The Sanskrit term Sukhāśa can be transliterated into English as Sukhasa or Sukhasha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Sukhasha in India is the name of a plant defined with Citrullus lanatus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Cucumis vulgaris (Schrad. ex Eckl. & Zeyh.) E.H.L. Krause (among others).

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

· Catalogus Seminum et Sporarum in Horto Botanico Universitatis Imperialis Tokyoensis (1915)
· Enumeratio Plantarum Africae Australis Extratropicae (1826)
· Prodr. Flora Capensis, being a systematic description of the plants of the Cape Colony, Caffraria, & port Natal (1800)
· Prodromus Plantarum Capensium (1794)
· Uses of plants by the Indians (1991)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Sukhasha, for example diet and recipes, extract dosage, health benefits, side effects, pregnancy safety, chemical composition, have a look at these references.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Sukhāśa (सुखाश).—

1) eating at ease.

2) pleasant food.

3) Name of Varuṇa.

Derivable forms: sukhāśaḥ (सुखाशः).

Sukhāśa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sukha and āśa (आश).

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

Sukhāśa (सुखाश).—m.

(-śaḥ) 1. Varuna, deity of water. 2. A cucumber, (Cucumbis sativus.) 2. Eating with pleasure, feeding on dainties, &c. E. sukha pleasure, aś to eat, ac aff.

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

1) Sukhāśa (सुखाश):—[from sukha > sukh] m. pleasant food, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] cucumber, Cucumis Sativus (also śaka), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] mfn. eating dainty food (applied to Varuṇa), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) Sukhāśā (सुखाशा):—[from sukha > sukh] f. the hope of pl° or enjoyment, [Pañcatantra]

5) [v.s. ...] (su-kh) expectation which exists only in empty space (or is very remote).

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

Sukhāśa (सुखाश):—[sukhā+śa] (śaḥ) 1. m. Varuna; a cucumber; feeding with pleasure or on dainties.

[Sanskrit to German]

Sukhasha 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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Partial matches: Asha, Sukha, Aca.

Starts with: Sukhasayita, Sukhashaka, Sukhasharman, Sukhashaya, Sukhashayana, Sukhashayin, Sukhashayitapracchaka, Sukhashayya.

Full-text: Sukhashaka.

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