The Sanskrit term Vṛkadhūpa can be transliterated into English as Vrkadhupa or Vrikadhupa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Vrikadhupa in India is the name of a plant defined with Altingia excelsa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Liquidambar altingiana Blume.

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

· Verhandelingen van het bataviaasch genootschap van kunsten en wetenschappen (1790)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Journal of the Arnold Arboretum (1977)

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

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vṛkadhūpa (वृकधूप).—

1) turpentine.

2) a compound perfume; वृकधूपं सर्जरसं शिलाजतु च सिक्थकम् (vṛkadhūpaṃ sarjarasaṃ śilājatu ca sikthakam) Śiva B.3.17.

Derivable forms: vṛkadhūpaḥ (वृकधूपः).

Vṛkadhūpa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vṛka and dhūpa (धूप).

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

Vṛkadhūpa (वृकधूप).—m.

(-paḥ) 1. Compounded perfume. 2. Turpentine. E. vṛka the same meanings, and dhūpa incense.

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

Vṛkadhūpa (वृकधूप).—and

Vṛkadhūpa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vṛka and dhūpa (धूप).

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

Vṛkadhūpa (वृकधूप).—[masculine] incense or turpentine.

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

1) Vṛkadhūpa (वृकधूप):—[=vṛka-dhūpa] [from vṛka > vṛk] m. compounded perfume, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

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

Vṛkadhūpa (वृकधूप):—[vṛka-dhūpa] (paḥ) 1. m. Compounded perfume, turpentine.

[Sanskrit to German]

Vrikadhupa 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Vṛkadhūpa (ವೃಕಧೂಪ):—

1) [noun] a kind of aromatic preparation; a compounded perfume.

2) [noun] the plant Boswellia serrata ( = B. thurifera) of Burseraceae family.

3) [noun] the fragrant resin obtained from this plant.

4) [noun] the brownish-yellow, sticky, semifluid oleoresin exuding from the terebinth or any of the various sticky, viscid oleo-resins obtained from pines and other coniferous trees; turpentine.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Vrika, Dhupa.

Full-text: Bakadhupa, Sikthaka, Sarjaniryasaka, Sarjamani, Sarjarasa.

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