Kharacchada, Kharacchadā, Khara-chada, Khara-chadā: 6 definitions
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Kharacchada means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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 Kharachchhada.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭuKharacchadā (खरच्छदा) is another name for Civillī, a medicinal plant possibly identified with either Portulaca sativa Linn., or Portulaca oleracea (“common purslane”) from the Portulacaceae or “purslane” family of flowering plants, according to verse 5.76 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fifth chapter (parpaṭādi-varga) of this book enumerates sixty varieties of smaller plants (kṣudra-kṣupa). Together with the names Kharacchadā and Civillī, there are a total of five Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKharacchada (खरच्छद).—m.
(-daḥ) 1. A kind of reed or grass, (Saccharum cylindricum.) 2. Also another kind, commonly Okera. E. khara warm, sharp, chada a leaf.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kharacchada (खरच्छद):—[=khara-cchada] [from khara] m. ‘sharp-leaved’, Name of a tree (= bhūmī-saha), [Bhāvaprakāśa v, 5, 75]
2) [v.s. ...] a kind of grass (ulūka, or kundara), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] a kind of reed (itkaṭa, commonly Okera), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] Name of a small shrub (kṣudra-gholī), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKharacchada (खरच्छद):—(daḥ) 1. m. A kind of reed (Saccharum cylindricum).
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