Cashtana, Caṣṭana, Castaña: 3 definitions
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Cashtana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, 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 term Caṣṭana can be transliterated into English as Castana or Cashtana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Chashtana.
India history and geography
Source: academia.edu: The Chronology of Ancient Gandhara and BactriaSaka Mahakshatrapa Chashtana (or, Cashtana), a junior contemporary of Nahapana also founded his independent kingdom in Gujarat and invaded on Ujjain and Maharashtra. Thus, Chashtana founded a powerful Saka kingdom in western India and established an epoch in 583 BCE that came to be known as the Saka era. Chashtana and his descendants reigned in western India for 336 years from 583 BCE to 247 BCE. Gupta King Chandragupta II comprehensively defeated western kshatraps and expanded the Gupta empire up to Girnar, Gujarat.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Castana in South America is the name of a plant defined with Bertholletia excelsa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Bertholletia nobilis Miers (among others).
2) Castana is also identified with Terminalia catappa It has the synonym Badamia commersonii Gaertn. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Numer. List (3969)
· Systema Vegetabilium (1825)
· Mantissa Plantarum (1767)
· Fitoterapia (2005)
· Herbarium Amboinense (1741)
· Flora (1841)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Castana, 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
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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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