Saikateshta, Saikata-ishta, Saikateṣṭa: 5 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Saikateṣṭa can be transliterated into English as Saikatesta or Saikateshta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Saikateṣṭa (सैकतेष्ट) is another name for Ārdraka, a medicinal plant identified with Zingiber officinale Rosc. or “ginger root” from the Zingiberaceae or “ginger” family of flowering plants, according to verse 6. 27-29 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu.—Note: Śuṇṭhi is dried and specially prepared form of Ārdraka by removing the outer scales of the rhizome. The major part of the oil of ginger remains in these scales and is obtained from the Śuṇṭhī/Ārdraka with scales.—The sixth chapter (pippalyādi-varga) of this book enumerates ninety-five varieties of plants obtained from the market (paṇyauṣadhi). Together with the names Saikateṣṭa and Ārdraka, there are a total of sixteen Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
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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Sanskrit dictionary
Saikateṣṭa (सैकतेष्ट).—ginger.
Derivable forms: saikateṣṭam (सैकतेष्टम्).
Saikateṣṭa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms saikata and iṣṭa (इष्ट).
Saikateṣṭa (सैकतेष्ट).—n.
(-ṣṭaṃ) Ginger.
Saikateṣṭa (सैकतेष्ट):—[from saikata] n. ‘liked by sandy soil’, ginger, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Saikateṣṭa (सैकतेष्ट):—(saikata + 1. iṣṭa) n. frischer Ingwer [Rājanirghaṇṭa 6, 27.]
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 (+0): Ishta, Saikata.
Full-text (+0): Ardraka, Shringavera.
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