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Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Nadīkāntā (नदीकान्ता) is another name for Kākajaṅghā, an unidentified medicinal plant possibly identified with either Peristrophe bicalyculata Nees (Masī) or Leea aequata Linn. syn. Leea hirta Roxb. ex Hornem., according to verse 4.142-143 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 Nadīkāntā and Kākajaṅghā, there are a total of seven Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

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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.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Nadikanta [नदीकान्ता] in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Dicliptera paniculata (Forssk.) I.Darbysh. from the Acanthaceae (Acanthus) family having the following synonyms: Dianthera paniculata, Peristrophe paniculata. For the possible medicinal usage of nadikanta, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.

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

Nadikanta in India is the name of a plant defined with Peristrophe paniculata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Justicia ligulata Lam. (among others).

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

· Flora AegyptiacoArabica (1775)
· Flora Cochinchinensis (1790)
· Plantae Asiaticae Rariores (Wallich) (1832)
· Kew Bulletin (2007)
· Supplementum Plantarum (1752)
· Kew Bulletin (1983)

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

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Nadīkānta (नदीकान्त).—

1) the ocean; नदीनः पर्यन्ते परमपदवीनः प्रभवति (nadīnaḥ paryante paramapadavīnaḥ prabhavati) Karpūrastava.

2) An epithet of Varuṇa; L. D. B.

Derivable forms: nadīkāntaḥ (नदीकान्तः).

Nadīkānta is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nadī and kānta (कान्त). See also (synonyms): nadyīna, nadyīśa.

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Nadīkāntā (नदीकान्ता).—

1) the rose-apple.

2) a shrub.

Nadīkāntā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nadī and kāntā (कान्ता).

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

Nadīkānta (नदीकान्त).—m.

(-ntaḥ) 1. The ocean. 2. A sort of tree, (Barringtonia acutangula:) see hijjala. 3. A small tree, (Vitex negundo.) f.

(-ntā) 1. A creeper. 2. The rose apple, (Eugenia jambu.) 3. A shrub, (Leea hirta.) E. nadī a river, kānta loved.

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

1) Nadīkānta (नदीकान्त):—[=nadī-kānta] [from nadī > nad] m. ‘lover of rivers’, the ocean, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] Vitex Negundo or Barringtonia Acutangula, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) Nadīkāntā (नदीकान्ता):—[=nadī-kāntā] [from nadī-kānta > nadī > nad] f. Eugenia Jambolana or Leea Hirta, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) [v.s. ...] a creeper (= latā), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Nadīkānta (नदीकान्त):—[nadī-kānta] (ntaḥ) 1. m. The ocean; a small tree. f. A creeper; a shrub; the rose-apple (Eugenia jambu).

[Sanskrit to German]

Nadikanta in German

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Partial matches: Kanta, Nadi, Nati.

Full-text: Kakajangha.

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