Cakshushya, Cakṣuṣya, Cākṣuṣya: 15 definitions
Introduction:
Cakshushya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, 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 terms Cakṣuṣya and Cākṣuṣya can be transliterated into English as Caksusya or Cakshushya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Chakshushya.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Dietetics and Culinary Art (such as household cooking)
Source: Shodhganga: Dietetics and culinary art in ancient and medieval IndiaCākṣuṣya (चाक्षुष्य) is a particular dietetic effect which “improves sight” (beneficial to the eyes) according to the 17th century Bhojanakutūhala (dravyaguṇāguṇa-kathana), and is commonly found in literature dealing with the topics of dietetics and culinary art, also known as Pākaśāstra or Pākakalā.—Accordingly, the dietetic effect cākṣuṣya is associated with the following conditions: Silver vessels/utensils (raupya-pātra) used for food; Food-utensils made of Eraṇḍapatra (castor oil plant leaf) and Food-utensils made of Ketakīpatra (screw pine leaf).
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭuCakṣuṣyā (चक्षुष्या) is another name for Kulatthā a medicinal plant identified with Dolichos biflorus Linn. which is a synonym of Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata (L.) Walp. or “cowpea” from the Fabaceae or “legume” family of flowering plants, according to verse 5.71-72 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 Cakṣuṣyā and Kulatthā, there are a total of seven Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of termsCakṣuṣya (चक्षुष्य):—[cakṣuṣyaṃ] Substances beneficial for eye health
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: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and DrugsCaksusya in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Leptadenia reticulata (Retz.) Wight & Arn. from the Apocynaceae (Oleander) family having the following synonyms: Cynanchum reticulatum. For the possible medicinal usage of caksusya, 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) Caksusya in India is the name of a plant defined with Chamaecrista absus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Senna quadrifolia Burm.) (Latin absum ‘to be away from, to be removed from’ (among others).
2) Caksusya is also identified with Strychnos potatorum It has the synonym Strychnos stuhlmannii Gilg) (Latin potator, oris ‘drinker’ (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta’ (1814)
· Supplementum Plantarum (1781)
· Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie (1899)
· Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics (1980)
· Bot. Zeitung (Regensburg) (1805)
· Pharmaceutical Biology (1998)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Caksusya, for example pregnancy safety, diet and recipes, extract dosage, side effects, chemical composition, health benefits, 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
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryCakṣuṣya (चक्षुष्य).—a. [cakṣute hitaḥ yat]
1) Good looking, agreeable to the sight, pleasing, beautiful; Śiśupālavadha 8.57.
2) Good for the eyes.
3) Produced from the eye; देवतानां पितॄणां च चक्षुष्यं चात्मनां विभो (devatānāṃ pitṝṇāṃ ca cakṣuṣyaṃ cātmanāṃ vibho) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 13.68.28.
-ṣyaḥ, -ṣyā A collyrium or application to the eyes.
-ṣyā A pleasing or agreeable woman.
-ṣyam An ointment for the eyes (Mar. suramā ?); तार्क्ष्यशैलं शिखिग्रीवं चक्षुष्यं यामुनं पुनः (tārkṣyaśailaṃ śikhigrīvaṃ cakṣuṣyaṃ yāmunaṃ punaḥ) Śiva. B.3.18.
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Cākṣuṣya (चाक्षुष्य).—A kind of collyrium.
Derivable forms: cākṣuṣyam (चाक्षुष्यम्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryCākṣuṣya (चाक्षुष्य).—adj. (= Sanskrit cakṣ°, compare cākṣuṣa; Pali cakkhussa), good for the eyes: Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya iv.210.5.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryCakṣuṣya (चक्षुष्य).—mfn.
(-ṣyaḥ-ṣyā-ṣyaṃ) 1. Beautiful, pleasing or well looking. 2. Fit or agreeable for the eyes. m.
(-ṣyaḥ) 1. A flower, (Pandanus odoratissimus.) 2. A plant: see puṇḍarīka. 3. collyrium or application to the eyes, extracted from the Amomum anthorhiza. f.
(-ṣyā) 1. A blue stone, or according to some, the calx of brass used as collyrium. 2. A pleasing or interesting woman. E. cakṣus the eye, affix yat . cakṣuṣe hitaḥ yat .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryCakṣuṣya (चक्षुष्य).—i. e. cakṣus + ya, adj., f. yā. 1. Fit for the eyes, Mahābhārata 13, 3423. 2. Agreeable to the eyes, [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 3, 493.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryCakṣuṣya (चक्षुष्य).—[adjective] wholesome or agreeable to the eyes, pleasing, beautiful, dear.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Cakṣuṣya (चक्षुष्य):—[from cakṣ] mfn. pleasing to the eyes, wholesome for the eyes or the eyesight, [Mahābhārata xiii, 3423; Suśruta; Hemādri’s Caturvarga-cintāmaṇi]
2) [v.s. ...] agreeable to the eyes, pleasing, good-looking, beautiful, [Chāndogya-upaniṣad iii, 13, 8; Caraka i, 5, 89; Rājataraṅgiṇī iii, 493]
3) [v.s. ...] ‘being in any one’s ([instrumental case]) range of sight’ and ‘dear to any one ([instrumental case])’ [Śiśupāla-vadha viii, 57]
4) [v.s. ...] m. a kind of collyrium (extracted from Amomum antorhiza), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) [v.s. ...] Pandanus odoratissimus, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) [v.s. ...] Hyperanthera Moringa, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
7) [v.s. ...] also Name of other plants (puṇḍarīka, kanaka), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
8) [v.s. ...] n. two kinds of collyrium (kharparī-tuttha and sauvīrāñjana), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
9) [v.s. ...] the small shrub prapauṇḍarīka, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
10) Cakṣuṣyā (चक्षुष्या):—[from cakṣuṣya > cakṣ] f. a kind of collyrium (calx of brass or a blue stone), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
11) [v.s. ...] Pandanus odoratissimus, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
12) [v.s. ...] Glycine labialis, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
13) [v.s. ...] = kṣurbahala, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryCakṣuṣya (चक्षुष्य):—(ṣyaḥ) 1. m. A flower (Pandanus odoratissimus); a collyrium. f. A blue stone. a. Beautiful, fit.
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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 corpusCakṣuṣya (ಚಕ್ಷುಷ್ಯ):—[adjective] pleasing to the eyes; beautiful; lovely; charming.
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Cakṣuṣya (ಚಕ್ಷುಷ್ಯ):—[noun] a good looking man; a handsome man.
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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