The Sanskrit terms Ikṣukāṇḍa and Ikṣukandā can be transliterated into English as Iksukanda or Ikshukanda, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Ikshukanda in India is the name of a plant defined with Saccharum bengalense in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Erianthus ciliaris var. ciliaris (among others).

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

· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1990)
· Observationes Botanicae (1789)
· The Grasses of Mauritius and Rodriguez (1940)
· Agra University Journal of Research (Science) (1957)
· Illustrations of the Botany … of the Himalayan Mountains … (1839)
· Öfversigt af Förhandlingar: Kongl. Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademien (1855)

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

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

ikṣukāṇḍa (इक्षुकांड).—m ikṣudaṇḍa m (S) A stem or stick of the Sugarcane.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ikṣukandā (इक्षुकन्दा).—A pumpion gourd, Cucurbita Pepo. (Mar. kohāḷeṃ).

Ikṣukandā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ikṣu and kandā (कन्दा).

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Ikṣukāṇḍa (इक्षुकाण्ड).—Name of two different species of sugarcane (kāśa and muñjatṛṇa).

Derivable forms: ikṣukāṇḍaḥ (इक्षुकाण्डः), ikṣukāṇḍam (इक्षुकाण्डम्).

Ikṣukāṇḍa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ikṣu and kāṇḍa (काण्ड).

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

Ikṣukāṇḍa (इक्षुकाण्ड).—m.

(-ṇḍaḥ) 1. A species of sugar-cane, (Saccharum munja, Rox.) See muñja. 2. A sort of grass, (Kas,) (Saccharum spontaneum.) 3. The stem or cane of the Saccharum officinale, the sugar-cane. E. ikṣu and kāṇḍa a stem.

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

1) Ikṣukāṇḍa (इक्षुकाण्ड):—[=ikṣu-kāṇḍa] [from ikṣu] n. the stem or cane of the Saccharum Officinale, the sugar-cane, [Suśruta; Rāmāyaṇa]

2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of two different species of sugar-cane, Saccharum Munja Roxb. and Saccharum Spontaneum, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Ikṣukāṇḍa (इक्षुकाण्ड):—[ikṣu-kāṇḍa] (ṇḍaḥ) 1. m. A species of sugar-cane, sort of grass.

[Sanskrit to German]

Ikshukanda 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Ikṣukāṃḍa (ಇಕ್ಷುಕಾಂಡ):—[noun] the tall cane of the tropical grass, Saccharum officinarum; sugar-cane.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Ikshu, Kanda.

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