The Sanskrit terms Vaktra-śalyā and Vaktraśalyā can be transliterated into English as Vaktra-salya or Vaktra-shalya or Vaktrasalya or Vaktrashalya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Ayurveda (science of life)

Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

1) Vaktraśalyā (वक्त्रशल्या) is another name for Kākādanī, an unidentified medicinal plant possibly possibly related to Kākanāsā, according to verse 3.110-112 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. Both the drugs, Kākanāsa and Kākādanī are of doubtful identity and were controversial even during the times of Suśruta. The third chapter (guḍūcyādi-varga) of this book contains climbers and creepers (vīrudh). Together with the names Vaktraśalyā and Kākādanī, there are a total of thirteen Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

2) Vaktraśalyā (वक्त्रशल्या) is also mentioned as a synonym for Śvetaguñjā, one of the two varieties of Guñjā: a medicinal plants identified with Abrus precatorius (Indian licorice or rosary pea) from the Fabaceae or “legume family” of flowering plants, according to verse 3.113-116.

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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)

Vaktrashalya in India is the name of a plant defined with Abrus precatorius in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Abrus squamulosus E. Mey. (among others).

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

· Standard Shona Dictionary. (1959)
· Revue de zoologie et de botanique africaines (1932)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2005)
· For. Fl. Punj. (1956)
· Willdenowia (1986)
· Species Plantarum (1753)

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

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Partial matches: Vaktra, Shalya.

Full-text: Shvetagunja, Kakadani.

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