Bastagandha, Basta-gandha, Bastagandhā: 7 definitions
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Bastagandha 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.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Bastagandhā (बस्तगन्धा) is another spelling for Vastagandhā, another name for Ajagandhā, a medicinal plant, possibly identified with Gynandropsis gynendra Linn., a synonym of Cleome gynandra or “shona cabbage” from the Cleomaceae family of flowering plants, according to verse 4.177-178 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fourth chapter (śatāhvādi-varga) of this book enumerates eighty varieties of small plants (pṛthu-kṣupa). Together with the names Vastagandhā and Ajagandhā, there are a total of eight Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
Bastagandha (बस्तगन्ध) refers to the “smell of a goat” (which resembles the odor of certain elephants), according to the 15th century Mātaṅgalīlā composed by Nīlakaṇṭha in 263 Sanskrit verses, dealing with elephantology in ancient India, focusing on the science of management and treatment of elephants.—[Cf. chapter 8, “on marks of character”]: “12. Delighted with leavings (of food), right easily frightened, having a sour, acrid odor or that of a goat [e.g., bastagandha], of bones, or of a crab [śuktāmlabastāsthikulīragandhaḥ], wrathful, treacherous (changeable, ‘easy to be parted’), cowardly, ungrateful, this base elephant is a Śudra (serf) in character”.
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
Bastagandhā (शकुलादनी) is a Sanskrit word referring to Ocimum gratissimum (clove basil), from the Lamiaceae family. It is used throughout Ayurvedic literature such as the Suśrutasaṃhitā and the Carakasaṃhitā. Āyurveda is the Hindu science of health originating from India. Other commonly known English names for this plant include African basil and wild basil.
According to the Rājanighaṇṭu (verse 6.176), clove basil (bastagandhā) has the following synonyms: Ajagandhā, Avigandhikā, Ugragandhā, Brahmagarbha, Brāhmī, Pūtimayūrikā, Surapuṣpa, Doṣākleśī, Jambīra, Jambhīra, Bilvaparṇī, Barbarīka, Arjaka, Ekapattrikā, Kabarī and Kavāra.
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
Bastagandhā (बस्तगन्धा).—a shrubby basil.
Bastagandhā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms basta and gandhā (गन्धा).
Bastagandhā (बस्तगन्धा):—[=basta-gandhā] [from basta] f. Ocimum Villosum, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Bastagandhā (बस्तगन्धा):—f. eine best. Pflanze, = ajagandhā [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma]
Bastagandhā (बस्तगन्धा):—f. Ocimum villosum [Rājan 4,180.]
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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Partial matches: Basta, Gandha.
Starts with: Bastagandhakriti, Bastagandhamutra.
Full-text: Jambira, Bastagandhamutra, Kabari, Barbarika, Avigandhika, Brahmagarbha, Putimayurika, Ekapattrika, Kavara, Surapushpa, Doshakleshi, Ugragandha, Vastagandha, Arjaka, Bilvaparni.
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International Ayurvedic Medical Journal
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