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Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Kākaghnī (काकघ्नी) is another name for Mahākarañja, which is a Sanskrit word referring to Millettia piscidia. It is classified as a medicinal plant in the system of Āyurveda (science of Indian medicine) and is used throughout literature such as the Suśrutasaṃhita and the Carakasaṃhitā. The synonym was identified in the Rājanighaṇṭu (verse 7.69), which is a 13^th century 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.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Kakaghni in India is the name of a plant defined with Pongamia pinnata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Millettia novo-guineensis Kaneh. & Hatus. (among others).

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

· Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien (1894)
· Flora of Bilaspur District, Madhya Pradesh (1989)
· Jard. Malmaison (1803)
· Botanical Magazine, or ‘Flower-Garden Displayed’ (Tokyo) (1942)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (1788)
· Flora of the Lesser Antilles: Leeward and Windward Islands (1988)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Kakaghni, for example chemical composition, extract dosage, pregnancy safety, diet and recipes, side effects, health benefits, 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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Kākaghnī (काकघ्नी).—f. (-ghnī) A tree, said to be a large kind of Karanja, (Galedupa arborea.) E. kāka, and ghnī what kills.

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

Kākaghnī (काकघ्नी):—[=kāka-ghnī] [from kāka] f. a kind of Karañja (Galedupa arborea, mahā-karañja), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Kākaghnī (काकघ्नी):—[kāka-ghnī] (ghnī) 3. f. Galedupa.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kakaghni 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.

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Partial matches: Ghni, Kaka.

Full-text: Mahakaranja, Ghna.

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