The Sanskrit terms Kāntapuṣpa and Kāntāpuṣpa can be transliterated into English as Kantapuspa or Kantapushpa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Toxicology (Study and Treatment of poison)

Source: Shodhganga: Kasyapa Samhita—Text on Visha Chikitsa

Kāntāpuṣpa (कान्तापुष्प) is the name of an ingredient used in the treatment of Rājilā-snake-bites, according to the Kāśyapa Saṃhitā: an ancient Sanskrit text from the Pāñcarātra tradition dealing with both Tantra and Viṣacikitsā—an important topic from Āyurveda which deals with the study of Toxicology (Viṣavidyā or Sarpavidyā).—The tenth Adhyāya prescribes antidotes for Rājilā snake venom.—According to the Kāśyapasaṃhitā verse X.21-24: “A detailed fumigation regimen is prescribed to be administered for the snake-bite victim either in the afternoon, dusk or evening or at all the three times either individually or with the following multiple ingredients [like one fourth measure of Kāntāpuśpa] [...]”.

Unclassified Ayurveda definitions

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Kāntapuṣpa (कान्तपुष्प) is another name (synonym) for Karbudāra, which is the Sanskrit word for Bauhinia variegata (orchid tree), a plant from the Cleomaceae family. This synonym was identified by Narahari in his 13th-century Rājanighaṇṭu (verse 13.99), which is an Ayurvedic medicinal thesaurus.

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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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kāntapuṣpa (कान्तपुष्प).—a kind of tree (kovidāravṛkṣa).

Derivable forms: kāntapuṣpaḥ (कान्तपुष्पः).

Kāntapuṣpa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kānta and puṣpa (पुष्प).

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

Kāntapuṣpa (कान्तपुष्प).—m.

(-ṣpaḥ) Mountain ebony, &c. (Bauhinia variegata.) E. kānta and puṣpa flower.

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

Kāntapuṣpa (कान्तपुष्प):—[=kānta-puṣpa] [from kānta] m. the mountain-ebony (Bauhinia variegata), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Kāntapuṣpa (कान्तपुष्प):—[kānta-puṣpa] (ṣpaḥ) 1. m. Mountain ebony.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kantapushpa 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

Kāṃtapuṣpa (ಕಾಂತಪುಷ್ಪ):—[noun] the large, flat flowers of the tree Bauhinia purpurea of Caesalpiniaceae family having two-lobed leaves; pink bauninia.

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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: Pushpa, Kanta.

Full-text: Kustumburu, Karbudara, Shirishakusuma.

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