Biology (plants and animals)

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

Raktakta in India is the name of a plant defined with Pterocarpus santalinus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Lingoum santalinum (L.f.) Kuntze (among others).

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

· Publications of the Bureau of Science Government Laboratories (1904)
· A Numerical List of Dried Specimens (5842)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Pharmaceutical Biology (2007)
· Flora de Filipinas (1837)
· Selectarum Stirpium Americanarum Historia (1763)

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

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Raktākta (रक्ताक्त).—a.

1) dyed red, tinged.

2) smeared with blood.

-ktam red sandal.

Raktākta is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms rakta and akta (अक्त).

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

Raktākta (रक्ताक्त).—mfn.

(-ktaḥ-ktā-ktaṃ) 1. Sprinkled with blood. 2. Dyed red. n.

(-ktaṃ) Red wood, (Pterocarpus santolinus; applied also to the Cæsalpinia sappan.) E. rakta, and ākta sprinkled, spread.

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

1) Raktākta (रक्ताक्त):—[from rakta > raj] mfn. dyed red, [Horace H. Wilson]

2) [v.s. ...] sprinkled or besmeared with blood, [ib.]

3) [v.s. ...] n. red sandal or Caesalpina Sappan, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Raktākta (रक्ताक्त):—[raktā+kta] (ktaṃ) 1. n. Red wood. a. Dyed red; wet with blood.

[Sanskrit to German]

Raktakta 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: Akta, Rakta.

Full-text: Akta.

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