Shakanga, Śākāṅga, Shaka-anga: 6 definitions
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Shakanga means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Śākāṅga can be transliterated into English as Sakanga or Shakanga, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
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Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭuŚākāṅga (शाकाङ्ग) is another name for Marica, a medicinal plant identified with Piper nigrum Linn. or “black pepper” from the Piperaceae or “pepper” family of flowering plants, according to verse 6.30-32 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu.—The sixth chapter (pippalyādi-varga) of this book enumerates ninety-five varieties of plants obtained from the market (paṇyauṣadhi). Together with the names Śākāṅga and Marica, there are a total of seventeen 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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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryŚākāṅga (शाकाङ्ग).—pepper.
Derivable forms: śākāṅgam (शाकाङ्गम्).
Śākāṅga is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śāka and aṅga (अङ्ग).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚākāṅga (शाकाङ्ग).—n.
(-ṅgaṃ) Pepper. E. śāka a potherb, and aṅga a part.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚākāṅga (शाकाङ्ग):—[from śāka] n. pepper, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚākāṅga (शाकाङ्ग):—[śākā+ṅga] (ṅgaṃ) 1. n. Pepper.
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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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Full-text: Marica.
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