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Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Jhiñjhirīṭā (झिञ्झिरीटा) is the Sanskrit name for a medicinal plant possibly identified with Triumfetta rhomboidea Jack. (synonym: Triumfetta bartramia Linn.) or “diamond burbark” from the Malvaceae or “mallows” family of flowering plants, according to verse 4.201-202 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu.

Jhiñjhirīṭā is mentioned as having six synonyms: Kaṇṭaphalī, Pītapuṣpā, Jhiñjhirā, Huḍaromā, Āśrayaphalā and Vṛttā.

Properties and characteristics: “Jhiñjhirīṭā is pungent (kaṭu), cooling (śīta), astringent (kaṣāya) and controls diarrhoea. It is aphrodisiac, implitive (santarpaṇa) and enhances strength. Among the animals it increases the secretion of milk in bufallows”.

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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: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Jhinjhirita [झिञ्झिरीता] in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Triumfetta rhomboidea Jacq. from the Tiliaceae (Phalsa) family having the following synonyms: Triumfetta mollis, Triumfetta vahlii, Triumfetta trilocularis. For the possible medicinal usage of jhinjhirita, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Jhinjhirita in India is the name of a plant defined with Triumfetta rhomboidea in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Bartramia indica L. (among others).

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

· Symbolae Botanicae (1794)
· Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series (1956)
· Systema Naturae
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Flora of Jamaica containing descriptions of the flowering plants known from the island (1926)
· Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden (2452)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Jhinjhirita, for example diet and recipes, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, side effects, extract dosage, health benefits, 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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Jhiñjhiriṭā (झिञ्झिरिटा):—[from jhiñjhirā] f. idem, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) Jhiñjhirīṭā (झिञ्झिरीटा):—[from jhiñjhirā] f. idem, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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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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Full-text: Jhinjhira, Vritta, Kantaphali, Hudaroma, Ashrayaphala, Pitapushpa, Shatahvadi.

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World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research

Medicinal plant exploration and conservation in UP's Balrampur, Gonda, Shravasti. < [2016: Volume 5, October issue 10]