Cukrika, Cukrikā, Cukrīkā: 5 definitions
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Cukrika means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Chukrika.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Cukrikā (चुक्रिका) is another name for Kṣudrāmlikā, a medicinal plant identified with Oxalis corniculata Linn. or “creeping woodsorrel” from the Oxalidaceae or “wood sorrel” family of flowering plants, according to verse 5.100-102 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 Cukrikā and Kṣudrāmlikā, there are a total of fifteen Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
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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Sanskrit dictionary
Cukrikā (चुक्रिका).—A kind of wood-sorrel.
See also (synonyms): cukraka.
Cukrikā (चुक्रिका).—f.
(-kā) Indian sorrel, (Rumex vesicarius.) E. kran added to the preceding.
1) Cukrikā (चुक्रिका):—[from cukraka > cukra] f. Oxalis corniculata, [Caraka vi, 9; Bhāvaprakāśa v]
2) [v.s. ...] = kra-vedhaka, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Cukrikā (चुक्रिका):—(kā) 1. f. Indian sorrel.
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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Full-text: Shakacukrika, Amlacukrika, Sucukrika, Cukraka, Kucangeri, Amlapancaphala, Pattramla, Dashanadhya, Cukkikai, Tucikam, Cuka, Cinca, Amlashaka, Amlapancaka, Kshudramlika, Ambashtha.
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Brahma Purana (critical study) (by Surabhi H. Trivedi)
18. Materials not to be employed < [Religion]
World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research
A review article on chukra (rumex vasicarious linn.) < [2023: Volume 12, December special issue 22]
Ahara kalpana mentioned in ayurveda classics w.s.r to brihatrayee < [2022: Volume 11, October issue 13]
Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
Brahma Purana (by G. P. Bhatt)
Atharvaveda and Charaka Samhita (by Laxmi Maji)
2b. Tuberculosis (Yakṣmā or Rājayakṣmā) in the Caraka-Saṃhita < [Chapter 5 - Diseases and Remedies in Atharvaveda and Caraka-Saṃhitā]
Journal of the European Ayurvedic Society (by Inge Wezler)
An unpublished Jesuit work on Indian phytotherapy < [Volume 3 (1993)]