Kshudrakantakarika, Kṣudrakaṇṭakārikā, Kshudra-kantakarika: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Kṣudrakaṇṭakārikā can be transliterated into English as Ksudrakantakarika or Kshudrakantakarika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭuKṣudrakaṇṭakārikā (क्षुद्रकण्टकारिका) is another name for Agnidamanī, an unidentified medicinal plant, according to verse 4.59-61 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 Kṣudrakaṇṭakārikā and Agnidamanī, there are a total of ten 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.
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Partial matches: Kshudra, Kantakarika.
Full-text: Agnidamani.
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