Kangushtha, Kaṅguṣṭha: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Kaṅguṣṭha can be transliterated into English as Kangustha or Kangushtha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKaṅguṣṭha (कङ्गुष्ठ).—A kind of medicinal earth (described as of two colours, one of a silvery and one of a gold colour, or one of a light and one of a dark yellow).
Derivable forms: kaṅguṣṭhaḥ (कङ्गुष्ठः), kaṅguṣṭham (कङ्गुष्ठम्).
See also (synonyms): kaṅkuṣṭha.
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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