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Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Hrasvāṅga (ह्रस्वाङ्ग) is another name for Jīvaka, a medicinal plant possibly identified with Microstylis wallichii Lindl., which is a synonym of Crepidium acuminatum (D.Don) Szlach. from the Orchidaceae or “orchid” family of flowering plants, according to verse 5.11-13 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fifth chapter (parpaṭādi-varga) of this book enumerates sixty varieties of smaller plants (kṣudra-kṣupa). Together with the names Hrasvāṅga and Jīvaka, there are a total of sixteen Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

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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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Hrasvāṅga (ह्रस्वाङ्ग).—a. dwarfish, short-bodied

-ṅgaḥ a dwarf.

Hrasvāṅga is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms hrasva and aṅga (अङ्ग).

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

Hrasvāṅga (ह्रस्वाङ्ग).—m.

(-ṅgaḥ) 1. A medicinal root, commonly Jivaka. 2. A dwarf. E. hrasva short, and aṅga the body.

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

1) Hrasvāṅga (ह्रस्वाङ्ग):—[from hrasva > hras] mfn. short-bodied, dwarfish, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

2) [v.s. ...] m. a dwarf, [Horace H. Wilson]

3) [v.s. ...] the medicinal plant and root Jīvaka, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Hrasvāṅga (ह्रस्वाङ्ग):—[hrasvā+ṅga] (ṅgaḥ) 1. m. Medicinal root, Jīvakā; a dwarf.

[Sanskrit to German]

Hrasvanga 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: Hrasva, Anga, Anka.

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