Pishacadru, Piśācadru, Pishaca-dru: 7 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Piśācadru can be transliterated into English as Pisacadru or Pishacadru, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Pishachadru.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Piśācadru (पिशाचद्रु) is another name for Śākhoṭa, which is a Sanskrit word referring to Streblus asper (Siamese rough bush), from the Moraceae family. It is classified as a medicinal plant in the system of Āyurveda (science of Indian medicine) and is used throughout literature such as the Suśrutasaṃhita and the Carakasaṃhitā. The synonym was identified in the Rājanighaṇṭu (verse 9.123), which is a 13th century medicinal thesaurus.
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
Piśācadru (पिशाचद्रु).—a kind of tree.
Derivable forms: piśācadruḥ (पिशाचद्रुः).
Piśācadru is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms piśāca and dru (द्रु).
Piśācadru (पिशाचद्रु).—m.
(-druḥ) A tree, (Trophis aspera.) E. piśāca a goblin, and dru a tree; the favourite haunt of these beings.
Piśācadru (पिशाचद्रु):—[=piśāca-dru] [from piśāca > piś] m. Trophis Aspera (the favourite haunt of P°s), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Piśācadru (पिशाचद्रु):—[piśāca-dru] (druḥ) 2. m. A tree haunted by goblins (Trophis aspera).
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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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Partial matches: Pishaca, Dru.
Full-text: Pishacavriksha, Shakhota.
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