Kasaghna, Kāsaghna, Kasa-ghna, Kāsāghna: 8 definitions
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Kasaghna means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, biology. 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)
Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)
Source: Shodhganga: Edition translation and critical study of yogasarasamgrahaKāsaghna (कासघ्न) refers to the medicinal plant known as “Cassia occidentalis Linn.” and is dealt with in the 15th-century Yogasārasaṅgraha (Yogasara-saṅgraha) by Vāsudeva: an unpublished Keralite work representing an Ayurvedic compendium of medicinal recipes. The Yogasārasaṃgraha [mentioning kāsaghna] deals with entire recipes in the route of administration, and thus deals with the knowledge of pharmacy (bhaiṣajya-kalpanā) which is a branch of pharmacology (dravyaguṇa).
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)1) Kasaghna in India is the name of a plant defined with Senna occidentalis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Cassia falcata L. (among others).
2) Kasaghna is also identified with Terminalia bellirica It has the synonym Myrobalanus laurinoides (Teijsm. & Binn.) Kuntze (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1995)
· Synopseos Plantarum (1805)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2002)
· Hooker’s Journal of Botany Kew Gard. Misc. (1851)
· De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum (1791)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Kasaghna, for example extract dosage, pregnancy safety, diet and recipes, health benefits, chemical composition, side effects, have a look at these references.
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 dictionaryKāsaghna (कासघ्न) or Kāsāghna (कासाघ्न).—a. removing cough, pectoral.
-ghnaḥ a medical plant (Mar. behaḍā)
-ghnī a sort of prickly nightshade, Solanum Jacquini (Mar. riṃgaṇī).
Kāsaghna is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kāsa and ghna (घ्न). See also (synonyms): kāsahṛt.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKāsaghna (कासघ्न).—mfn.
(-ghnaḥ-ghnī-ghnaṃ) Removing or alleviating cough, pectoral. f. (-ghnī) A short or prickly nightshade: see kaṇṭakārī. E. kāsa catarrh and ghna from han to kill, removing cough.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKāsaghna (कासघ्न):—[=kāsa-ghna] [from kāsa > kās] mf(ī)n. removing or alleviating cough, pectoral, [Suśruta]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKāsaghna (कासघ्न):—[kāsa-ghna] (ghnaḥ-ghnā-ghnaṃ) a. Removing ka or allaying pectoral cough. (ghnī) 3. f. A prickly nightshade.
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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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