The Sanskrit term Vṛścīra can be transliterated into English as Vrscira or Vrishcira, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Vrishchira.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Vṛścīra in the Hindi language is another name for Punarnavā, a medicinal plant identified with Trianthema portulacastrum Linn. or “desert horsepurslane” from the Aizoaceae or “fig-marigold” family of flowering plants, according to verse 5.115-116 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fifth chapter (parpaṭādi-varga) of this book enumerates sixty varieties of smaller plants (kṣudra-kṣupa). Other than the Hindi word Vṛścīra, there are more synonyms identified for this plant among which eight  are in Sanskrit. Note: Cf. Raktapunarnavā (Boerhaavia diffusa Linn.).

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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: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Vrscira in India is the name of a plant defined with Trianthema portulacastrum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Trianthema monanthogyna L. (among others).

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

· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Kew Bulletin (1960)
· Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany (2006)
· Beskr. Guin. Pl. (1827)
· Glimpses Cytogenet. India (1992)
· Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden (2001)

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

Vṛścīra (वृश्चीर).—Name of plant, genus Boerhavia (Mar. śvetapunarnavā); Mātañga L.9.21.

Derivable forms: vṛścīraḥ (वृश्चीरः).

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

Vṛścīra (वृश्चीर):—[from vṛścana] ([cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]) m. a Punar-navā with white flowers.

[Sanskrit to German]

Vrishcira 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.

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Full-text: Punarnava.

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