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Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Dīrghaphalā (दीर्घफला) is another name for Jantukā, a medicinal plant possibly identified with Ferula foetida (asafoetida) from the Apiaceae or “celery” family of flowering plants, according to verse 3.126-129 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The third chapter (guḍūcyādi-varga) of this book contains climbers and creepers (vīrudh). R. N. Soḍhal considers Jantukā as Hiṅgu (Ferula foetida Regel Umbelliferae/Apiaceae). Raghuvīr Prasāda Trivedī considers Jantukā a parasitic creeper (vṛkṣaruhā); the fruits are like Kapikacchu, thus he identifies it with Cuscuta chinensis Lank. (Convolvulaceae), a plant used in Vietnam as Tho ty tu. Chopra identifies Jantukā with Garcinia lucida Roxb. Vaidyaka Śabda Sindhu equates it with Lākṣā. Together with the names Dīrghaphalā and Jantukā, there are a total of twenty-one Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

Agriculture (Krishi) and Vrikshayurveda (study of Plant life)

Source: Shodhganga: Drumavichitrikarnam—Plant mutagenesis in ancient India

Dīrghaphala (दीर्घफल) refers to either (1) “producing fruits for a long time” or (2) “producing fruits of large size”, according to the Vṛkṣāyurveda by Sūrapāla (1000 CE): an encyclopedic work dealing with the study of trees and the principles of ancient Indian agriculture.—Accordingly, “Musa paradisiaca tree with its root pierced with a golden rod heated in fire of dust of ivory, turns into a creeper producing fruits for a long time (dīrghaphala) (or fruits of large size). Musa paradisiaca creeper produces wealth in the form of plantains as big as elephant's teeth if the roots are pierced with an iron needle which is heated in the fire made of dry cow dung and bones of pig, elephant and horse”.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Dīrghaphala (दीर्घफल).—n.

(-laṃ) A plant, (Cassia fistula.) E. dīrgha long, and phala fruit.

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

1) Dīrghaphala (दीर्घफल):—[=dīrgha-phala] [from dīrgha] mfn. having l° fruit

2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of plants (Cathartocarpus Fistula, Butea Frondosa, Asclepias Gigantea), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) Dīrghaphalā (दीर्घफला):—[=dīrgha-phalā] [from dīrgha-phala > dīrgha] f. a red-colouring Oldenlandia

4) [v.s. ...] a vine with reddish grapes

5) [v.s. ...] Odina Pennata

6) [v.s. ...] a kind of cucumber, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] =

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

Dīrghaphala (दीर्घफल):—[dīrgha-phala] (laṃ) 1. n. A plant (Cassia fistula).

[Sanskrit to German]

Dirghaphala 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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Partial matches: Phala, Dirgha.

Starts with: Dirghaphalaka.

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Full-text: Jantuka.

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Search found 3 books and stories containing Dirghaphala, Dirgha-phala, Dīrgha-phalā, Dīrgha-phala, Dīrghaphalā, Dīrghaphala; (plurals include: Dirghaphalas, phalas, phalās, Dīrghaphalās, Dīrghaphalas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research

Review synonyms and rasapanchaka of Aragvadha (Cassia fistula). < [2024: Volume 13, February issue 3]

Amarakoshodghatana of Kshirasvamin (study) (by A. Yamuna Devi)

Appendix III - Synonyms of Flora (Vanauṣadhi-varga)

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Journal of Ayurveda and Holistic Medicine

Aragvadha (cassia fistula linn.): a phyto-pharmacological review < [Volume 1, issue 7 (2013)]

Detailed study of Aragwadha (Cassia fistula Linn.)in classiacal Ayurvedic texts < [Volume 11, issue 9 (2023)]

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