The Sanskrit term Viśvagranthi can be transliterated into English as Visvagranthi or Vishvagranthi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Viśvagranthi (विश्वग्रन्थि) is another name for Haṃsapādī, a medicinal plant possibly identified with Adiantum lunulatum Burm. from the Pteridaceae family of flowering plants, according to verse 5.109-113 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fifth chapter (parpaṭādi-varga) of this book enumerates sixty varieties of smaller plants (kṣudra-kṣupa). Together with the names Viśvagranthi and Haṃsapādī, there are a total of twenty-six Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant. Note: Haṃsapādī is claimed as a variety of Lajjālu by Dh. and Rājanighaṇṭu.

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

2) Vishvagranthi is also identified with Didymochlaena truncatula It has the synonym Adiantum philippense L. (etc.).

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

· Contributions from the United States National Herbarium (1974)
· Contributions from the United States National Herbarium (1974)
· Pteridologia (1989)
· Nova Hedwigia (1961)
· Bulletin of the British Museum, Botany (1985)
· Flore de Madagascar et des Comores (1958)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Vishvagranthi, for example health benefits, chemical composition, side effects, extract dosage, diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, have a look at these references.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Viśvagranthi (विश्वग्रन्थि).—the plant called हंसपदी (haṃsapadī).

Derivable forms: viśvagranthiḥ (विश्वग्रन्थिः).

Viśvagranthi is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms viśva and granthi (ग्रन्थि).

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

Viśvagranthi (विश्वग्रन्थि):—[=viśva-granthi] [from viśva] m. a kind of plant (= haṃsa-padī), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Vishvagranthi in German

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Partial matches: Vishva, Granthi.

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