Alternative spellings of this word include Guchchhabudhna.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Gucchabudhnā (गुच्छबुध्ना) is another name for Guṇḍālā an unidentified medicinal plant, possibly identified with Bacopa monnieri from the Plantaginaceae or ‘plantain’ family [previously the Scrophulariaceae or ‘figwort’ family], according to verse 5.128 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 Gucchabudhnā and Guṇḍālā, there are a total of four Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

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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

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Gucchabudhnā (गुच्छबुध्ना):—[=guccha-budhnā] [from guccha] [varia lectio] for -vadhrā.

[Sanskrit to German]

Gucchabudhna 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: Budhna, Guccha.

Full-text: Gundala.

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