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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kāṇḍatiktaka (काण्डतिक्तक).—Name of a tree (Mar. kāḍecirāīta).

Derivable forms: kāṇḍatiktakaḥ (काण्डतिक्तकः).

Kāṇḍatiktaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kāṇḍa and tiktaka (तिक्तक). See also (synonyms): kāṇḍatikta.

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

Kāṇḍatiktaka (काण्डतिक्तक).—m.

(-kaḥ) A kind of gentian, (Gentiana cherayta, Rox.) E. kāṇḍa the stem, and tikta sharp, bitter, kan added to this and similar compounds.

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

Kāṇḍatiktaka (काण्डतिक्तक):—[=kāṇḍa-tiktaka] [from kāṇḍa] m. a kind of gentian (Gentiana Chirayita), [Bhāvaprakāśa]

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

Kāṇḍatiktaka (काण्डतिक्तक):—[kāṇḍa-tiktaka] (kaḥ) 1. m. A kind of gentian (Gentiana cherayta).

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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: Tiktaka, Kanda.

Full-text: Kandatikta.

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