Kandughna, Kaṇḍughna, Kandu-ghna: 7 definitions

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Kandughna means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

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.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English 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).

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

Kaṇḍūghna (कण्डूघ्न).—m.

(-ghnaḥ) Cassia, (fistula.) E. kaṇḍū and ghna what destroys.

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

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.]

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

Kaṇḍūghna (कण्डूघ्न):—[kaṇḍū-ghna] (ghnaḥ) 1. m. Cassia fistula.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kandughna 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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