Kshirakanda, Kṣīrakandā, Kshirakamda: 7 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Kṣīrakandā can be transliterated into English as Ksirakanda or Kshirakanda, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

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Source: archive.org: Science And Technology In Medievel India (Ayurveda)

Kṣīrakanda (क्षीरकन्द) or Kṣīrakandakalpa refers to one of the various medicinal preparations described in the Vaidyakalpa, as mentioned in A. Rahman’s Science and Technology in Medievel India: A bibliography of source materials in Sanskrit, Arabic and Persian.—Ancient and medieval India produced a wide range of scientific manuscripts and major contributions lie in the field of medicine, astronomy and mathematics, besides covering encyclopedic glossaries and technical dictionaries.—The Vaidyakalpa is a Sanskrit medical treatise dealing with the treatment of different kinds of medicines [e.g., Kṣīrakanda-kalpa] including those prepared from trees, plants, roots, etc.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Kṣīrakandā (क्षीरकन्दा).—f.

(-ndā) A kind of potherb, black Bhuincaonra, (Convolvulus paniculatus.) E. kṣīra water, and kanda root: having a watery root.

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

1) Kṣīrakanda (क्षीरकन्द):—[=kṣīra-kanda] [from kṣīra] m. Batatus paniculata, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) Kṣīrakandā (क्षीरकन्दा):—[=kṣīra-kandā] [from kṣīra-kanda > kṣīra] f. idem, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Kṣīrakandā (क्षीरकन्दा):—[kṣīra-kandā] (ndā) 1. f. A kind of potherb (Convolvulus paniculatus).

[Sanskrit to German]

Kshirakanda 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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Kannada-English dictionary

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Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kṣīrakaṃda (ಕ್ಷೀರಕಂದ):—

1) [noun] the plant Amorphophallus paniculatus of Areaceae family.

2) [noun] its starchy, tuberous root.

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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.

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