Aticchatra, Aticchatrā: 7 definitions
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Aticchatra means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Atichchhatra.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Aticchatrā (अतिच्छत्रा) is another name for Śatāhvā, an unidentified medicinal plant, according to verse 4.10-13 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fourth chapter (śatāhvādi-varga) of this book enumerates eighty varieties of small plants (pṛthu-kṣupa). Also see the description of the plant Miśreyā. Together with the names Aticchatrā and Śatāhvā, there are a total of twenty-four Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
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
Aticchatra (अतिच्छत्र).—[atikrāntaḥ chatraṃ tulyākāreṇa] A mushroom, anise, principally Anesum or Anethum Sowa (Mar. śopā) Name of another plant, Barleria Longifolia. (°traḥ is said by Amara to be jalatṛṇabhedaḥ) (Mar. śetagavata); and °त्रा (trā) = शतपुष्पा (śatapuṣpā) (Mar. śopa).
Derivable forms: aticchatraḥ (अतिच्छत्रः).
See also (synonyms): aticchatrakā.
Aticchatra (अतिच्छत्र).—m.
(-traḥ) A mushroom. f.
(-trā) 1. Anise, (Anethum pimpinella.) 2. Barleria longifolia. E. ati, and cchatra an umbrella.
Aticchatra (अतिच्छत्र):—[tatpurusha compound] I. m.
(-traḥ) A species of mushroom. (See chatrā and pālaghna.) Ii. f.
(-trā) 1) Anise (Anethum pimpinella).
2) Barleria longifolia. E. ati (sc. krānta) and chatra (in the sense of the accusative), ‘surpassing a parasol’; in the fem. with ṭāp aff.
Aticchatra (अतिच्छत्र):—(traḥ) 1. m. Mushroom.
Aticchatra (अतिच्छत्र):—(ati + chatra)
1) m. a) = bhūtatṛṇa [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] — b) Name einer Wasserpflanze [Ratnamālā im Śabdakalpadruma] — c) Pilz (chatrā) [Amarakoṣa 2, 4, 5, 32.] —
2) f. trā a) Name einer Schirmpflanze, Anethum Sowa (śatāhvā), Roxb., deren Same als Gewürz und medicinisch gebraucht wird. Nach Andern der gemeine Anis, Pimpinella Anisum, Lin., der in Indien nicht heimisch zu sein scheint. [Amarakoṣa 2, 4, 5, 17.] [Ratnamālā im Śabdakalpadruma] [Suśruta 1, 71, 16. 2, 170, 2]; vgl. chatrā, sitacchatrā . — b) Name einer anderen Pflanze, Barleria longifolia, Lin. Asteracantha l., Nees [Wilson’s Wörterbuch]
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
Aticchatra (ಅತಿಚ್ಛತ್ರ):—
1) [noun] an edible fungus (Agaricus or Psalliota, compestris or kindred species) of toadstool form.
2) [noun] a white long flowered plant, Barleria longiflora.
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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Starts with: Aticchatraka.
Full-text: Aticchatraka, Chatraticchatra, Shatahva, Chattra.
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Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
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