The Sanskrit term Vakrapuṣpa can be transliterated into English as Vakrapuspa or Vakrapushpa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Vakrapushpa in India is the name of a plant defined with Sesbania grandiflora in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Dolichos arboreus Forssk. (among others).

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

· Phytomorphology (1993)
· Journal de Botanique, Appliquée à l’Agriculture, à la Pharmacie, à la Médecine et aux Arts (1813)
· Cell Chromosome Res. (1992)
· Species Plantarum
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (1806)
· Species Plantarum.

If you are looking for specific details regarding Vakrapushpa, for example side effects, health benefits, chemical composition, extract dosage, diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, 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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vakrapuṣpa (वक्रपुष्प).—the Palāśa tree.

Derivable forms: vakrapuṣpaḥ (वक्रपुष्पः).

Vakrapuṣpa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vakra and puṣpa (पुष्प).

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

Vakrapuṣpa (वक्रपुष्प).—m.

(-ṣpaḥ) The Sesbana grandiflora. E. vakra crooked, puṣpa the flower.

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

1) Vakrapuṣpa (वक्रपुष्प):—[=vakra-puṣpa] [from vakra > vaṅk] m. Butea Frondosa, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] Agati Grandiflora, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] another plant (= baka), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Vakrapuṣpa (वक्रपुष्प):—[vakra-puṣpa] (ṣpaḥ) 1. m. A plant (Sesbana grandiflora).

[Sanskrit to German]

Vakrapushpa 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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Partial matches: Pushpa, Vakra.

Starts with: Vakrapushpaka.

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