Alternative spellings of this word include Kanch.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Kanc in India is the name of a plant defined with Toddalia asiatica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Aralia labordei H. Lév. (among others).

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

· Systema Vegetabilium, ed. 15 (1819)
· Silvae Genet. (1973)
· Botanico-Medica (1884)
· Tableau Encyclopédique et Méthodique … Botanique (1797)
· Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France (1945)
· Journal of the Arnold Arboretum (1980)

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

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kañc (कञ्च्).—1 Ā.

1) To bind.

2) To shine.

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Kāñc (काञ्च्).—1 Ā. (kāñcate, kāñcita)

1) To shine.

2) To bind.

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

Kañc (कञ्च्).—i. 1, [Ātmanepada.] 1. To bind. 2. To shine.

— Cf. kac, and kāñc.

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Kāñc (काञ्च्).—i. 1, [Ātmanepada.] 1. To shine. 2. To bind.

— Cf. kack, kañc.

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

1) Kañc (कञ्च्):—[class] 1. [Ātmanepada] kañcate, cakañce, kañcitā, etc., to bind;

—to shine, [Dhātupāṭha vi, 9];—

2) cf. kac and kāñc, kakṣa; [Latin] cingere.

3) Kāñc (काञ्च्):—[class] 1. [Ātmanepada] kāñcate, to shine, [Dhātupāṭha vi, 10];

—to bind, [ib.] (cf. kac, kañc.)

[Sanskrit to German]

Kanc 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)

Starts with (+24): Kamcadi, Kamcagara, Kamcagaravasara, Kamcagarike, Kamcagarti, Kamcalavale, Kamcalige, Kamcalu, Kancaccam, Kancaka, Kancalla, Kancam, Kancamba, Kancan, Kancana, Kancanabhusha, Kancanabimba, Kancanabubbula, Kancanadi, Kancanagairika.

Full-text (+32): Kac, Kancuka, Kancukiya, Kanculika, Kancaniya, Kancananga, Kancanabha, Kancanapuri, Kancanasamnibha, Kancanacarya, Kancanadri, Kancanaruci, Kancaneshudhi, Kancanaka, Kancanara, Kancanacala, Kancanaraka, Kancanala, Kancanagairika, Kancanabhusha.

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Tilakamanjari of Dhanapala (study) (by Shri N. M. Kansara)

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