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Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Cavuka in the Bengali language is another name for Cakramarda, 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. The fourth chapter (śatāhvādi-varga) of this book enumerates eighty varieties of small plants (pṛthu-kṣupa). Other than the Bengali word Cavuka, there are more synonyms identified for this plant among which nineteen are in Sanskrit.

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Cavuka (ಚವುಕ):—

1) [noun] (gem.) any plain figure bounded by four straight lines, making four angles inside, as a square, rectangle, quadrilateral, parallelogram, trapezium, etc.

2) [noun] a square or rectangle area (covered on all four sides by buildings or fence).

3) [noun] an ornamented seat for the bride and groom.

4) [noun] a place where four roads meet or two roads intersect each other.

5) [noun] a score of four indicated by dice.

6) [noun] a small casket for carrying the idol of Śiva, hung round the neck with a thread tied to it.

7) [noun] an oblong, unsewn cloth used to wipe the hands, (or the body after bath), and also used as an upper garment; a towel.

8) [noun] a piece of land used for some particular purpose; a field.

9) [noun] (mus.) the medium pace.

10) [noun] a clever, deceptive, witty talk.

11) [noun] the last part of anything; end.

12) [noun] an amount of four rupees.

13) [noun] a set or group of four persons, thing, etc.

14) [noun] the fastest gait of a horse; a galloping.

15) [noun] a bundle of one hundred leaves (as of betel, tobacco leaves).

context information

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)

Starts with: Cavukachatri, Cavukali, Cavukanikkai, Cavukanti, Cavukar, Cavukasattige, Cavukatan, Cavukavali, Cavukayam.

Full-text: Cavuku, Cavaka, Cavukkam, Cavukkai, Cakramarda, Cavu.

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