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Source: Wisdom Library: Raj Nighantu

Anokaha (अनोकह) refers to a “tree”, as mentioned in a list of twenty-five synonyms in the second chapter (dharaṇyādi-varga) of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu (an Ayurvedic encyclopedia). The Dharaṇyādi-varga covers the lands, soil, mountains, jungles and vegetation’s relations between trees [viz., Anokaha] and plants and substances, with their various kinds.

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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

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Anokaha (अनोकह).—a. [an-okas-hā] Not leaving the house.

-haḥ [anasaḥ śakaṭasya akaṃ gatiṃ hanti, han, -ḍa] A tree; अनोकहा- कम्पितपुष्पगन्धी (anokahā- kampitapuṣpagandhī) R.2.13;5.69.

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

Anokaha (अनोकह).—m.

(-haḥ) A tree. E. anas a cart, uka going, and ha what injures; from hana with ḍa aff.

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

Anokaha (अनोकह).—[an-oka-ha] (vb. 2. hā), m. A tree.

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

Anokaha (अनोकह).—[masculine] tree (lit. not quitting the place).

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

Anokaha (अनोकह):—[=an-oka-ha] [from anoka-śāyin] m. ‘not quitting his home or his place’, a tree, [Raghuvaṃśa etc.]

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

Anokaha (अनोकह):—[tatpurusha compound] m.

(-haḥ) A tree. The native E. is very im-probable: anas-aka (going) and ha ‘because a tree impedes the progress of carts’; probably from a neg. and oka (instead of okas; compare the preceding) and ha (from hā) ‘because it does not quit its house’.

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

Anokaha (अनोकह):—[ano+ka-ha] < [anoka-ha] (haḥ) 1. m. A tree.

[Sanskrit to German]

Anokaha 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

Anōkaha (ಅನೋಕಹ):—[noun] a perennial plant with one main stem or trunk which develops many branches, usu. at some height above the ground; a tree.

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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: Anoka, Ha.

Ends with: Animesha-anokaha, Imdranokaha.

Full-text: Naukaha, Anohaka, Animesha-anokaha, Oka.

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