Kaphavirodhin, Kapha-virodhin: 5 definitions

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Ayurveda (science of life)

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Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Kaphavirodhin (कफविरोधिन्) [=Kaphavirodhi?] is another name for Marica, a medicinal plant identified with Piper nigrum Linn. or “black pepper” from the Piperaceae or “pepper” family of flowering plants, according to verse 6.30-32 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu.—The sixth chapter (pippalyādi-varga) of this book enumerates ninety-five varieties of plants obtained from the market (paṇyauṣadhi). Together with the names Kaphavirodhi and Marica, there are a total of seventeen Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kaphavirodhin (कफविरोधिन्).—-m. pepper.

Kaphavirodhin is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kapha and virodhin (विरोधिन्).

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

1) Kaphavirodhin (कफविरोधिन्):—[=kapha-virodhin] [from kapha] mfn. obstructing the phlegm

2) [v.s. ...] n. black pepper, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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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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