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Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Indrāṇikā (इन्द्राणिका, “belonging to Indrāṇī (name for Indra’s wife)”) is a synonym for Sinduvāra, which is a Sanskrit name for a medicinal plant (either Vitex Negundo or Vitex trifolia). It is a technical term used throughout Ayurvedic literature such as the Caraka-saṃhitā and the Suśruta-saṃhitā. This synonym was identified by Amarasiṃha in his Amarakośa (a Sanskrit botanical thesaurus from the 4^th century).

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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)

Indranika in India is the name of a plant defined with Vitex trifolia in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Vitex variifolia Salisb. (among others).

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

· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Acta Phytotax. Geobot. (1938)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (1847)
· Ceiba (2003)
· Enumeratio Plantarum Horti Regii Berolinensis Altera (1809)
· Enumeratio Spermatophytarum Japonicarum (1948)

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

Indrāṇikā (इन्द्राणिका).—The plant निर्गुंडी (nirguṃḍī).

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

Indrāṇikā (इन्द्राणिका).—f.

(-kā) Vitex negundo: see indrasurasa. E. kan added to the next word.

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

Indrāṇikā (इन्द्राणिका):—[from indra] f. the plant Vitex Negundo, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Indrāṇikā (इन्द्राणिका):—(kā) 1. f. Vitex negundo.

[Sanskrit to German]

Indranika 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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Starts with: Indranikarman.

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Search found 1 books and stories containing Indranika, Indrāṇikā; (plurals include: Indranikas, Indrāṇikās). 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

Therapeutic review of nirgundi < [2022: Volume 11, December special issue 17]

Pharmaceutical review of Nirgundi Taila and Sneha Kalpana. < [2022: Volume 11, February issue 2]

Vitex negundo linn in ayurvedic classics (a bird eyes view) < [2017: Volume 6, November special issue 15]