Kusta, Kushta: 9 definitions

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3. Hindi
4. Kannada
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Kusta means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi, 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.

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In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

: archive.org: Nilamata Purana: a cultural and literary study

碍耻峁ａ弓补 (啶曕啶粪啶�) refers to Costus specious, forming part of a common diet in ancient Kashmir (Ka艣m墨ra) as mentioned in the N墨lamatapur腻峁嘺.鈥敯茚梗峁� is referred to in connection with the worship of the horses (verse 781). It is known to the Atharvaveda as a remedy for the disease called Takman. Caraka describes it as 濒别办丑补苍墨测补 (thinning the tissues or reducing corpulency) and 艣耻办谤补艣辞诲丑补苍补 (purifying the semen).

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The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur腻峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Biology (plants and animals)

: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

1) Kushta in India is the name of a plant defined with Cheilocostus speciosus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Costus crispiflorus Stokes (among others).

2) Kushta is also identified with Saussurea costus It has the synonym Aucklandia lappa Decne. (etc.).

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

· Repertorium Botanices Systematicae (1843)
· Praelectiones in ordines naturales plantarum (1792)
· Flora of the British West Indian Islands (1864)
· Supplementum Plantarum (1782)
· Phytomedicine (2002)
· Costoideae.

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

Marathi-English dictionary

: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

kusta (啶曕啶膏啶�).鈥攁 Exhausted and aching from labor--the body.

: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

ku峁ａ弓a (啶曕啶粪啶�).鈥�n Leprosy. 办耻峁ａ弓墨 a Leprous.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

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

1) 碍耻峁ａ弓补 (啶曕啶粪啶�):鈥攎f(腻)n. being of a particular colour, [T腻峁囜笉ya-br腻hma峁嘺 xxi, 1, 7.]

2) 碍耻蝉迟腻 (啶曕啶膏啶むぞ):鈥擲ee kusita.

[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.

Hindi dictionary

: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

1) Ku艣t腻 (啶曕啶多啶むぞ):鈥�(nm) nutritive and retentive calx prepared by chemical processes.

2) 碍耻峁ａ弓补 (啶曕啶粪啶�):鈥�(nm) leprosy; —[niv腻ra峁嘺] eradication of leprosy; —[辫墨岣峣迟补] suffering from leprosy, leprous.

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Kannada-English dictionary

: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

碍耻峁ａ弓补 (嗖曕硜嗖粪硩嗖�):鈥擺noun] = 嗖曕硜嗖粪硩嗖� [kushtha].

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Kusta (嗖曕硜嗖膏硩嗖�):鈥擺adjective] being on, born from, the earth.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

Nepali dictionary

: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Kusta (啶曕啶膏啶�):鈥攁dj. plentiful; abundant;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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Search found 28 books and stories containing Kusta, Kushta, 碍耻峁ａ弓补, 碍耻蝉迟腻, Ku艣t腻, Kushtas, Kustas; (plurals include: Kustas, Kushtas, 碍耻峁ａ弓补s, 碍耻蝉迟腻s, Ku艣t腻s, Kushtases, Kustases). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

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