Raktapamarga, Raktāpāmārga, Rakta-apamarga: 5 definitions

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In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

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Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Raktāpāmārga (रक्तापामार्ग) is a variety of Apāmārga, the Sanskrit name for a medicinal plant identified with Achyranthes aspera Linn. (“prickly chaff-flower”) from the Amaranthaceae or “amaranth” family of flowering plants, according to verse 4.88-93 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu.

Raktāpāmārga is mentioned as having five synonyms: Kṣudrāpāmārga, Āghaṭṭaka, Dugdhanikā, Raktabindu and Alpapatrikā.

Properties and characteristics: “the red-flowered variety of Apāmārga [viz., Raktāpāmārga] is cold in potency and pungent in rasa. It alleviates kapha and vāta. IT is indicated in wounds, pruritus and as an antidote to poisons. It is astringent and causes vomiting”.

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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.

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Biology (plants and animals)

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Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Raktapamarga [ರಕ್ತಪಮರ್ಗ] in the Kannada language is the name of a plant identified with Cyathula prostrata (L.) Blume from the Amaranthaceae (Amaranth) family having the following synonyms: Cyathula repens, Achyranthes prostrata, Achyranthes diffusa. For the possible medicinal usage of raktapamarga, 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.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Raktāpāmārga (रक्तापामार्ग):—[from rakta > raj] m. a red-flowering Achyranthes, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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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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