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Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Brahmakanyakā (ब्रह्मकन्यका) is another name for Brāhmī, a medicinal plant identified with two possibly species verse, according to verse 5.63-66 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fifth chapter (parpaṭādi-varga) of this book enumerates sixty varieties of smaller plants (kṣudra-kṣupa). Together with the names Brahmakanyakā and Brāhmī, there are a total of twenty-four Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant. Note: Chopra identifies Brāhmī with 1) Centella asiatica (Linn.) Urban. while Bāpālāl and Th. B.S. et al identify it with 2) Bacopa monnieri (Linn.) Pennell.

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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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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Brahmakanyakā (ब्रह्मकन्यका).—an epithet of Sarasvatī.

Brahmakanyakā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms brahman and kanyakā (कन्यका).

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

Brahmakanyakā (ब्रह्मकन्यका).—f.

(-kā) The goddesss Saraswati. E. brahma Brahma, and kanyā the daughter; being born from the head of that deity.

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

1) Brahmakanyaka (ब्रह्मकन्यक):—[=brahma-kanyaka] [from brahma > brahman] m. ([probably]) idem, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) Brahmakanyakā (ब्रह्मकन्यका):—[=brahma-kanyakā] [from brahma-kanyaka > brahma > brahman] f. Ruta Graveolens, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] Name of Sarasvatī, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Brahmakanyakā (ब्रह्मकन्यका):—[brahma-kanyakā] (kā) 1. f. Saraswatī.

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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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Partial matches: Kanyaka, Brahman, Brahma.

Full-text: Piramakannikai, Brahmi.

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