The Sanskrit terms Kaṣṭakāri and Kaṣṭakārī can be transliterated into English as Kastakari or Kashtakari, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)

Source: Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts: Volume 1 (1871) (ay)

Kaṣṭakāri (कष्टकारि) or Kaṣṭakārighṛta refers to one of the topics discussed in the Madhumatī, a Sanskrit manuscript ascribed to Nṛsiṃha Kavirāja collected in volume 12 of the catalogue “Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (second series)” by Mahamahopadhyaya Haraprasad Shastri.—The Madhumatī manuscript, consisting of 5,586 ślokas (metrical verses), is housed in Dhaka with Babu Bhagavancandra Dasa Kaviraja. It seemingly addresses topics related to Medicinal, Herbal, and Iatrochemical preparations. The catalogue includes the term Kaṣṭakāri-ghṛta in its ‘subject-matter list’ or Viṣaya (which lists topics, chapters and technical terms). The complete entry reads—kaṣṭakārighṛtavidhānam.

context information

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.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

kaṣṭakarī (कष्टकरी).—m A laborer; one employed in coarse and toilsome work.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

kaṣṭakarī (कष्टकरी).—m A labourer.

context information

Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kaṣṭakāri (ಕಷ್ಟಕಾರಿ):—[noun] a person who inflicts grief, distress, pain to another or others.

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Kaṣṭakārī (कष्टकारी):—adj. causing difficulty; suffering;

context information

Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Kashta, Karin, Kaari.

Starts with: Kashtakarighrita.

Full-text: Kashtakarighrita, Kashtaprada, Kashtadayi, Kshtprad, Kshtdaayi, Kshtakaari.

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