The Sanskrit term Viṣvaksenakāntā can be transliterated into English as Visvaksenakanta or Vishvaksenakanta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Visvaksenakanta in India is the name of a plant defined with Aglaia elaeagnoidea in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Milnea roxburghiana Wight & Arn. (among others).

2) Visvaksenakanta is also identified with Milnea roxburghiana It has the synonym Nemedra elaeagnoidea A. Juss. (etc.).

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

· Icones plantarum formosanarum nec non et contributiones ad floram formosanam. (1913)
· Flora Indica (1824)
· Flora Cochinchinensis (1790)
· Prodromus Florae Peninsulae Indiae Orientalis (1834)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1999)
· Enum. Pl. Formosana (1906)

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

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Viṣvaksenakāntā (विष्वक्सेनकान्ता):—[=viṣvak-sena-kāntā] [from viṣvak-sena > viṣvak > viṣu] f. a kind of plant (= priyaṅgu or a Diascorea), [Caraka]

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See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Kanta, Vishvaksena.

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