The Sanskrit term Tīkṣṇagandha can be transliterated into English as Tiksnagandha or Tikshnagandha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)

Source: Shodhganga: Edition translation and critical study of yogasarasamgraha

Tīkṣṇagandhā (तीक्ष्णगन्धा) is another name for “Vacā” and is dealt with in the 15th-century Yogasārasaṅgraha (Yogasara-saṅgraha) by Vāsudeva: an unpublished Keralite work representing an Ayurvedic compendium of medicinal recipes. The Yogasārasaṃgraha [mentioning tīkṣṇagandhā] deals with entire recipes in the route of administration, and thus deals with the knowledge of pharmacy (bhaiṣajya-kalpanā) which is a branch of pharmacology (dravyaguṇa).

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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.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Tikshna-gandha [तीक्ष्ण गन्धा] in the Hindi language is the name of a plant identified with Pandanus odorifer (Forssk.) Kuntze from the Pandanaceae (Screw pine) family having the following synonyms: Keura odorifera, Pandanus odoratissimus, Pandanus fascicularis. For the possible medicinal usage of tikshna-gandha, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.

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

1) Tikshnagandha in India is the name of a plant defined with Carum copticum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Carum copticum (L.) Sprague ex Turrill (among others).

2) Tikshnagandha is also identified with Elettaria cardamomum It has the synonym Zingiber minus Gaertn. (etc.).

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

· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (1785)
· Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (1811)
· Botanico-Medica
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2007)
· Flora of Tropical Africa (1877)
· Enumeratio Plantarum Horti Regii Berolinensis Altera (1821)

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

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Tīkṣṇagandha (तीक्ष्णगन्ध).—m. pl., name of a tribe of serpents living in the Saptāśīviṣa rivers: Divyāvadāna 107.22.

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

Tīkṣṇagandha (तीक्ष्णगन्ध).—m.

(-ndhaḥ) 1. Morunga hyperanthera. 2. The gum olibanum tree. 3. Small cardamoms. 4. A tree: see jiyatī. f.

(-ndhā) 1. Mustard seed. 2. Orris root. 3. Pandanus odoratissimus. E. tīkṣṇa sharp, and gandha smell; also with kan added tīkṣṇagandhaka.

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

1) Tīkṣṇagandha (तीक्ष्णगन्ध):—[=tīkṣṇa-gandha] [from tīkṣṇa] m. ‘having a pungent smell’, = dhaka, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] marjoram, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] the resin of Boswellia thurifera, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) Tīkṣṇagandhā (तीक्ष्णगन्धा):—[=tīkṣṇa-gandhā] [from tīkṣṇa-gandha > tīkṣṇa] f. Name of several plants (= dhaka = -kaṇṭakā, Sinapis ramosa, jīvantī, vacā, śveta-vacā, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]), [Suśruta vi, 23, 2]

5) [v.s. ...] small cardamoms, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Tīkṣṇagandha (तीक्ष्णगन्ध):—[tīkṣṇa-gandha] (ndhaḥ) 1. m. Morunga hyperanthera; olibanum tree; small cardamoms. f. Mustard seed; orris root; pandanus odor.

[Sanskrit to German]

Tikshnagandha 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Tikshna, Gandha.

Starts with: Tikshnagandhaka.

Full-text: Tikacam, Gandhaputana, Kanthari.

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