Kshudraduralabha, Kṣudradurālabhā, Kshudra-duralabha: 4 definitions

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Kshudraduralabha 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 Kṣudradurālabhā can be transliterated into English as Ksudraduralabha or Kshudraduralabha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

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Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Kṣudradurālabhā (क्षुद्रदुरालभा) is the Sanskrit name for an unidentified medicinal plant, according to verse 4.56-58 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu.

Kṣudradurālabhā is mentioned as having eleven synonyms: Marusthā, Marusambhavā, Viśāradā, Ajabhakṣā, Ajādanī, Uṣṭrabhakṣikā, Kaṣāyā, Kaphabhṛt, Grāhiṇī, Karabhapriyā and Karabhādanikā.

Properties and characteristics: “the second or Kṣudradurālabhā is soothing for throat affections and has amla-rasa (sour). It is useful in fever, leprosy and allies skin diseases, asthma, cough and vertigo. It is used for the purification of mercury”.

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Kṣudradurālabhā (क्षुद्रदुरालभा):—[=kṣudra-durālabhā] [from kṣudra > kṣud] f. Name of a thorny plant (much eaten by camels, a variety of Alhagi), [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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