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Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Vayasthā (वयस्था) is another name for Kākolī, a medicinal plant identified with Roscoea purpurea from the Zingiberaceae or “ginger family” of flowering plants, according to verse 3.25-27 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The third chapter (guḍūcyādi-varga) of this book contains climbers and creepers (vīrudh). Together with the names Vayasthā and Kākolī, there are a total of fifteen 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

Vayastha in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Luvunga scandens (Roxb.) Buch.-Ham. ex Wight & Arn. from the Rutaceae (Lemon) family having the following synonyms: Limonia scandens, Luvunga nitida. For the possible medicinal usage of vayastha, 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) Vayastha in India is the name of a plant defined with Elettaria cardamomum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Amomum racemosum Lam. (among others).

2) Vayastha is also identified with Sarcostemma acidum It has the synonym Asclepias acida Roxburgh (etc.).

3) Vayastha is also identified with Terminalia chebula It has the synonym Myrobalanus chebula Gaertn. (etc.).

4) Vayastha is also identified with Tinospora cordifolia It has the synonym Menispermum cordifolium Willd. (etc.).

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

· Ethnobotany (2004)
· Taxon (1979)
· Fl. Indica (1855)
· Nomenclator Botanicus (1797)
· Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London (1812)
· Hortus Suburbanus Calcuttensis (1845)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Vayastha, for example health benefits, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, side effects, 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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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Vayastha (वयस्थ).—mfn.

(-sthaḥ-sthā-sthaṃ) 1. Young, in the prime of life. 2. Mature, middle-aged, past childhood, or from sixteen to seventy. m.

(-sthaḥ) A friend, an associate, a cotemporary. f.

(-sthā) 1. The moon-plant, (Asclepias acida.) 2. Emblic myrobalan, (Phyllanthus emblica.) 3. Yellow myrobalan, (Terminalia chebula.) 4. Small cardamoms. 5. A plant, (Menispermum glabrum.) 6. A medicinal root, commonly Kakoli. 7. A woman’s female friend or companion, a con- fidante. 8. The silk-cotton tree. E. vayas life, sthā to be or stay, aff. ka, fem. aff. ṭāp, the final of the former changed to Visarga, and that optionally rejected; hence also vayaḥstha .

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

Vayastha (वयस्थ).—see vayaḥstha.

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

Vayastha (वयस्थ):—[(sthaḥ-sthā-sthaṃ) a.] Young; mature; middle-aged. m. A friend, contemporary. f. Confidante; moon-plant; silk-cotton tree.

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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

Vayastha (ವಯಸ್ಥ):—[noun] = ವಯಸ್ಕ [vayaska].

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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)

Starts with: Vayasthapana.

Ends with: Svayashtha.

Full-text: Vayahstha, Vayataram, Kayastha, Atyamlaparna, Atyamlaparni, Samjnasthapana, Kakoli.

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Search found 3 books and stories containing Vayastha, Vayasthā; (plurals include: Vayasthas, Vayasthās). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Sushruta Samhita, Volume 6: Uttara-tantra (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)

Chapter XXXII - Treatment of an attack by Putana-graha < [Canto II - Kaumarabhritya-tantra (pediatrics, gynecology and pregnancy)]

Chapter XXXVI - Treatment of an attack by Naigamesha < [Canto II - Kaumarabhritya-tantra (pediatrics, gynecology and pregnancy)]

Chapter LX - Symptoms and Treatment of demonology (Amanusha) < [Canto IV - Bhuta-vidya-tantra (psychology and psychiatry)]

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Atharvaveda and Charaka Samhita (by Laxmi Maji)

Classification of Drugs in the Caraka-Saṃhitā < [Chapter 4 - Diseases and Remedial measures (described in Caraka-saṃhitā)]

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The Garuda Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)

Chapter CCXXVII - Different names of the Ayurvedic Drugs < [Dhanvantari Samhita]

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