Alternative spellings of this word include Chakramarda.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Cakramarda (चक्रमर्द) is the Sanskrit name for a medicinal plant identified with Cassia tora Linn., synonym of Senna tora or “sickle senna” from the Fabaceae or “legume” family of flowering plants, according to verse 4.198-200 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. Cakramarda is commonly known in Hindi as Cakavaḍa or Pavāṇḍā; in Bengali as Cavuka; in Marathi as Taklā; in Gujarati as Kuvādio; in Telugu as Tantemū; and in Tamil as Taghārāi.

Cakramarda is mentioned as having eighteen synonyms: Aṇḍagaja, Gajākhya, Meṣāhvaya, Eḍagaja, Aṇḍahastī, Vyāvartaka, Cakragaja, Cakrī, Punnāḍa, Punnāṭa, Vimardaka, Dadrughna, Tarvaṭa, Cakrāhva, Śukanāsana, Dṛḍhabīja, Prapunnāṭa and Kharjūghna.

Properties and characteristics: “Cakramarda is pungent (kaṭu), quick acting (tīvrā) and it controls excessive fat (meda), vāta and kapha. It is indicated in pruritis, eczema, ring worm, pain, wounds, leprosy and allied skin disorders”.

Unclassified Ayurveda definitions

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Cakramarda (चक्रमर्द) is a Sanskrit word referring to Cassia tora (“sickle senna”). It is a type of legume (śamīdhānya), according to Caraka in his Carakasaṃhitā sūtrasthāna (chapter 27), a classical Ayurvedic work. It is also known as Cakragaja. The plant Cakramarda is part of the Śamīdhānyavarga group of medicinal plants, referring to the “group of legumes”. Cakramarda is also mentioed as part of the Śākavarga group of medicinal plants, referring to the “group of vegetables/pot-herbs”. Caraka defined such groups (vargas) based on the dietic value of the plant. Cakramarda alleviates kapha and vāta.

According to the Bhāvaprakāśa it has the following synonyms: Prapunnāṭa, Dadrughna, Meṣalocana, Padmāṭa, Eḍagaja, Cakrī and Punnāṭa. The Bhāvaprakāśa is a 16^th century medicinal thesaurus authored by Bhāvamiśra.

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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.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

1) Cakramarda in India is the name of a plant defined with Senna alexandrina in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Cassia elongata Lemaire-Lis. (among others).

2) Cakramarda is also identified with Senna tora It has the synonym Cassia contorta Vogel (etc.).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Natural history (1901)
· A General History of the Dichlamydeous Plants (1832)
· Supplementum Plantarum (1781)
· Ethnobotany (1999)
· Kromosomo (1787)
· Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica (1775)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Cakramarda, for example diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, health benefits, side effects, chemical composition, extract dosage, have a look at these references.

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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

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Cakramarda (चक्रमर्द):—[=cakra-marda] [from cakra] m. = -gaja, [Suśruta iv, 9, 11.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Cakramarda in German

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Cakramarda (ಚಕ್ರಮರ್ದ):—[noun] = ಚಕ್ರಮರ್ದಕ [cakramardaka].

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Cakra, Marda.

Starts with: Cakramardah, Cakramardaka, Cakramardana.

Full-text (+19): Prapunnata, Kharjughna, Cakragaja, Gajakhya, Cakri, Punnata, Edagaja, Dadrughna, Vimardaka, Cakrahva, Prapunnada, Cakrapadmata, Pumnata, Tarkina, Prapunada, Tarbata, Prapunata, Dridhavija, Cakrataila, Meshalocana.

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