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Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Kaṇṭakaprāvṛtā (कण्टकप्रावृता) is another name for Gṛhakanyā, a medicinal plant commonly identified with Aloe vera var. chinensis Baker from the Asphodelaceae family of flowering plants, according to verse 5.47-49 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fifth chapter (parpaṭādi-varga) of this book enumerates sixty varieties of smaller plants (kṣudra-kṣupa). Together with the names Kaṇṭakaprāvṛtā and Gṛhakanyā, there are a total of twenty-one Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

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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.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Kantakapravrita in India is the name of a plant defined with Aloe vera in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Aloe maculata Desf. (among others).

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

· Illustrations of the Botany of the Himalayan Mountains (1839)
· Les Figures des Plantes et Animaux d'Usage en Medecine (1764)
· Histoire Naturelle des Îles Canaries (1848)
· Das Pflanzenreich (1908)
· Encycl. (Lamarck) (1783)
· Species Plantarum (1753)

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

Kaṇṭakaprāvṛṭā (कण्टकप्रावृटा).—Aloe Perfoliata (Mar. koraphaḍa).

Kaṇṭakaprāvṛṭā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kaṇṭaka and prāvṛṭā (प्रावृटा).

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

Kaṇṭakaprāvṛtā (कण्टकप्रावृता):—[=kaṇṭaka-prāvṛtā] [from kaṇṭaka > kaṇṭa] f. Aloe Perfoliata, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Kantakapravrita 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)

Partial matches: Pravrita, Kantaka.

Full-text: Grihakanya.

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