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Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Kāntidā (कान्तिदा) is another name for Vākucī, a medicinal plant identified with Psoralea corylifolia Linn. (“Babchi”) from the Fabaceae or “legume” family of flowering plants, according to verse 4.62-65 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fourth chapter (śatāhvādi-varga) of this book enumerates eighty varieties of small plants (pṛthu-kṣupa). Together with the names Kāntidā and Vākucī, 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.

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kāntida (कान्तिद).—a. beautifying, adorning. (-dam) 1 bile.

2) clarified butter.

Kāntida is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kānti and da (द).

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Kāntida (कान्तिद).—a. adorning.

Kāntida is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kānti and da (द). See also (synonyms): kāntidāyaka, kāntidāyin.

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

Kāntida (कान्तिद).—mfn.

(-daḥ-dā-daṃ) Beautifying, illuminating. n.

(-daṃ) Bile, the bilious humour. E. kānti light, splendor, &c. and da what gives.

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

1) Kāntida (कान्तिद):—[=kānti-da] [from kānti > kānta] mfn. giving beauty, beautifying, adorning, [Horace H. Wilson]

2) Kāntidā (कान्तिदा):—[=kānti-dā] [from kānti-da > kānti > kānta] f. the plant Serratula anthelminthica (vākucī), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) Kāntida (कान्तिद):—[=kānti-da] [from kānti > kānta] n. bile, bilious humor, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Kāntida (कान्तिद):—[(daḥ-dā-daṃ) a. Idem.] 1. n. Bile.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kantida 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: Da, Kanti, Ta.

Starts with: Kantidayaka, Kantidayin.

Full-text: Kantidayaka, Kantidayin, Dharoshna, Vakuci.

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