Katutiktaka, Kaṭutiktaka, Katu-tiktaka: 7 definitions
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Katutiktaka 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)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭuKaṭutiktaka (कटुतिक्तक) is another name for Śaṇa, a medicinal plant identified with Crotalaria juncea Linn. (“Indian hemp”) from the Fabaceae or “legume” family of flowering plants, according to verse 4.75-76 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 Kaṭutiktaka and Śaṇa, there are a total of eight Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
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)Katutiktaka in India is the name of a plant defined with Lagenaria siceraria in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Cucurbita idolatrica Willd. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d’Histoire Naturelle de Genève (1825)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (1786)
· Species Plantarum
· Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany (1996)
· Species Plantarum. (1805)
· Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden (1968)
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Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKaṭutiktaka (कटुतिक्तक).—
1) the भूनिंब (bhūniṃba) tree.
2) the शण (śaṇa) tree.
Derivable forms: kaṭutiktakaḥ (कटुतिक्तकः).
Kaṭutiktaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kaṭu and tiktaka (तिक्तक).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryKaṭutiktaka (कटुतिक्तक).—m. the name of two plants, Gentiana cerayta Roxb., Cannabis sative, Lin.; ([Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 28, 21, Gorr., Pungent or disagreeable Trichosanthes).
Kaṭutiktaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kaṭu and tiktaka (तिक्तक).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kaṭutiktaka (कटुतिक्तक):—[=kaṭu-tiktaka] [from kaṭu > kaṭ] m. Cannabis Sativa, [Rāmāyaṇa]
2) [v.s. ...] Gentiana Cherayta, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) Kaṭutiktakā (कटुतिक्तका):—[=kaṭu-tiktakā] [from kaṭu-tiktaka > kaṭu > kaṭ] f. a kind of gourd, [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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