The Sanskrit term Tṛṇaśīta can be transliterated into English as Trnasita or Trinashita, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Tṛṇaśītā (तृणशीता) is another name for Mahārāṣṭrī, a medicinal plant identified with Lippia nodiflora Mich., synonym of Phyla nodiflora (“frog fruit”) from the Verbenaceae or verbena family of flowering plants, according to verse 4.106-108 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 Tṛṇaśītā and Mahārāṣṭrī, there are a total of thirteen 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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Tṛṇaśīta (तृणशीत).—a kind of fragrant grass.

Derivable forms: tṛṇaśītam (तृणशीतम्).

Tṛṇaśīta is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tṛṇa and śīta (शीत).

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

Tṛṇaśīta (तृणशीत).—n.

(-taṃ) A fragrant grass, (Adropogon serratus.) E. tṛṇa grass, and śīta here said to imply abundance.

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

1) Tṛṇaśīta (तृणशीत):—[=tṛṇa-śīta] [from tṛṇa] n. Name of a fragrant grass, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) Tṛṇaśītā (तृणशीता):—[=tṛṇa-śītā] [from tṛṇa-śīta > tṛṇa] f. Commelina salicifolia, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Tṛṇaśīta (तृणशीत):—[tṛṇa-śīta] (taṃ) 1. n. A fragrant grass.

[Sanskrit to German]

Trinashita 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.

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Partial matches: Sita, Trina.

Full-text: Maharashtri.

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