The Sanskrit terms Ekāṣṭhīlā and Ekāṣṭhīla can be transliterated into English as Ekasthila or Ekashthila, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Ekāṣṭhīlā (एकाष्ठीला) is another name (synonym) for Pāṭhā, which is a Sanskrit name for the plant Cissampelos pareira (velvetleaf). This synonym was identified by Narahari in his 13th-century Rājanighaṇṭu (verses 6.119-121), 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)

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

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

· Plukenet, Leonard, 1642–1706,
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Systema Vegetabilium, ed. 14 (1784)
· Journal de Botanique (1809)
· Amaltheum botanicum (1705)
· Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (1821)

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

Ekāṣṭhīla (एकाष्ठील).—a. having one kernel.

-laḥ Name of a plant (bakavṛkṣa); A white variety of Gigantic swallowwort (Mar. ruīmāṃdāra).

Ekāṣṭhīla is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms eka and aṣṭhīla (अष्ठील).

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

1) Ekāṣṭhīla (एकाष्ठील):—[from eka] m. ‘having one kernel’, Agati Grandiflora, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) Ekāṣṭhīlā (एकाष्ठीला):—[from ekāṣṭhīla > eka] f. a species of Calotropis, [Caraka]

3) [v.s. ...] Clypea Hernandifolia, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Ekashthila in German

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Partial matches: Ashthila, Eka.

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Full-text: Ashthila, Pashupata, Patha.

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