Kandughna, Kaṇḍughna, Kandu-ghna: 7 definitions
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In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Kaṇḍughna (कण्डुघ्न) is the Sanskrit name for a group of medicinal plants, classified as “curing prurites”, and originally composed by Caraka in his Carakasaṃhitā sūtrasthāna IV. The name is derived from the word kaṇḍu, translating to “itching”. It is a technical term used throughout Āyurveda. Examples of plants pertaining to this category include Candana (Red sandal), Nalada (Nardostachys jatamansi), Naktamāla (Galedupa indica), Nimva (Melia azadirachta). The collection of herbs named Kaṇḍughna is one of the fifty Mahākaṣāya.
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.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Kaṇḍughna (कण्डुघ्न).—
1) Name of a plant (Mar. bāhavā).
2) white mustard.
Derivable forms: kaṇḍughnaḥ (कण्डुघ्नः).
Kaṇḍughna is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kaṇḍu and ghna (घ्न).
Kaṇḍūghna (कण्डूघ्न).—m.
(-ghnaḥ) Cassia, (fistula.) E. kaṇḍū and ghna what destroys.
1) Kaṇḍūghna (कण्डूघ्न):—[=kaṇḍū-ghna] [from kaṇḍū > kaṇḍ] m. Cathartocarpus Fistula, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] white mustard, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Kaṇḍūghna (कण्डूघ्न):—[kaṇḍū-ghna] (ghnaḥ) 1. m. Cassia fistula.
Kaṇḍūghna (कण्डूघ्न):—(ka + ghna) m.
1) Cathartocarpus (Cassia) fistula (āragbadha). —
2) weisser Senf (gaurasarṣapa) [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma]
Kaṇḍūghna (कण्डूघ्न):—m. —
1) Cathartocarpus Fistula. —
2) weisser Senf.
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 (+0): Ghna, Kandu.
Full-text (+0): Mahakashaya.
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Effect of Kuberaksha Patra Churna, Vriddhadaru Mula Churna and Kandughna Taila in Shlipada (Manifested filariasis) < [Volume 33 (1); 2012 (Jan-Mar)]
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