Kurccashirsha, Kūrccaśīrṣa: 2 definitions
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Kurccashirsha 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 Kūrccaśīrṣa can be transliterated into English as Kurccasirsa or Kurccashirsha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Kurchchashirsha.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKūrccaśīrṣa (कूर्च्चशीर्ष).—m.
(-rṣaḥ) A drug, commonly Jivaka, one of the eight principal medicaments. E. kūrcca the beared, &c. and śīrṣa the head; being bearded; or from kūrcca praise, and śīrṣa chief commendable amongst medicines; also with kan added kūrccaśīrṣaka.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKūrccaśīrṣa (कूर्च्चशीर्ष):—[kūrcca-śīrṣa] (rṣaḥ) 1. m. A drug.
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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