Kroshtukapucchika, Kroṣṭukapucchikā, Kroshtuka-pucchika: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Kroṣṭukapucchikā can be transliterated into English as Krostukapucchika or Kroshtukapucchika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Kroshtukapuchchhika.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu1) Kroṣṭukapucchikā (क्रोष्टुकपुच्छिका) is another name for Pṛśniparṇī, a medicinal plant identified with Uraria picta Desv. from the Fabaceae or “legume” family of flowering plants, according to verse 4.37-39 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 Kroṣṭukapucchikā and Pṛśniparṇī, there are a total of twenty-four Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
2) Kroṣṭukapucchikā (क्रोष्टुकपुच्छिका) is also mentioned as a synonym for Golomikā, an unidentified medicinal plant, according to verse 5.94-95. The fifth chapter (parpaṭādi-varga) of this book enumerates sixty varieties of smaller plants (kṣudra-kṣupa). Together with the names Kroṣṭukapucchikā and Golomikā, there are a total of six 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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKroṣṭukapucchikā (क्रोष्टुकपुच्छिका).—f.
(-kā) A plant, commonly Chaculiya, (Hemionites cordifolia, Rox.) or according to some, Ramvasac, a different plant see kroṣṭuvinnā. E. kroṣṭu a jackall, kan affix, and pucchikā tail; the flower being compared to the tail of the animal.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKroṣṭukapucchikā (क्रोष्टुकपुच्छिका):—[=kroṣṭuka-pucchikā] [from kroṣṭuka > kruś] f. = kroṣṭu-p, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKroṣṭukapucchikā (क्रोष्टुकपुच्छिका):—[kroṣṭuka-pucchikā] (kā) 1. f. A plant, (Hemionites cordifolia).
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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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Partial matches: Kroshtuka, Pucchika.
Full-text: Golomika, Kroshtupucchika, Prishniparni.
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