831)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1981)
· J. Roy. Hort. Soc. (1950)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France (1965)
· Species Plantarum, ed. 4

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

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

svarṇapuṣpa (स्वर्णपुष्प).—and other compounds with svarṇa See under the common word suvarṇa.

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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

Svarṇapuṣpa (स्वर्णपुष्प).—the Champaka tree.

Derivable forms: svarṇapuṣpaḥ (स्वर्णपुष्पः).

Svarṇapuṣpa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms svarṇa and puṣpa (पुष्प).

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

Svarṇapuṣpa (स्वर्णपुष्प).—mf. (-ṣpaḥ-ṣpī) The Cassia fistula. m.

(-ṣpaḥ) The Champaca. (Michelia champaca.) f.

(-ṣpā) The gum Arabic tree, (Mimosa Arabica.) f. (-ṣpī) A medicinal sort of moon-plant. E. svarṇa gold, and puṣpa a flower.

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

1) Svarṇapuṣpa (स्वर्णपुष्प):—[=svarṇa-puṣpa] [from svarṇa] m. ‘g°-flowered’, Cassia Fistula, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] Michelia Campaka, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] f(ā and ī). Name of various plants (Methonica Superba, Cassia Fistula etc.), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Svarṇapuṣpa (स्वर्णपुष्प):—[svarṇa-puṣpa] (ṣpaḥ-ṣpī) 1. m. f. The Cassia fistula. m. The Champaca. 1. f. Gum arabic tree. f. (ī) Medicinal moon-plant.

[Sanskrit to German]

Svarnapushpa in German

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See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Pushpa, Svarna.

Starts with: Svarnapushpadhvaja, Svarnapushpaka.

Full-text: Langali, Kalikari.

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