Alternative spellings of this word include Rauchanika.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Raucanika (रौचनिक).—a. (-kī f.) Yellowish; बृहतिकामिव रौचनिकीं रुचम् (bṛhatikāmiva raucanikīṃ rucam) Kirātārjunīya 5.45.

-kam The tartar of the teeth.

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

Raucanika (रौचनिक).—mfn.

(-kaḥ-kī-kaṃ) Dyed or coloured with Rochana of a yellowish or orange tint. n.

(-kaṃ) The tartar of the teeth. E. rocanā a pigment, and aṇ or ṭhak aff.

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

Raucanika (रौचनिक).—i. e. rocanā + ika, adj., f. kī, Yellowish, [Kirātārjunīya] 5, 45 (cf. also [Pāṇini, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] 4, 2, 2 Sch.).

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

1) Raucanika (रौचनिक):—mf(ī)n. ([from] rocanā) coloured with or like (the pigment) Rocanā, yellowish, [Kirātārjunīya]

2) n. the tartar of the teeth, [Horace H. Wilson]

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

Raucanika (रौचनिक):—[(kaḥ-kī-kaṃ) a.] Of a yellow or orange colour; dyed yellow. n. The tartar of the teeth.

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Raucanika (ರೌಚನಿಕ):—[adjective] of yellow colour; yellowish.

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Raucanika (ರೌಚನಿಕ):—[noun] the tartar of the theeth.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Full-text: Raucya, Thak.

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Minerals and Metals in Sanskrit literature (by Sulekha Biswas)

4. Minerals and Metals (in the Ashtadhyayi) < [Chapter 4 - Materials and Concepts in Panini’s Ashtadhyayi]

Appendix C - Technical terms mentioned in Panini’s Ashtadhyayi

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Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara (Study) (by Debabrata Barai)

Part 3.10 - Pada-vṛtti and their types < [Chapter 5 - Analyasis and Interpretations of the Kāvyamīmāṃsā]

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