Vishvaushadha, վśṣa, Vishva-aushadha: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit term վśṣa can be transliterated into English as Visvausadha or Vishvaushadha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Cikitsa (natural therapy and treatment for medical conditions)
Source: Wisdom Library: Ayurveda: Cikitsaվśṣa (विश्वौषध):—Another name for Śṇṭī (Zingiber officinale), a species of medicinal plant and used in the treatment of fever (jvara), as described in the Jvaracikitsā (or “the treatment of fever�) which is part of the 7th-century Mādhavacikitsā, a Sanskrit classical work on Āyurveda.
The ᲹԾṇṭ (13th century medicinal thesaurus) also mentions վśṣa as a synonym for Śṇṭī. (see verse 5.24-28)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭuվśṣa (विश्वौषध) is another name for Śṇṭī, a medicinal plant identified with Zingiber officinale Rosc. or “ginger root� from the Zingiberaceae or “ginger� family of flowering plants, according to verse 6.24-26 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or ᲹԾṇṭ.—Note: Śuṇṭhi is dried and specially prepared form of Ā첹 by removing the outer scales of the rhizome. The major part of the oil of ginger remains in these scales and is obtained from the Śṇṭī/Ā첹 with scales.—The sixth chapter (辱貹徱-) of this book enumerates ninety-five varieties of plants obtained from the market (貹ṇyṣa). Together with the names վśṣa and Śṇṭī, there are a total of fifteen Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

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.
Biology (plants and animals)
: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Visvausadha in India is the name of a plant defined with Zingiber officinale in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Amomum zinziba Hill (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Chromosome Science (1998)
· Cytologia (1997)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Bull. Sichuan Sch. Chinese Mater. Med. (1987)
· Bull. Bot. Survey India (1972)
· Current Science (1982)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Visvausadha, for example diet and recipes, health benefits, pregnancy safety, chemical composition, extract dosage, side effects, have a look at these references.

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 dictionaryվśṣa (विश्वौषध).—dry ginger.
Derivable forms: śṣa (विश्वौषधम्).
վśṣa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ś and ṣa (शϤ�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionaryվśṣa (विश्वौषध):—[from ś] n. dry ginger, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), 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)
Partial matches: Aushadha, Vishva.
Full-text: Vicuvautatam, Shunthi.
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