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Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

1) Bahukaṇṭaka (बहुकण्टक) is another name for Kṣudragokṣura, a medicinal plant related with Gokṣura (Tribulus terrestris Linn.), according to verse 4.40-43 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. Note: Gokṣura is of two kinds i.e. with smaller and bigger fruits. Both these species have more than three spikes. The fourth chapter (śatāhvādi-varga) of this book enumerates eighty varieties of small plants (pṛthu-kṣupa). Together with the names Bahukaṇṭaka and Kṣudragokṣura, there are a total of sixteen Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

2) Bahukaṇṭaka (बहुकण्टक) is also mentioned as a synonym for Agnidamanī, an unidentified medicinal plant, according to verse 4.59-61. Together with the names Bahukaṇṭakā and Agnidamanī, there are a total of ten Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

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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.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Bahukantaka in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Artemisia indica Willd. from the Asteraceae (Sunflower) family having the following synonyms: Artemisia indica var. nepalensis, Artemisia asiatica. For the possible medicinal usage of bahukantaka, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.

Bahukantaka [बहुकण्टक] in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Tribulus terrestris var. bicornutus (Fisch. & C.A. Mey.) Hadidi from the Zygophyllaceae (Caltrop) family having the following synonyms: Tribulus bicornutus, Tribulus hispidus.

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

1) Bahukantaka in India is the name of a plant defined with Alhagi maurorum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Alhagi kirghisorum sensu Grossh. (among others).

2) Bahukantaka is also identified with Artemisia indica It has the synonym Artemisia moxa DC. (etc.).

3) Bahukantaka is also identified with Artemisia sieversiana It has the synonym Absinthium sieversianum (Ehrhart) Besser (etc.).

4) Bahukantaka is also identified with Ziziphus oenoplia It has the synonym Rhamnus oenopolia L. (etc.).

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

· The Gardeners Dictionary (1754)
· Nuovo Giornale Botanico Italiano (1926)
· Compositae Indicae (1876)
· Journal of Wuhan Botanical Research (1998)
· Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden (1994)
· Genera Plantarum (1789)

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

Bāhukaṇṭaka (बाहुकण्टक).—a mode in fighting; 'एकां जङ्घां पदाऽऽ क्रम्य परामुद्यम्य पाठ्यते । केतकीपत्रवच्छत्रुर्युद्धं तद्बाहुकण्टकम् (ekāṃ jaṅghāṃ padā'' kramya parāmudyamya pāṭhyate | ketakīpatravacchatruryuddhaṃ tadbāhukaṇṭakam) ||'; बाहु- कण्टकयुद्धेन तस्य कर्णोऽथ युध्यतः (bāhu- kaṇṭakayuddhena tasya karṇo'tha yudhyataḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.5.4.

Derivable forms: bāhukaṇṭakam (बाहुकण्टकम्).

Bāhukaṇṭaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bāhu and kaṇṭaka (कण्टक).

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

Bahukaṇṭaka (बहुकण्टक).—m.

(-kaḥ) 1. A prickly plant, (Hedysarum alhagi.) 2. The marshy date tree. E. bahu many, kaṇṭa a thorn, kan aff.

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

1) Bahukaṇṭaka (बहुकण्टक):—[=bahu-kaṇṭaka] [from bahu > bah] mfn. ‘many-thorned’, Name of sub voce plants (a species of Asteracantha; Alhagi Maurorum; Phoenix Paludosa), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) Bahukaṇṭakā (बहुकण्टका):—[=bahu-kaṇṭakā] [from bahu-kaṇṭaka > bahu > bah] f. = next, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Bahukaṇṭaka (बहुकण्टक):—[bahu-kaṇṭaka] (kaḥ) 1. m. A prickly plant (Hedysarum); marshy date tree.

[Sanskrit to German]

Bahukantaka 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Bahu, Kantaka.

Full-text: Kapatha, Agnidamani, Kshudragokshura, Daya.

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