The Sanskrit term Uraṇākṣa can be transliterated into English as Uranaksa or Uranaksha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Uranaksha in India is the name of a plant defined with Senna obtusifolia in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Cassia tora sensu auct. (among others).

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

· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Methodus Plantas Horti Botanici (1794)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2005)
· Hortus Bengalensis (1814)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1981)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2007)

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

Uraṇākṣa (उरणाक्ष).—the plant Cassia Alata or Tora. An esculent and medicinal plant (Mar. ṭākaḷā).

Derivable forms: uraṇākṣaḥ (उरणाक्षः).

Uraṇākṣa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms uraṇa and akṣa (अक्ष). See also (synonyms): uraṇākṣaka, uraṇākhya.

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

Uraṇākṣa (उरणाक्ष).—m.

(-kṣaḥ) Cassia, (Alata.) E. uraṇa ram, akṣa an eye: the flower being so compared: ka being added, also uraṇākṣaka.

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

Uraṇākṣa (उरणाक्ष):—[from uraṇa] m. Cassia Alata or Tora, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Uraṇākṣa (उरणाक्ष):—[uraṇā+kṣa] (kṣaḥ) 1. m. Cassia.

[Sanskrit to German]

Uranaksha 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Uraṇākṣa (ಉರಣಾಕ್ಷ):—

1) [noun] the plant Cassia alata of Caesalpiniaceae family; ring worm cassia.

2) [noun] another plant of the same family, Cassia tora.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Aksha, Urana.

Starts with: Uranakshaka.

Full-text: Uranakhya, Edagaja, Uranakshaka.

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