Sukshmaparni, Sūkṣmaparṇī, Sukshma-parni: 6 definitions

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Sukshmaparni means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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 Sūkṣmaparṇī can be transliterated into English as Suksmaparni or Sukshmaparni, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

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Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Sūkṣmaparṇī (सूक्ष्मपर्णी) is another name for Kṣudraśaṇapuṣpī, a medicinal plant similar to Śaṇapuṣpī, 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 4.68 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 Sūkṣmaparṇī 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.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Sūkṣmaparṇī (सूक्ष्मपर्णी).—a kind of basil.

Sūkṣmaparṇī is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sūkṣma and parṇī (पर्णी).

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

Sūkṣmaparṇī (सूक्ष्मपर्णी).—f. (-rṇī) Ramaduti, a kind of basil. E. sūkṣma small, parṇa a leaf.

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

Sūkṣmaparṇī (सूक्ष्मपर्णी):—[=sūkṣma-parṇī] [from sūkṣma-parṇā > sūkṣma] f. a kind of basil, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sūkṣmaparṇī (सूक्ष्मपर्णी):—[sūkṣma-parṇī] (rṇī) 3. f. A plant, Rāmaduti.

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Sukshmaparni 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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