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Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Sinduka (सिन्दुक) is another name for Sinduvāra, a medicinal plant identified with Vitex negundo Linn. (or ‘chaste tree’) from the Lamiaceae or “mint” family of flowering plants, according to verse 4.151-152 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fourth chapter (śatāhvādi-varga) of this book enumerates eighty varieties of small plants (pṛthu-kṣupa). Together with the names Sinduka and Sinduvāra, there are a total of eight Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

Sinduka (सिन्दुक) is also mentioned as a synonym for Nīlanirguṇḍī, the blue variety of Sinduvāra.

Unclassified Ayurveda definitions

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Sinduka (सिन्दुक) is a synonym for Sinduvāra, which is a Sanskrit name for a medicinal plant (either Vitex Negundo or Vitex trifolia). It is a technical term used throughout Ayurvedic literature such as the Caraka-saṃhitā and the Suśruta-saṃhitā. This synonym was identified by Amarasiṃha in his Amarakośa (a Sanskrit botanical thesaurus from the 4^th century).

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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.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

1) Sinduka in India is the name of a plant defined with Justicia gendarussa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Justicia gendarussa J. Macrae ex Nees (among others).

2) Sinduka is also identified with Kandelia candel It has the synonym Kandel rheedii Wight & Arn., nom. illeg. (etc.).

3) Sinduka is also identified with Vitex negundo It has the synonym Vitex agnus-castus var. negundo Kuntze (etc.).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Journal of the Arnold Arboretum (1947)
· Taxon (1982)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (1788)
· Taxon (1980)
· FBI (1885)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Sinduka, for example side effects, chemical composition, extract dosage, pregnancy safety, diet and recipes, health benefits, have a look at these references.

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Sinduka (सिन्दुक).—(= nirguṇḍītaru ?) Name of a tree; दीर्घिकां प्रावृतां पश्य तीरजैः सिन्दुवारकैः (dīrghikāṃ prāvṛtāṃ paśya tīrajaiḥ sinduvārakaiḥ) Bu. Ch.4.49.

Derivable forms: sindukaḥ (सिन्दुकः).

See also (synonyms): sinduvāra, sinduvāraka.

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

Sinduka (सिन्दुक).—m.

(-kaḥ) A small tree, (Vitex negundo.) E. syand to ooze, aff. u, kan added; the semivowel of the root changed to i; also sindhuka .

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

Sinduka (सिन्दुक).— (probably vb. syand), m. A small tree,. Vitex negundo.

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

1) Sinduka (सिन्दुक):—m. (of unknown derivation) = sinduvāra, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) Sindukā (सिन्दुका):—[from sinduka] f. idem, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Sinduka (सिन्दुक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. A small tree, Vitex negundo.

[Sanskrit to German]

Sinduka in German

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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

Siṃduka (ಸಿಂದುಕ):—[verb] = ಸಿಂದುಕೆ [simduke].

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Sindukara.

Ends with: Nilasinduka.

Full-text: Sinduvara, Sinduvaraka.

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