The Sanskrit term Agnikāṣṭha can be transliterated into English as Agnikastha or Agnikashtha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Agnikashtha in India is the name of a plant defined with Aquilaria agallocha in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Aloexylum agallochum Lour. (among others).

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

agnikāṣṭha (अग्निकाष्ठ).—n (S) A firebrand. 2 A live coal. agnikāṣṭhēṃ bhakṣiṇēṃ To offer herself upon the pyre of her deceased husband--a widow.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

agnikāṣṭha (अग्निकाष्ठ).—n A firebrand; a live-coal.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Agnikāṣṭha (अग्निकाष्ठ).—अग्नेः उद्दीपनं काष्ठं शाक °त (agneḥ uddīpanaṃ kāṣṭhaṃ śāka °ta).] agallochum (aguru)

Derivable forms: agnikāṣṭham (अग्निकाष्ठम्).

Agnikāṣṭha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms agni and kāṣṭha (काष्ठ).

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

Agnikāṣṭha (अग्निकाष्ठ).—n.

(-ṣṭhaṃ) Agallochum. See aguru, E. agni fire, and kāṣṭha wood.

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

Agnikāṣṭha (अग्निकाष्ठ):—[=agni-kāṣṭha] [from agni] n. Agallochum, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Agnikāṣṭha (अग्निकाष्ठ):—Tatp. n.

(-ṣṭham) Agallochum. See aguru. E. agni and kāṣṭha.

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

Agnikāṣṭha (अग्निकाष्ठ):—[agni-kāṣṭha] (ṣṭhaṃ) 1. n. Agallochum.

[Sanskrit to German]

Agnikashtha 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

Agnikāṣṭha (ಅಗ್ನಿಕಾಷ್ಠ):—

1) [noun] wood used as fuel; fire-wood.

2) [noun] the tree Aquilaria agallocha of Thyelaeceae family; eagle-wood; agallocham.

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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: Kashtha, Agni, Ani.

Starts with: Agnikashtha-bhakshana-karanem.

Full-text: Agnikashtha-bhakshana-karanem, Pradana.

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