Ashmantaka, Aśmantaka, Ashmamtaka: 14 definitions
Introduction:
Ashmantaka means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Aśmantaka can be transliterated into English as Asmantaka or Ashmantaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and DrugsAshmantaka [अश्मन्तक] in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Piliostigma malabaricum (Roxb.) Benth. from the Caesalpiniaceae (Gulmohar) family having the following synonyms: Bauhinia malabarica, Bauhinia acida, Bauhinia reniformis. For the possible medicinal usage of ashmantaka, 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) Asmantaka in India is the name of a plant defined with Bauhinia malabarica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Piliostigma malabaricum var. acidum (Korth.) de Wit (among others).
2) Asmantaka is also identified with Bauhinia racemosa It has the synonym Piliostigma racemosum (Lam.) Benth. (etc.).
3) Asmantaka is also identified with Bauhinia tomentosa It has the synonym Alvesia bauhinioides Welw. (etc.).
4) Asmantaka is also identified with Bauhinia vahlii It has the synonym Phanera vahlii (Wight & Arn.) Benth. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Queensland Agricultural Journal (1905)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Bulletin of the Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University (1995)
· Flora (1848)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (1785)
· Apontamentos Phytogeographicos (1858)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Asmantaka, for example chemical composition, health benefits, side effects, diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, extract dosage, have a look at these references.
This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryaśmantaka (अश्मंतक).—m S A tree, Bauhinia tomentosa. Popularly apaṭā.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishaśmantaka (अश्मंतक).—m A tree; popularly apa़ṭā.
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 dictionaryAśmantaka (अश्मन्तक).—
1) A fire-place.
2) The shade for a lamp (dīpādhāra).
3) A kind of grass.
-kaḥ Name of several trees:(a) अम्लोटक (amloṭaka); its leaf; तीराश्मन्तकशिम्बिचुम्बितमुखाः (tīrāśmantakaśimbicumbitamukhāḥ) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 9.7 (Mar. āpaṭā); (b) Name of a tree कोविदारकाः (kovidārakāḥ) (Mar. koraḷa); (c) Name of a plant from the fibres of which a Brāhmaṇa's girdle may be made; मुञ्जालाभे तु कर्तव्या कुशाश्मन्तकबल्वजैः (muñjālābhe tu kartavyā kuśāśmantakabalvajaiḥ) | Manusmṛti 2.43. (Monier Williams gives the word wrongly as aśmāntaka.)
Derivable forms: aśmantakaḥ (अश्मन्तकः), aśmantakam (अश्मन्तकम्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryAśmantaka (अश्मन्तक).—m. or nt. (Sanskrit Lex.; whether it occurs in this sense in Sanskrit literature seems doubtful, compare [Boehtlingk and Roth] 5.1071), stove: Karmavibhaṅga (and Karmavibhaṅgopadeśa) 22.3, 5.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAśmantaka (अश्मन्तक).—n.
(-kaṃ) 1. A fire-place. 2. A shade for a lamp. 3. A species of oxalis. E. kan added to the preceding.
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Aśmāntaka (अश्मान्तक).—m.
(-kaḥ) A plant, from the fibres of which the girdle of a Brahman may be made; also aśmantaka.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryAśmantaka (अश्मन्तक).—[aś + mant + aka] (see the last), n. A stove, [Daśakumāracarita] in
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Aśmāntaka (अश्मान्तक).—The name of a plant, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 2, 43 (probably = aśmantaka, m. A species of Oxalis)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryAśmantaka (अश्मन्तक).—[masculine] a kind of grass.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Aśmantaka (अश्मन्तक):—[from aśna] 1. aśmantaka n. a fire. place, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] a shade for a lamp, [Daśakumāra-carita]
3) [v.s. ...] m. (= aśmāntaka q.v.) Name of a plant, [Pāraskara-gṛhya-sūtra; Suśruta etc.]
4) Aśmāntaka (अश्मान्तक):—[from aśna] m. Name of a plant (from the fibres of which a Brāhman’s girdle may be made), [Manu-smṛti ii, 43.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Aśmantaka (अश्मन्तक):—(kaṃ) 1. n. A fire-place; lamp-shade; kind of oxalis.
2) Aśmāntaka (अश्मान्तक):—[aśmā+ntaka] (kaḥ) 1. m. A plant.
[Sanskrit to German]
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 corpusAśmaṃtaka (ಅಶ್ಮಂತಕ):—[noun] = ಅಶ್ಮಂತ [ashmamta].
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Ends with: Prabalashmantaka, Pravalashmantaka.
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