Kharaskandha: 5 definitions
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Kharaskandha 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.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Kharaskandha in India is the name of a plant defined with Buchanania lanzan in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Buchanania latifolia Roxb..
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1990)
· J. Sci. Food Agric. (1977)
· Journal of Tree Sciences (1984)
· Quarterly Journal of the Mythic Society (1963)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2000)
· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta’ (1814)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Kharaskandha, for example pregnancy safety, health benefits, chemical composition, side effects, diet and recipes, extract dosage, 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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryKharaskandha (खरस्कन्ध).—name of an asura: Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 5.3; Suvarṇabhāsottamasūtra 162.13. Tibetan on Saddharmapuṇḍarīka reads phrag rtsub, rough shoulder, proving this reading as against Burnouf's (and v.l. of KN) Sura-sk°.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kharaskandha (खरस्कन्ध):—[=khara-skandha] [from khara] m. ‘having a rough stem’, Buchanania latifolia, [Bhāvaprakāśa]
2) [v.s. ...] Name of a demon, [Saddharma-puṇḍarīka]
3) Kharaskandhā (खरस्कन्धा):—[=khara-skandhā] [from khara-skandha > khara] f. Phoenix sylvestris, [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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