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Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

1) Dīrghapatrā (दीर्घपत्रा) is another name for Doḍī, a medicinal plant, possibly identified with Strychnos nux-vomica Linn. or “strychnine tree” from the Loganiaceae family of flowering plants, according to verse 4.184-185 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fourth chapter (śatāhvādi-varga) of this book enumerates eighty varieties of small plants (pṛthu-kṣupa). Together with the names Dīrghapatrā and Doḍī, there are a total of eight Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

2) Dīrghapatrā (दीर्घपत्रा) is also mentioned as a synonym 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. The fifth chapter (parpaṭādi-varga) of this book enumerates sixty varieties of smaller plants (kṣudra-kṣupa). Together with the names Dīrghapatra and Punarnavā, there are a total of eight Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

3) Dīrghapatrā (दीर्घपत्रा) is another name for Droṇapuṣpī a medicinal plant identified with either Leucas cephalotes Spreng., Leucas aspera Sprekg. or Leucas linifolia Spreng., all from the Lamiaceae or “mint” family of flowering plants, according to verse 5.137-138. Together with the names Dīrghapatrā and Droṇapuṣpī, there are a total of eight Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

Unclassified Ayurveda definitions

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Dīrghapatra (दीर्घपत्र) is another name (synonym) for Tāla, which is a Sanskrit name for the plant Borassus flabellifer (doub palm). This synonym was identified by Narahari in his 13th-century Rājanighaṇṭu (verse 9.83), which is an Ayurvedic medicinal thesaurus.

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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)

1) Dirghapatra in India is the name of a plant defined with Aglaia odorata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Aglaia odorata var. microphyllina C. DC..

2) Dirghapatra is also identified with Allium cepa It has the synonym Allium ascalonicum auct. (etc.).

3) Dirghapatra is also identified with Desmodium gangeticum It has the synonym Hedysarum lanceolatum Schumach. (etc.).

4) Dirghapatra is also identified with Pandanus tectorius It has the synonym Pandanus chelyon H. St. John (etc.).

5) Dirghapatra is also identified with Strychnos nux-vomica It has the synonym Strychnos nux-vomica var. oligosperma Dop (etc.).

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

· Methodus (Moench) (1794)
· Ceiba (1975)
· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta’ (1814)
· Acta Agron. Acad. Sci. Hung., (1980)
· Beskr. Guin. Pl. (1827)
· Lloydia (1973)

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

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Dīrghapatra (दीर्घपत्र).—the palm tree.

Derivable forms: dīrghapatraḥ (दीर्घपत्रः).

Dīrghapatra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dīrgha and patra (पत्र).

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

Dīrghapatra (दीर्घपत्र).—mfn.

(-traḥ-trā-trī-traṃ) Long-leaved longifolium. m.

(-traḥ) Garlic. f.

(-trā) 1. A sort of Eugenia. 2. A kind of Chakulya. E. dīrgha long, and patra a leaf.

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

Dīrghapatra (दीर्घपत्र):—[dīrgha-patra] (traḥ) 1. m. Garlic. f. trā Sort of Eugenia. a. Long-leaved.

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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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Partial matches: Dirgha, Patra.

Starts with: Dirghapatraka.

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Full-text: Kundara, Tala, Punarnava.

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Review of Punarnava (Boerhavia diffusa Linn.) w.s.r. to synonyms and Rasapanchaka from Nighantus < [Volume 11, issue 12 (2023)]

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