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Adhahpushpi, ḥpṣpī, Adhas-pushpi: 9 definitions

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Adhahpushpi 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 ḥpṣpī can be transliterated into English as Adhahpuspi or Adhahpushpi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

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Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)

Source: Wisdom Library: Rasa-śāstra

ḥpṣpī (अधःपुष्पी):—One of the sixty-eight Siddhauṣadhi, as per Rasaśāstra texts (rasa literature). These drugs give siddhi (success) in mercurial operations. Even so, they are more powerful than rasa (mercury) itself. These may perform all the (‘effects�) and grant dehasiddhi (‘perfection of body�) and lohasiddhi (‘transmutation of base metals�) both.

Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

ḥpṣpī (अधःपुष्पी) is another name for Ҵᾱ, a medicinal plant identified with Onosma bracteatum Wall. (“true indigo�) from the Boraginaceae or “borage� family of flowering plants, according to verse 4.86-87 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fourth chapter (ś徱-) of this book enumerates eighty varieties of small plants (ṛt-ṣu貹). Together with the names ḥpṣpī and Ҵᾱ, there are a total of seven 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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Biology (plants and animals)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Adhahpushpi in Biology glossary
: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

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

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

· Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae (1810)
· Plantae e Familiae Asperifoliarum Nuciferae (1818)
· Cyclopaedia.
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Trichodesma (1817)
· Prodr. (DC.) (1846)

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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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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

ḥpṣpī (अधःपुष्पी).—[adhomukhāni puṣpāṇi yasyā�] Names of two plants अवाक�- पुष्पी (avāk- ṣpī) (Pimpinella Anisum) and गोजिह्वा () Elephantopus (Seaber).

ḥpṣpī is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms adhas and ṣpī (पुष्पी).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ḥpṣpī (अधःपुष्पी).—f. (-ṣpī) A plant, (Hieracium.) E. adhas downwards, and ṣp a flower.

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

ḥpṣpī (अधःपुष्पी):—[=adha�-ṣpī] [from adhas] f. ‘having flowers looking downwards�, two plants Pimpinella Anisum and Elephantopus Scaber (or Hieracium?).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ḥpṣpī (अधःपुष्पी):—[bahuvrihi compound] f.

(-ṣpī) 1) A plant (Pimpinella anisun). See avākṣpī.

2) Another plant (Elephantopus scaber) or perhaps Hieracium. See . E. adhas and ṣp, fem. aff. ṅīṣ, lit. having its flowers hanging downwards.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ḥpṣpī (अधःपुष्पी):—[adha�-ṣpī] (ṣpī) 2. f. A plant (Hieracium).

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