Alternative spellings of this word include Raktasankocha.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Raktasaṅkoca (सङ्कोच) is another name (synonym) for Kusumbha, which is the Sanskrit word for Carthamus tinctorius (safflower), a plant from the Asteraceae family. This synonym was identified by Narahari in his 13th-century Rājanighaṇṭu, which is an Ayurvedic medicinal thesaurus. Certain plant parts of Kalamba are eaten as a vegetable (śāka).

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Raktasaṅkoca (रक्तसङ्कोच).—n.

(-caṃ) Safflower. E. rakta red, (a dye,) saṅkoca a contracting.

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

Raktasaṅkoca (रक्तसङ्कोच):—[rakta-saṅkoca] (caṃ) 1. n. Safflower.

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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: Rakta, Samkoca.

Starts with: Raktasankocaka.

Full-text: Kusumbha.

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