Khand, Khaṇḍ: 7 definitions

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Khand means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi, 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.

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Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Khand in India is the name of a plant defined with Saccharum officinarum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Saccharum officinarum var. otaheitense Roem. & Schult. (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Plantae Javanicae Rariores (1848)
· Enumeratio Plantarum Omnium Hucusque Cognitarum (1833)
· Taxon (1989)
· Grasses of Ceylon (1956)
· Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon (1900)
· Flora Indica, or ‘Descriptions of Indian Plants’, ed. 1820 (1820)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Khand, for example diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, health benefits, chemical composition, extract dosage, side effects, have a look at these references.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Khaṇḍ (खण्ड्).—1 P. (khaṇḍayati, khaṇḍita)

1) To break, cut, tear, break to pieces, crush; Bhaṭṭikāvya 15.54; सौहार्दं शकटेन खण्डितम् (sauhārdaṃ śakaṭena khaṇḍitam) Mu.5.18; Śiśupālavadha 7.31,2.24,6.16,12.3.

2) To defeat completely, destroy, dispel; रजनीचरनाथेन खण्डिते तिमिरे निशि (rajanīcaranāthena khaṇḍite timire niśi) H.2.III.

3) To disappoint; frustrate, cross in love; स्त्रीभिः कस्य न खण्डितं भुवि मनः (strībhiḥ kasya na khaṇḍitaṃ bhuvi manaḥ) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1.146.

4) To disturb.

5) To cheat.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Khaṇḍ (खण्ड्).—I. † i. 1, [Ātmanepada.] Ii. i. 10, [Parasmaipada.] (rather a [denominative.] derived from the next), 1. To cut to pieces, [Pañcatantra] 47, 5. 2. To break, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] [distich] 19. 3. To bite, [Pañcatantra] 46, 1. 4. To destroy, [Hitopadeśa] ii. [distich] 107. 5. To cause to cease, to satisfy, [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 5, 281. 6. To trouble, [Rāmāyaṇa] 3, 14, 14. khaṇḍita, Afflicted, [Meghadūta, (ed. Gildemeister.)] 40.

— With the prep. vi vi, 1. To dismember, [Pañcatantra] iv. [distich] 60. 2. To trouble, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 4, 25, 30.

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

Khaṇḍ (खण्ड्):—[class] 1. [Ātmanepada] ṇḍate, to break, divide, destroy, [Dhātupāṭha viii, 31] : [class] 10. [Parasmaipada] khaṇḍayati, to break, tear, break into pieces, crush, cut, divide, [Pañcatantra; Bhaṭṭi-kāvya] ([Aorist] acakhaṇḍat) ;

—to destroy, remove, annihilate, [Rājataraṅgiṇī v, 281; Naiṣadha-carita v, 4];

—to defeat, conquer, [Bhaṭṭi-kāvya xii, 17];

—to refute;

—to interrupt, disturb, [Rāmāyaṇa iii, 14, 14; Kathāsaritsāgara];

—to disregard (an order), [Rājataraṅgiṇī vi, 229; Kathāsaritsāgara cxxiv, 79];—‘to disappoint, deceive, cheat’ See khaṇḍita.

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Khand in German

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

1) Khand in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) a portion, part, fragment, piece, bit; scrap; lump; chunk; section; clause; block; segment; canto; volume; factor; region; division; —[katha] a small narrative/tale; ~[kavya] a long episodic poem (not fulfilling the requirements of an epic), a near-epic poem, epicoid;—[khamda] broken/turned into pieces; fragmented; —[pralaya] partial deluge; —[vakya] a clause..—khand (खंड) is alternatively transliterated as Khaṃḍa.

2) Khand in Hindi refers in English to:—(nf) unrefined sugar..—khand (खांड) is alternatively transliterated as Khāṃḍa.

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