Ishupunkha, Iṣupuṅkhā, Ishu-punkha: 4 definitions

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Ishupunkha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term Iṣupuṅkhā can be transliterated into English as Isupunkha or Ishupunkha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

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Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Iṣupuṅkhā (इषुपुङ्खा) is another name for Śarapuṅkhā, a medicinal plant identified with Tephrosia purpurea Linn. (“common tephrosia”) from the Fabaceae or “legume” family of flowering plants, according to verse 4.71-73 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 Iṣupuṅkhā and Śarapuṅkhā, there are a total of six 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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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Ishupunkha in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Iṣupuṅkhā (इषुपुङ्खा).—A particular plant (Mar. unhāḷī); The indigo plant; Mātaṅga L.1.1.

Iṣupuṅkhā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms iṣu and puṅkhā (पुङ्खा).

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Ishupunkha 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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