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Kakanasa, 첹, Kaka-nasa, Kakanasha: 8 definitions

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Kakanasa 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.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Kakanasa in Ayurveda glossary

Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

첹 (काकनास�) is the Sanskrit name for an unidentified medicinal plant possibly possibly related to 岹ī, according to verse 3.107-109 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. Notes: Both the drugs, 첹 and 岹ī are of doubtful identity and were controversial even during the times of Suśruta.

첹 is mentioned as having thirteen synonyms: Dhvāṅkṣa, Kākatuṇḍā, Vāyasī, Suraṅgī, Taskarasnāyu, Dhvāṅkṣatuṇḍā, Sunāsikā, Vāyasāhvā, Dhvāṅkṣanakhī, Kākākṣ�, Dhvāṅkṣanāsikā and Kākaprāṇ�.

Properties and characteristics: “첹� is sweet in rasa and cold in potency. It cures vitiated pitta, it is rejuvenative and gives firmness to the body. It is specially useful in the premature greying of hair�.

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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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Biology (plants and animals)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Kakanasa in Biology glossary
: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Kakanasa in India is the name of a plant defined with Leea aequata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Leea kurzii C.B. Clarke (among others).

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

· Mant. Pl. (1767)
· Hortus Regius Botanicus Hafniensis (1813)
· Flora Indica, or ‘Descriptions of Indian Plants� (1824)
· Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. (1825)
· Notulae Systematicae. (1910)
· Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (1881)

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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.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Kakanasa in Sanskrit glossary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

첹 (काकनास�).—different kinds of trees.

첹 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms and (नासा). See also (synonyms): 첹nāsikā, 첹nāsikī.

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

첹ś (काकनाश�).—f.

() A plant, commonly Vakapushpa: see 첹ṣp.

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첹 (काकनास�).—f.

(-) A plant: see 첹jaṅghā; also 첹nāsikā.

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

1) 첹 (काकनास):—[=첹-nāsa] [from ] m. the plant Asteracantha Longifolia, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) 첹 (काकनास�):—[=첹-] [from 첹-nāsa > 첹] f. the plant Leea Hirta, [Suśruta]

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) 첹ś (काकनाश�):—[첹-nāśā] (ś) 1. f. A plant.

2) 첹 (काकनास�):—[첹-] () 1. f. Leea hirta.

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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.

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