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Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Kharaka (खरक) is another name for Parpaṭa, a medicinal plant identified with various varieties and species, according to verse 5.8-10 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fifth chapter (parpaṭādi-varga) of this book enumerates sixty varieties of smaller plants (kṣudra-kṣupa). Together with the names Kharaka and Parpaṭa, there are a total of eighteen 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.

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

khāraka : (adj.) alkaline. (m.),a fresh bud.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Khāraka, (adj.) (fr. khāra) sharp or dry, said of the buds of the Pāricchattaka A. IV, 117 sq. (Page 236)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

kharakā (खरका).—m Roughness and chappedness of skin (in cold weather): also the roughness, dryness, and scabrousness (of healed eruptions, as of the measles &c.) v uṭha, yē. 2 Painful impression; offended or grieved feeling; a shock (as from an angry scolding &c.) v basa. 3 A blow or loss (in trade): also any injury or damage settling upon crops; as pāvasācā-hiṃvācā-ṭōḷāñcā-undirāñcā-kha0 (pikāvara-dhānyāvara). v basa, hō. 4 An apprehension or a misgiving; a sudden conception of fear or of painful suspicion; a shock. v yē, basa, rāha, also uḍa. 5 Sudden and violent itching. v suṭa, as kharajēcā- dēvīcā-gajakarṇācā kha0: also a violent fit of scratching. v lāva. 6 A rattling drag; a crashing along; noisy and impetuous progress (as of a cart); and fig. rapidity, speed, smartness (of a business). The word is from kharakaṇēṃ q. v. or khara! imitative. kha0 dēṇēṃ To scold vehemently: also to threaten or to warn loudly and forcibly. kha0 māraṇēṃ (hiśēbānta &c.) To make a stroke of dishonesty (in accounts &c.)

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

kharakā (खरका).—m Roughness. Offended feeling. A loss. kharakā māraṇēṃ To make a stroke of dishonesty.

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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.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kharaka (खरक).—a. (a pearl) Having a rough surface; Kau. A.2.11.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Khāraka (खारक).—(m. or nt.; perhaps related to Sanskrit khāra, khārī, a measure of capacity), apparently a (large) number: Gaṇḍavyūha 396.20 lokadhātu-khārakeṣu, in (large numbers of) world-systems. Occurs in a long series of terms, 396.17 ff., all [compound] with lokadhātu and app. denoting large numbers.

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

Kharaka (खरक):—[from khara] m. roaring of water, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Kharaka (खरक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Kharaya.

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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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Starts with (+2): Kharakabana, Kharakala, Kharakana, Kharakanduyana, Kharakanduyita, Kharakanem, Kharakantha, Kharakara, Kharakarakirana, Kharakarmi, Kharakarna, Kharakarni, Kharakasa, Kharakashthika, Kharakata, Kharakatanem, Kharakatavala, Kharakatela, Kharakatem, Kharakavanem.

Ends with: Girishikharaka, Karnakharaka, Khakharaka, Khankharaka, Mukharaka, Shekharaka, Vaikharaka.

Full-text: Karnakharaka, Kharaya, Karnakharaki, Kharakabana, Parpata.

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Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)

Part 8: Further attacks on Vīra < [Chapter IV - Mahāvīra’s second period of more than six years]

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Cosmetics, Costumes and Ornaments in Ancient India (by Remadevi. O.)

1.2. Materials (b): Pearl < [Chapter 3 - Ornaments]

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Matangalila and Hastyayurveda (study) (by Chandrima Das)

Summary of the Hastyāyurveda < [Chapter 1]

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