Alternative spellings of this word include Guchchhaphala.

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Ayurveda (science of life)

Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

1) Gucchaphalā (गुच्छफला) is another name for Agnidamanī, an unidentified medicinal plant, according to verse 4.59-61 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 Gucchaphalā and Agnidamanī, there are a total of ten Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

2) Gucchaphalā (गुच्छफला) is also mentioned as a synonym for Kākamācī, a medicinal plant identified with Solanum nigrum Linn. (or ‘black nightshade’) from the Solanaceae or “nightshades” family of flowering plants, according to verse 4.133-135. Together with the names Gucchaphalā and Kākamācī, there are a total of eighteen 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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Gucchaphala (गुच्छफल).—

1) the vine.

2) plantain tree.

Derivable forms: gucchaphalaḥ (गुच्छफलः).

Gucchaphala is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms guccha and phala (फल).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Gucchaphalā (गुच्छफला).—f.

(-lā) 1. The plantain. 2. The vine. E. guccha a cluster, and phalā fruit.

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

1) Gucchaphala (गुच्छफल):—[=guccha-phala] [from guccha] m. ‘bunch-fruited’, a kind of Karañja (riṭhā-karañja), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] Strychnos potatorum, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] Mimusops hexandra, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) Gucchaphalā (गुच्छफला):—[=guccha-phalā] [from guccha-phala > guccha] f. = -dantikā, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

5) [v.s. ...] the vine, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

6) [v.s. ...] Solanum indicum, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

7) [v.s. ...] Solanum Jacquini, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

8) [v.s. ...] a kind of leguminous plant (niṣpāvī), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Gucchaphalā (गुच्छफला):—[guccha-phalā] (lā) 1. f. The plantain tree; the vine.

[Sanskrit to German]

Gucchaphala 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: Guccha, Phala.

Ends with: Kshiragucchaphala, Nakhagucchaphala.

Full-text: Nakhagucchaphala, Kshiragucchaphala, Balakapriya, Kshiravriksha, Agnidamani, Kakamaci.

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