Kucandana, Ku-candana, Kucamdana: 14 definitions
Introduction:
Kucandana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi, biology. 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Kuchandana.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)
Kucandana (कुचन्दन) refers to the medicinal plant known as “Pterocarpus sentalinus Linn.” and is dealt with in the 15th-century Yogasārasaṅgraha (Yogasara-saṅgraha) by Vāsudeva: an unpublished Keralite work representing an Ayurvedic compendium of medicinal recipes. The Yogasārasaṃgraha [mentioning kucandana] deals with entire recipes in the route of administration, and thus deals with the knowledge of pharmacy (bhaiṣajya-kalpanā) which is a branch of pharmacology (dravyaguṇa).
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.
Biology (plants and animals)
Kucandana in India is the name of a plant defined with Pterocarpus santalinus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Lingoum santalinum (L.f.) Kuntze (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Supplementum Plantarum Systematis Vegetabilium Editionis Decimae Tertiae (1782)
· Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences (2006)
· Flora de Filipinas (1837)
· Publications of the Bureau of Science Government Laboratories (1904)
· Selectarum Stirpium Americanarum Historia (1763)
· A Numerical List of Dried Specimens (5842)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Kucandana, for example chemical composition, side effects, pregnancy safety, diet and recipes, extract dosage, health benefits, have a look at these references.
This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
kucandana (कुचंदन).—n S Sanders or red sandal wood. Pterocarpus santalinus: also Sapan wood.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Kucandana (कुचन्दन).—Red sandal-wood.
Derivable forms: kucandanam (कुचन्दनम्).
Kucandana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ku and candana (चन्दन).
Kucandana (कुचन्दन).—n.
(-naṃ) 1. Red sanders, (Pterocarpus santolinus.) 2. Sappan or log wood: see patrāṅga. 3. Saffron. 4. A leguminous plant, (Adenanthera pavonina.) E. ku bad, inferior, and candana Sandal.
Kucandana (कुचन्दन).—n. redsanders, Pterocarpus santalinus.
Kucandana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ku and candana (चन्दन).
Kucandana (कुचन्दन).—[masculine] red sanders or saffron.
1) Kucandana (कुचन्दन):—[=ku-candana] [from ku] a n. red sanders (Pterocarpus santalinus), [Suśruta]
2) [v.s. ...] sappan or log-wood (Caesalpina Sappan cf. pattrāṅga), [Horace H. Wilson]
3) [v.s. ...] a leguminous plant (Adenanthera pavonina), [Horace H. Wilson]
4) [v.s. ...] saffron, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) [=ku-candana] [from ku-caṇḍikā] b etc. See, [ib.]
Kucandana (कुचन्दन):—[ku-candana] (naṃ) 1. n. Red sanders; sappan or log wood; saffron.
Kucandana (कुचन्दन):—(1. ku + ca) n.
1) rother Sandel vom Pterocarpus santalinus [Amarakoṣa 2, 6, 3, 34.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 642.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 4, 169.] [Medinīkoṣa Nalopākhyāna 176.] [Suśruta 1, 138, 4. 140, 5. 141, 7. 145, 21. 2, 489, 21.] —
2) Caesalpina Sappan Lin. (patrāṅga, welches auch den rothen Sandel bezeichnet). —
3) Name einer anderen Pflanze [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] Adenanthera pavonina Lin. [Wilson’s Wörterbuch] —
4) Safran [Śabdacandrikā]
Kucandana (कुचन्दन):—n. —
1) rother Sandel von Pterocarpus santalinus. —
2) *Cesalpina Sappan. —
3) *Adeanthera pavonina. —
4) *Safran.
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Kucaṃdana (ಕುಚಂದನ):—
1) [noun] the tree Pterocarpus santalinus of Papilionaceae family.
2) [noun] its wood.
3) [noun] the tree Crocus sativus of Iridaceae family.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Pali-English dictionary
kucandana (ကုစန္ဒန) [(na) (န)]—
[ku+candana．kucchitaṃ gandhahīnattā candanaṃ．thoma．]
[ကု+စန္ဒန။ ကုစ္ဆိတံ ဂန္ဓဟီနတ္တာ စန္ဒနံ။ ထောမ။]
[Pali to Burmese]
kucandana—
(Burmese text): (၁) စန္ဒကူးနီ၊ နံ့သာနီ။ (၂) ဝကပင်။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Sandakooni, Nanta Nyi. (2) Wakapin.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Ku, Candana, Jue.
Starts with: Kucandanah.
Full-text: Kucandanah, Candana.
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Cosmetics, Costumes and Ornaments in Ancient India (by Remadevi. O.)
1.1. Use of Candana (Sandal) < [Chapter 1 - Cosmetics]
Sushruta Samhita, volume 1: Sutrasthana (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)
Kautilya Arthashastra (by R. Shamasastry)
Chapter 11 - Examination of Gems that are to be entered into the Treasury < [Book 2 - The duties of Government Superintendents]
Journal of the European Ayurvedic Society (by Inge Wezler)
Astanga Sangraha, Kalpasthana III: Translation and Notes < [Volume 4 (1995)]