The Sanskrit term Vṛṣanāśana can be transliterated into English as Vrsanasana or Vrishanashana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Vrishanashana in India is the name of a plant defined with Embelia ribes in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Ribesiodes ribes Kuntze (among others).

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

· Mantissa Plantarum (1771)
· Natural history (1877)
· Flora Indica (1768)
· FBI (1882)
· Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.
· Nomenclator Botanicus (1797)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Vrishanashana, for example health benefits, side effects, diet and recipes, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, 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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vṛṣanāśana (वृषनाशन).—Name of Kṛṣṇa.

Derivable forms: vṛṣanāśanaḥ (वृषनाशनः).

Vṛṣanāśana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vṛṣa and nāśana (नाशन).

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

Vṛṣanāśana (वृषनाशन).—m.

(-naḥ) A medicinal plant, commonly Viranga, (Embelia ribes.) E. vṛṣa a bull, nāśana destroying.

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

Vṛṣanāśana (वृषनाशन):—[=vṛṣa-nāśana] [from vṛṣa > vṛṣ] m. Embelia Ribes, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Vṛṣanāśana (वृषनाशन):—[vṛṣa-nāśana] (naḥ) 1. m. A medicinal plant, Vireng.

[Sanskrit to German]

Vrishanashana in German

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Partial matches: Vrisha, Nasana.

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