Biology (plants and animals)

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

Vaktravasa in India is the name of a plant defined with Citrus aurantium in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Citrus amara Link (among others).

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

· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress Association (1984)
· Journal of Wuhan Botanical Research (1990)
· Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique (1843)
· Phytomorphology (1998)
· J. SouthW. Agric. Univ. (1994)

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

Vaktravāsa (वक्त्रवास).—an orange.

Derivable forms: vaktravāsaḥ (वक्त्रवासः).

Vaktravāsa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vaktra and vāsa (वास).

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

Vaktravāsa (वक्त्रवास).—m.

(-saḥ) An orange.

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

Vaktravāsa (वक्त्रवास):—[=vaktra-vāsa] [from vaktra > vac] m. ‘mouth-scenting’, an orange, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Vaktravasa 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: Vaktra, Vasa, Vaca.

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