The Sanskrit term Mahātīkṣṇa can be transliterated into English as Mahatiksna or Mahatikshna, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Mahatikshna in India is the name of a plant defined with Semecarpus anacardium in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Anacardium latifolium Lam. (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.
· Suppl. (1782)
· Chem. Biol. Interact. (2007)
· Chem. Biol. Interact. (2006)
· Taxon (1981)
· Flora de Filipinas (1837)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Mahatikshna, for example pregnancy safety, side effects, health benefits, chemical composition, extract dosage, diet and recipes, have a look at these references.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Mahātīkṣṇa (महातीक्ष्ण).—a. exceedingly sharp or pungent.

-kṣṇā the markingnut plant.

Mahātīkṣṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mahā and tīkṣṇa (तीक्ष्ण).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mahātīkṣṇa (महातीक्ष्ण).—mfn.

(-kṣṇaḥ-kṣṇā-kṣṇaṃ) Very sharp, (as flavour,) or literally, (as a weapon,) or figuratively, (as perception, &c.) f.

(-kṣṇā) The marking-nut plant. E. mahā great or much, tīkṣṇa sharp, acrid, acute.

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

1) Mahātīkṣṇa (महातीक्ष्ण):—[=mahā-tīkṣṇa] [from mahā > mah] mfn. exceedingly sharp (said of weapons, of perception etc.)

2) [v.s. ...] very pungent (said of flavours), [Horace H. Wilson]

3) Mahātīkṣṇā (महातीक्ष्णा):—[=mahā-tīkṣṇā] [from mahā-tīkṣṇa > mahā > mah] f. the marking-nut plant, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mahātīkṣṇa (महातीक्ष्ण):—[mahā-tīkṣṇa] (kṣṇaḥ-kṣṇā-kṣṇaṃ) a. Very sharp. f. The marking-nut plant.

[Sanskrit to German]

Mahatikshna 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Tikshna, Maha.

Full-text: Mahat.

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