Kacchaka: 6 definitions

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Kacchaka means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, the history of ancient India, 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.

Alternative spellings of this word include Kachchhaka.

India history and geography

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary

Kacchaka.—(EI 19), a low hill. (IA 18), wrongly read also as kasthaka; cf. khalaka- kacchaka-bhūmī-sahitā as an epithet of the gift land; probably, ‘land around a well’. See kūpaṃ khalakaṃ kacchakaṃ (Ind. Ant., Vol. XVIII, p. 114, text line 55, cf. line 43); also kūpa-kaccha (Ep. Ind., Vol. XXXIV, p. 175, text line 15). Note: kacchaka is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Biology (plants and animals)

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

Kacchaka in India is the name of a plant defined with Xanthium strumarium in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Xanthium oviforme Wallr. (among others).

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

· American Journal of Botany (1977)
· Publications of the Field Columbian Museum, Botanical Series (1918)
· A Flora of North America (1842)
· Science (1915)
· Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club (1897)
· Beiträge zur Botanik (1844)

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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

Pali-English dictionary

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Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

kacchaka : (m.) a kind of fig-tree.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Kacchaka, 1 a kind of fig-tree DA. I, 81.—2. the tree Cedrela Toona Vin. IV, 35; S. V, 96; Vism. 183. (Page 175)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Kācchaka (काच्छक):—[from kāccha] mfn. and kāccha ([from] kaccha) being on the bank of a river (not applicable to human beings), [Pāṇini 4-2, 133 and 134]

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Kacchaka 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.

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