Biology (plants and animals)

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

Yajnasara in India is the name of a plant defined with Ficus racemosa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Covellia glomerata (Roxburgh) Miquel (among others).

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

· Species Plantarum
· Biotropica (2006)
· Species Plantarum, ed. 4
· Plants of the Coast of Coromandel (1798)
· Numer. List (4549)
· Flora de Filipinas (1837)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Yajnasara, for example side effects, health benefits, extract dosage, pregnancy safety, diet and recipes, chemical composition, have a look at these references.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Yajñasāra (यज्ञसार).—an epithet of Viṣṇu.

Derivable forms: yajñasāraḥ (यज्ञसारः).

Yajñasāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms yajña and sāra (सार).

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

Yajñasāra (यज्ञसार).—m.

(-raḥ) The glomerous fig-tree, (Ficus glomerata, Rox.) E. yajña sacrifice, sāra essence. “yajñoḍumbara vṛkṣe .”

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

1) Yajñasāra (यज्ञसार):—[=yajña-sāra] [from yajña > yaj] m. ‘essence of s°’, Name of Viṣṇu, [Pañcarātra]

2) [v.s. ...] Ficus Glomerata, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Yajñasāra (यज्ञसार):—[yajña-sāra] (raḥ) 1. m. The glomerous fig tree.

[Sanskrit to German]

Yajnasara 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Yajna, Sara, Cara.

Starts with: Yajnasarathi, Yajnasharana.

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Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)

Verse 1.14.139 < [Chapter 14 - The Lord’s Travel to East Bengal and the Disappearance of Lakṣmīpriyā]

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Shrimad Bhagavad-gita (by Narayana Gosvami)

Verse 4.33 < [Chapter 4 - Jñāna-Yoga (Yoga through Transcendental Knowledge)]

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Shri Gaudiya Kanthahara (by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati)

Chapter 4 - Gaura-tattva

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