Shyamakanda, Śyāmakāṇḍā, Shyama-kanda: 3 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Śyāmakāṇḍā can be transliterated into English as Syamakanda or Shyamakanda, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śyāmakāṇḍā (श्यामकाण्डा).—a kind of Dūrvā grass.

Śyāmakāṇḍā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śyāma and kāṇḍā (काण्डा). See also (synonyms): śyāmagranthi.

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

1) Śyāmakandā (श्यामकन्दा):—[=śyāma-kandā] [from śyāma] f. Aconitum Ferox, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) Śyāmakāṇḍā (श्यामकाण्डा):—[=śyāma-kāṇḍā] [from śyāma] f. a kind of Dūrvā grass, [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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