Edagaja, Eḍagaja, Eda-gaja: 8 definitions
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Edagaja 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.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botanyEḍagaja (एडगज) is another name for Cakramarda (Cassia tora “sickle senna”) according to the Bhāvaprakāśa, which is a 16th century medicinal thesaurus authored by Bhāvamiśra. The term is used throughout Ayurvedic literature.
Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭuEḍagaja (एडगज) 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). Together with the names Eḍagaja and Cakramarda, there are a total of nineteen 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
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryEḍagaja (एडगज).—the medicinal plant Cassia Tora or Alata (uraṇa) used for curing ringworms (Mar. ṭākaḷā).
Derivable forms: eḍagajaḥ (एडगजः).
Eḍagaja is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms eḍa and gaja (गज).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryEḍagaja (एडगज).—m.
(-jaḥ) A medicinal plant, used for the cure of ring-worms, (Cassia tora.) E. eḍa a sheep, gaja to sound, ac aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryEḍagaja (एडगज):—[=eḍa-gaja] [from eḍa] m. the plant Cassia Tora or Alata (used for the cure of ringworm), [Caraka]
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: Edikakshi, Elagala, Cakramarda, Prapunnada.
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