Shanapushpi, Shana-pushpi, Śaṇapuṣpī: 4 definitions

Introduction
In Hinduism
1. Ayurveda
Biology
Languages
1. Sanskrit
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Introduction:

Shanapushpi means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, biology. 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 Śaṇapuṣpī can be transliterated into English as Sanapuspi or Shanapushpi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

1) Śaṇapuṣpī (शणपुष्पी) is the Sanskrit name for a medicinal plant identified with either Crotalaria juncea Linn. (“Indian hemp”) or Crotalaria verrucosa Linn. (“blue rattlepod”) from the Fabaceae or “legume” family of flowering plants, according to verse 4.66-67 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. Śaṇapuṣpī is commonly known in Hindi as Vansan or Sanāi or Jhunjhuniā; in Bengali as Jhanjhanā; in Marathi as Khulkhul or Jhagari; in Gujarati as Sanapuṣpī or Ghugharī; in Tamil as Vallāī-vikālū or Kiluppaī and in Malayalam as Kiluli-luppā.

Śaṇapuṣpī is mentioned as having seven synonyms: Bṛhatpuṣpī, Śaṇikā, Śaṇaghaṇṭikā, Pītapuṣpī, Sthūlaphalā, Lomaśā and Mālyapuṣpikā.

Properties and characteristics: “Śaṇapuṣpī (Crotalaria juncea Linn.) is bitter and astringent in taste (rasa) and controls vitiated kapha and vāta. It cures dyspepsia, fever, vomiting and blood disorders”.

2) Śaṇapuṣpī (शणपुष्पी) is also mentioned as a synonym for Kṣudraśaṇapuṣpī [similar to Śaṇapuṣpī], according to verse 4.68. The fourth chapter (śatāhvādi-varga) of this book enumerates eighty varieties of small plants (pṛthu-kṣupa). Together with the names Śaṇapuṣpī and Kṣudraśaṇapuṣpī , there are a total of ten 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)

1) Sanapuspi in India is the name of a plant defined with Crotalaria juncea in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Crotalaria ferestrata Sims (among others).

2) Sanapuspi is also identified with Crotalaria retusa It has the synonym Lupinus cochinchinensis Lour. (etc.).

3) Sanapuspi is also identified with Crotalaria verrucosa It has the synonym Anisanthera versicolor Raf. (etc.).

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

· Bangladesh Journal of Botany (1981)
· Nucleus (1991)
· A Botanical Materia Medica (1812)
· Chromosoma (1976)
· Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden (1980)
· Madras Journal of Literature and Science (1858)

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

Śaṇapuṣpī (शणपुष्पी):—[=śaṇa-puṣpī] [from śaṇa] f. Crotolaria Verrucosa, [Caraka; Bhāvaprakāśa]

[Sanskrit to German]

Shanapushpi 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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