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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

1. Kakkata - An eminent monk mentioned, with Cala, Upacala, Kalimbha, Nikata and Katissaha, as staying with the Buddha at the Kutagarasala in Vesali. When the Licchavis started coming there to pay their respects to the Buddha, the monks, desiring solitude, went into the woodlands near by, such as the Gosingasalavana. A.v.133f.

2. Kakkata - A lay disciple of Nadika (Natika) mentioned with several others (S.v.138). He is evidently identical with Kakudha (1).

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Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Kakkata in India is the name of a plant defined with Ardisia solanacea in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Bladhia solanacea (Roxb.) Nakai (among others).

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

· Flora Indica (1832)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (Lamarck) (1806)
· Flora of Bermuda (1918)
· Nova Flora Japonica (1943)
· Plants of the Coast of Coromandel (1795)
· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta’ (1814)

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

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

kakkaṭa : (m.) a crab.

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

Kakkaṭa, a large deer (?) J. VI, 538 (explained as mahāmiga). (Page 174)

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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.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kakkaṭa (कक्कट).—A kind of animal; Vāj.24.32.

Derivable forms: kakkaṭaḥ (कक्कटः).

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

Kakkaṭa (कक्कट):—m. a species of animal (offered at a sacrifice to the goddess Anumati), [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā xxiv, 32; Taittirīya-saṃhitā v.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Kakkata 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kakkaṭa (ಕಕ್ಕಟ):—[noun] = ಕಕ್ಕಡ [kakkada]1.

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Kakkaṭa (ಕಕ್ಕಟ):—[adjective] in high degree; excessive; (taste, smell etc.) strong.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Kakkata Jataka, Kakkata-shinigi, Kakkataka, Kakkatakamagga, Kakkatakanala, Kakkatakarasa, Kakkatakayantaka, Kakkatan, Kakkatarasadayaka Vimana Vatthu, Kakkatayanta.

Full-text: Kakutha, Kakara, Kakkata-shinigi, Dasaraha, Narmada, Narbuda, Karkataka, Upacala, Rashi, Kakkata Jataka, Anaka, Kakudha.

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