Kshudramlika, Kṣudrāmlikā, Kshudra-amlika: 4 definitions

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Kshudramlika 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 Kṣudrāmlikā can be transliterated into English as Ksudramlika or Kshudramlika, 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

Kṣudrāmlikā (क्षुद्राम्लिका) is the Sanskrit name for a medicinal plant identified with Oxalis corniculata Linn. or “creeping woodsorrel” from the Oxalidaceae or “wood sorrel” family of flowering plants, according to verse 5.100-102 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. Kṣudrāmlikā is commonly known in Hindi as Cāṅgerī, Coupatiā (caupatiyā) or Tinpatiā (tinapatiyā); in Bengali as Amurul; in Marathi as Ambutī; in Kannada as Pullampurachī; in Telugu as Pulicintā; and in Tamil as Puliaraī.

Kṣudrāmlikā is mentioned as having fourteen synonyms: Cāṅgerī, Cukrāhvā, Cukrikā, Loṇāmlā, Catuṣparṇī, Loṇā, Loḍā, Amlapatrikā, Ambaṣṭhā, Amlavatī, Amlā, Dantaśaṭhā, Śastrāṅgā and Amlapatrī.

Properties and characteristics: “Kṣudrāmlikā has amla (sour) taste, hot (uṣṇa) vīrya and increases appetite and digestion. It is useful in chronic colitis or sprue and piles. It is anti-kapha”.

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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

Kṣudrāmlikā (क्षुद्राम्लिका):—[from kṣudra > kṣud] f. = kṣudra-pattrā, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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Kshudramlika in German

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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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