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Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Mahāguhā (महागुहा) is another name for Pṛśniparṇī, a medicinal plant identified with Uraria picta Desv. from the Fabaceae or “legume” family of flowering plants, according to verse 4.37-39 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 Mahāguhā and Pṛśniparṇī, there are a total of twenty-four 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.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Mahaguha in India is the name of a plant defined with Aglaia odorata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Aglaia odorata var. microphyllina C. DC..

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

· Monographiae Phanerogamarum (1878)
· Antiviral Research (2005)
· Flora Cochinchinensis (1790)
· Journal of Natural Products (1996)

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

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Sanskrit dictionary

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

1) Mahāguha (महागुह):—[=mahā-guha] [from mahā > mah] m. a species of parasitical worm, [Śārṅgadhara-saṃhitā] (cf. -kuha)

2) Mahāguhā (महागुहा):—[=mahā-guhā] [from mahā-guha > mahā > mah] f. Hemionitis Cordifolia, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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Mahaguha 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: Maha, Guha.

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Full-text: Mahakuha, Prishniparni, Guha.

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Search found 4 books and stories containing Mahaguha, Mahāguhā, Mahāguha, Maha-guha, Mahā-guha, Mahā-guhā; (plurals include: Mahaguhas, Mahāguhās, Mahāguhas, guhas, guhās). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Atharvaveda and Charaka Samhita (by Laxmi Maji)

5b. Kṛmi (Worms) in the Atharvaveda < [Chapter 5 - Diseases and Remedies in Atharvaveda and Caraka-Saṃhitā]

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World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research

A historical review on vrushya dravya prashniparni < [2021: Volume 10, October issue 12]

International Ayurvedic Medical Journal

Ayurvedic perspective of shleshmaja krimi wsr to intestinal helminths < [2021, Issue 6, June]

Hemionitis cordata roxb.ex hook and grev- a forgotten source of vedokta prishniparni < [2024, Issue 09. September]

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Linga Purana (by J. L. Shastri)

Chapter 27 - The description of the Jaya ablution < [Section 2 - Pūrvabhāga]

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