Apakashaka, Apākaśāka, Apaka-shaka: 8 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Apākaśāka can be transliterated into English as Apakasaka or Apakashaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

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Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Apākaśāka (अपाकशाक) is another name for Ārdraka, a medicinal plant identified with Zingiber officinale Rosc. or “ginger root” from the Zingiberaceae or “ginger” family of flowering plants, according to verse 6. 27-29 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu.—Note: Śuṇṭhi is dried and specially prepared form of Ārdraka by removing the outer scales of the rhizome. The major part of the oil of ginger remains in these scales and is obtained from the Śuṇṭhī/Ārdraka with scales.—The sixth chapter (pippalyādi-varga) of this book enumerates ninety-five varieties of plants obtained from the market (paṇyauṣadhi). Together with the names Apākaśāka and Ārdraka, there are a total of sixteen Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

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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

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Apākaśāka (अपाकशाक).—ginger.

Derivable forms: apākaśākam (अपाकशाकम्).

Apākaśāka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms apāka and śāka (शाक).

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

Apākaśāka (अपाकशाक).—n.

(-kaṃ) Ginger. E. apāka indigestion, and śāka herb.

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

Apākaśāka (अपाकशाक):—[=a-pāka-śāka] [from a-pāka] n. ginger.

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

Apākaśāka (अपाकशाक):—[karmadharaya compound] n.

(-kam) Ginger; the root in its un-dried state, green ginger (Mahr. ale). Comp. ārdraśāka. E. apāka and śāka.

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

Apākaśāka (अपाकशाक):—[apāka-śāka] (kaṃ) 1. n. Ginger.

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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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