Alternative spellings of this word include Gochandana.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Gocandana in India is the name of a plant defined with Tylophora fasciculata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Tylophora fasciculata Thwaites, nom. illeg., non Tylophora fasciculata Buch.-Ham. ex Wight.

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae (1810)
· Enumeratio Plantarum Zeylaniae (1864)
· Contributions to the Botany of India (1834)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Gocandana, for example chemical composition, health benefits, diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, extract dosage, side effects, have a look at these references.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Gocandana (गोचन्दन).—a kind of sandal-wood.

Derivable forms: gocandanam (गोचन्दनम्).

Gocandana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms go and candana (चन्दन).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Gocandana (गोचन्दन).—[neuter] a kind of sandal-wood; [feminine] ā a kind of leech.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Gocandana (गोचन्दन):—[=go-candana] [from go] n. (= -śīrṣa) a kind of sandal-wood, [Suśruta]

2) Gocandanā (गोचन्दना):—[=go-candanā] [from go-candana > go] f. a sort of venomous leech, [ib.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Gocandana in German

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Go, Candana.

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