The Sanskrit term Kṛmikaṇṭaka can be transliterated into English as Krmikantaka or Krimikantaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Krimikantaka in India is the name of a plant defined with Embelia ribes in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Antidesma ribes (Burm. f.) Raeusch. (among others).

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

· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Flora Indica (1768)
· Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.
· Mantissa Plantarum (1771)
· Nomenclator Botanicus (1797)
· Natural history (1877)

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

Kṛmikaṇṭaka (कृमिकण्टक).—Name of several plants:विडङ्ग (viḍaṅga) (Mar. vāvaḍiṃga), चित्राङ्ग, उदुम्बर (citrāṅga, udumbara); कृमिकण्टकं तु चित्राङ्गविडङ्गोदुम्बरेषु च (kṛmikaṇṭakaṃ tu citrāṅgaviḍaṅgodumbareṣu ca) Medini.

Derivable forms: kṛmikaṇṭakam (कृमिकण्टकम्).

Kṛmikaṇṭaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kṛmi and kaṇṭaka (कण्टक).

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

Kṛmikaṇṭaka (कृमिकण्टक).—n.

(-kaṃ) 1. A plant used in medicine: see viḍaṅga. 2. Opposite leaved fig tree. 3. A plant, (Salvinia cucullata:) see mūṣikaparṇī. E. kṛmi a worm, and kaṇṭaka a thorn, a foe; also krimikaṇṭhaka.

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Krimikaṇṭaka (क्रिमिकण्टक).—m.

(-kaḥ) A medicinal plant, commonly Biranga: see kṛmikaṇṭaka.

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

1) Kṛmikaṇṭaka (कृमिकण्टक):—[=kṛmi-kaṇṭaka] [from kṛmi] n. ‘destroying worms’, Ficus glomerata, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] Embelia Ribes

3) [v.s. ...] another plant (= citrā or citrāṅga), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

1) Kṛmikaṇṭaka (कृमिकण्टक):—[kṛmi-kaṇṭaka] (kaṃ) 1. n. A plant; opposite-leaved fig tree.

2) Krimikaṇṭaka (क्रिमिकण्टक):—[krimi-kaṇṭaka] (kaḥ) 1. m. A medicinal plant. Vide krisighna.

[Sanskrit to German]

Krimikantaka in German

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Partial matches: Krimi, Kantaka.

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