Ksharadashaka, Kṣāradaśaka, Kshara-dashaka: 2 definitions

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Ksharadashaka means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.

The Sanskrit term Kṣāradaśaka can be transliterated into English as Ksaradasaka or Ksharadashaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Ksharadashaka in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kṣāradaśaka (क्षारदशक).—N.of a collection of ten plants (Mar. śevagā, muḷā, paḷasa, ciṃca, cukā, āleṃ, niṃba, āghāḍā, ūṃsa< kadalī).

Derivable forms: kṣāradaśakam (क्षारदशकम्).

Kṣāradaśaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kṣāra and daśaka (दशक).

context information

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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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Ksharadashaka in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kṣāradaśaka (ಕ್ಷಾರದಶಕ):—[noun] (collectively.) the drum-stick (the fruit of the tree Moringa oleifera), radish (the edible root of Raphanus sativus), the leaf of the tree Butea frondosa, the plant wood sorrel (Oxalis monadelpha), the plant white lead wort (Plumbago zeylanica), the aromatic rhizome of the herb ginger (Zingiber officinale), the leaf of the tree Azardirachta indica, sugar-cane (Saccharum officinarum), the plant Achyranthes aspera, and the potherb Amaranthus paniculatus.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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