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Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Vājidantā (वाजिदन्ता) is another name for Vāsā, a medicinal plant identified with Adhatoda vasica Nees, synonym of Justicia adhatoda (“malabar nut”), from the Acanthaceae or acanthus family of flowering plants, according to verse 4.47-49 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 Vājidantā and Vāsā, 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: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Vaji-danta [वाजिदंत] in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Justicia adhatoda L. from the Acanthaceae (Acanthus) family having the following synonyms: Adhatoda vasica, Adhatoda zeylanica. For the possible medicinal usage of vaji-danta, 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)

Vajidanta in India is the name of a plant defined with Justicia adhatoda in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Adhatoda vasica Nees (among others).

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

· Plantae Asiaticae Rariores (Wallich) (1829)
· Planta Medica (1989)
· The Gardeners Dictionary (1754)
· Bangladesh Journal of Botany (1990)
· Helios (1893)
· Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany (1996)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Vajidanta, for example side effects, pregnancy safety, health benefits, 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

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vājidanta (वाजिदन्त).—Adhatoda Vasika (Mar. aḍūḷasā).

Derivable forms: vājidantaḥ (वाजिदन्तः).

Vājidanta is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vājin and danta (दन्त). See also (synonyms): vājidantaka.

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

Vājidanta (वाजिदन्त).—m.

(-ntaḥ) A plant, (Justicia adhenatoda.) E. vāji a horse, danta a tooth, to which the flower is compared; with kan added vājidantaka .

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

Vājidanta (वाजिदन्त):—[=vāji-danta] [from vāji > vāja] m. Adhatoda Vasika, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Vājidanta (वाजिदन्त):—[vāji-danta] (ntaḥ) 1. m. A plant (Justicia adhenatoda).

[Sanskrit to German]

Vajidanta 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: Vajin, Danta.

Starts with: Vajidantaka, Vajidantakahaatarusha.

Full-text: Vajidantaka, Vasa.

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