The Sanskrit term Aśvatthī can be transliterated into English as Asvatthi or Ashvatthi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Ashvatthi in India is the name of a plant defined with Ficus lacor in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices.

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

· Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (1827)

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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) Aśvatthī (अश्वत्थी):—[from aśvattha > aśva] f. the small Pippala tree, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) Āśvatthi (आश्वत्थि):—[from āśva] mf(ī [gana] gaurādi, [Pāṇini 4-1, 41])n. belonging to the Aśvattha tree (Ficus Religiosa), [Aitareya-brāhmaṇa; Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa] etc.

3) [v.s. ...] relating to the fruit-bearing season of this tree [commentator or commentary] on [Pāṇini]

4) [v.s. ...] belonging to the Nakṣatra Aśvattha, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Ashvatthi 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Ashvatthika, Ashvatthikiya, Ashvatthila, Ashvatthiya.

Full-text: Ashvatthiya, Ashvatthasamnibha, Ashvatthika, Pippalika, Ashvatthaka, Hrasvapattraka, Vanastha, Ashvattha.

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