Hapusha, 贬补辫耻峁Ｄ�: 6 definitions

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Hapusha 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 贬补辫耻峁Ｄ� can be transliterated into English as Hapusa or Hapusha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)

Source: Wisdom Library: Rasa-艣膩stra

贬补辫耻峁Ｄ� (啶灌お啷佮し啶�):鈥擮ne of the sixty-seven 惭补丑补耻峁诲丑颈, as per Rasa艣膩stra texts (rasa literature). These drugs are useful for processing mercury (rasa), such as the alchemical processes known as 蝉奴迟补-产补苍诲丑补苍补 and 尘腻谤补峁嘺.

Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

: WorldCat: R膩j nigha峁囜弓u

贬补辫耻峁Ｄ� (啶灌お啷佮し啶�) is the Sanskrit name for an unidentified medicinal plant, according to verse 4.113-115 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or R膩janigha峁囜弓u. Note: Its identification is done by Y膩dav j墨, Chu峁噀kar, 峁琱膩kur B.S. as Juniperus communis Linn (鈥渃ommon juniper鈥� from the Cupressaceae family) while 峁琱膩kur B.S. also suggests Juniperus macropoda Boiss. (also called Juniperus excelsa polycarpos, or 鈥渢he Pashtun juniper鈥�).

贬补辫耻峁Ｄ� is mentioned as having eleven synonyms: Vipu峁Ｄ�, Visr膩, Visragandh膩 and Vigandhik膩. (Synonyms of the smaller variety of 贬补辫耻峁Ｄ�:) Svalpaphal膩, K峁沜chraghn墨 (or Kacchughn墨), Dhv膩峁卥峁n膩艣in墨, Pl墨ha艣atru, Vi峁ghn墨, Kaphaghn墨 and Apar膩jit膩.

Properties and characteristics: 鈥湵岵贡璩茚梗膩 is pungent, bitter, hot and heavy. It quells the vitiated kapha and phlegmatic secretions (产补濒腻蝉补) and is indicated in leucorrhoea [leukorrhea], abdominal diseases, constipation, colic, piles and gulma (false abdominal lumps due to wind)鈥�.

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膧yurveda (啶嗋く啷佮ぐ啷嵿さ啷囙う, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of 膧yurveda 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)

: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Hapusa in India is the name of a plant defined with Sphaeranthus africanus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Sphaeranthus glaber DC. (among others).

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

· Glimpses in Plant Research (1988)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1998)
· Hooker's Icones Plantarum, or 鈥榝igures, with brief descriptive characters and remarks of new or rare plants鈥� (1955)
· Nucleus (1975)
· Flore de Madagascar et des Comores (1962)
· Species Plantarum

If you are looking for specific details regarding Hapusa, for example pregnancy safety, diet and recipes, health benefits, side effects, chemical composition, extract dosage, 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

: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

贬补辫耻峁Ｄ� (啶灌お啷佮し啶�).鈥擭ame of a medicinal substance; U峁嚹乨i-s奴tra 4.78.

See also (synonyms): 丑补惫耻峁Ｄ�.

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

贬补辫耻峁Ｄ� (啶灌お啷佮し啶�):鈥攐r 丑补产耻峁Ｄ� f. Name of a [particular] substance forming an article of trade (commonly called Habush, and said to be of a long form and black colour, and smelling like raw meat or fish; it is of two kinds), [Caraka; Su艣ruta etc.]

[Sanskrit to German]

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Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), 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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