Raktaghna, Rakta-ghna: 6 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Raktaghna (रक्तघ्न).—the Rohitaka tree.

-ghnī the Dūrvā grass.

Derivable forms: raktaghnaḥ (रक्तघ्नः).

Raktaghna is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms rakta and ghna (घ्न).

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

Raktaghna (रक्तघ्न).—m.

(-ghnaḥ) A small tree, (Andersonia rohitaka.) f. (-ghnī) A kind of grass, a variety of the Durba grass. E. rakta blood, ghna removing.

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

Raktaghna (रक्तघ्न):—[=rakta-ghna] [from rakta > raj] m. ‘blood-corrupting’, Andersonia Rohitaka, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Raktaghna (रक्तघ्न):—[rakta-ghna] (ghnaḥ) 1. m. A small tree (Andersonia rohitaka) f. A grass.

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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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