Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Variparni in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Pontederia crassipes Mart. from the Pontederiaceae (Pickerel weed) family having the following synonyms: Eichhornia crassipes, Pontederia elongata. For the possible medicinal usage of variparni, 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)

1) Variparni in India is the name of a plant defined with Eichhornia crassipes in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Pontederia crassicaulis Schlecht. (among others).

2) Variparni is also identified with Ipomoea aquatica It has the synonym Convolvulus repens Vahl, nom. illeg., non Convolvulus repens L. (etc.).

3) Variparni is also identified with Pistia stratiotes It has the synonym Apiospermum obcordatum Klotzsch (etc.).

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

· Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden (2003)
· Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Berlin (1853)
· Flora del Paraguay (1988)
· Investigatio et Studium Naturae (1992)
· Gen. Pl. ed. 5 (1754)
· Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France (1919)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Variparni, for example pregnancy safety, health benefits, chemical composition, extract dosage, diet and recipes, side effects, 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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vāriparṇī (वारिपर्णी).—f. (-rṇī) An aquatic plant, (Pistia stratiotes.) E. vāri water, parṇa a leaf.

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

Vāriparṇī (वारिपर्णी):—[=vāri-parṇī] [from vāri > vār] f. Pistia Stratiotes, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Vāriparṇī (वारिपर्णी):—[vāri-parṇī] (rṇī) 3. f. An aquatic plant (Pistia).

[Sanskrit to German]

Variparni 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

Vāriparṇi (ವಾರಿಪರ್ಣಿ):—

1) [noun] the tree Pistacia vera of Anacardiaceae family.

2) [noun] its nut.

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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.

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Vāriparṇi (வாரிபர்ணி) noun < vāri-parṇī. Creeping bindweed. See வள்ளலார்சாத்திரம்ை [vallai], 1. ((சங்கத்தகராதி) தமிழ்சொல்லகராதி [(sangathagarathi) thamizhsollagarathi])

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Parni, Vari.

Full-text: Kumbhi.

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