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Source: Wisdom Library: Rasa-śāstra

Khoṭakā (खोटका):—One of the sixty-eight Siddhauṣadhi, as per Rasaśāstra texts (rasa literature). These drugs give siddhi (success) in mercurial operations. Even so, they are more powerful than rasa (mercury) itself. These may perform all the kāryas (‘effects’) and grant dehasiddhi (‘perfection of body’) and lohasiddhi (‘transmutation of base metals’) both.

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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.

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

Khoṭaka (खोटक).—(see also kṣoḍaka), khoḍaka, (kholaka ?), m. (or nt.; perhaps compare AMg. khoḍa, log of wood ? [Jaina Māhārāṣṭrī] khoḍī, box ? or Deśī khoḍa(ga), peg, nail?), some part or append- age of a wall or rampart; according to [Boehtlingk] 7.336 coping of a wall, a meaning said to be that of Sanskrit Lex. khoḍaka-śīrṣaka; in Mahāvyutpatti 5529 text erroneously koḍhakaḥ, but vv.ll. khoṭ°, khoḍ°, one of which must be read; Mironov khoṭakaḥ, v.l. khoḍh°; Tibetan lcog, turret, or śiṅ thags skabs daṅ sbyar; the last three words seem to mean fit for, adapted to ([Tibetan-English Dictionary], s.v. skabs), and siṅ thags = wooden enclosure; this [compound] is used for khoṭaka Lalitavistara 193.6 in Tibetan; khoṭaka occurs: Lalitavistara 193.6 (verse) parikhā-khoṭaka-toraṇāś ca mahatā prākāra ucchrāpitā; Mahāvastu ii.193.14, read, aṭṭāla-khoṭaka-racite dṛḍha-prākāra-toraṇe (see Senart's note on iii.19.17, p 468); Gaṇḍavyūha 162.20 (mahānagaraṃ…aneka-)-ratna-kho- ṭaka-pratimaṇḍitaṃ, 21 sarve ca te ratnakhoṭakā…; 167.17 ratna-khoṭakāni; 202.26 sarva-ratna-khoṭaka-racita- prākāraṃ; khoḍaka, in Mahāvastu ii.484.16 = iii.19.17 (verse) ete udviddha- (ii.484.16 mss. oviddha)-prākārā aṭṭāṭṭālaka- khoḍakā (in iii.19.17 Senart °kholakā with 1 ms., the other quoted as °ṣodakā, doubtless misprint for °ṣoḍakā = °kho°); Divyāvadāna 220.21, read (teṣu prākāreṣu caturvidhāḥ) khoḍakā (mss. ṣo°) māpitāḥ; Aṣṭasāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā 486.1 (teṣāṃ…prākā- rāṇāṃ)…suvarṇasya khoḍaka-śīrṣāṇi (compare the Sanskrit Lex. [compound] cited above) pramāṇavanty upodgatāni.For another case see kṣoḍaka.

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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: Khotakari.

Ends with: Shakhotaka.

Full-text: Kodhaka, Kholaka, Khodaka, Kshodaka, Siddhaushadhi.

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