The Sanskrit terms Sukāṣṭha and Sukāṣṭhā can be transliterated into English as Sukastha or Sukashtha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Sukāṣṭhā (सुकाष्ठा) is another name for Kaṭvī, a medicinal plant possibly identified with Picrorhiza kurroa (kutki) from the Plantaginaceae or “plantain” family of flowering plants, according to verse 3.139-140 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The third chapter (guḍūcyādi-varga) of this book contains climbers and creepers (vīrudh). Vaidyaka Śabda Sindhu identifies Kaṭvī with Kaṭukī (Picrorhiza kurroa), which on account of its laxative role does not tally with the Kaṭvī of the Raj Nighantu. Together with the names Sukāṣṭhā and Kaṭvī, there are a total of eight Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Sukāṣṭha (सुकाष्ठ).—fire-wood.

Derivable forms: sukāṣṭham (सुकाष्ठम्).

Sukāṣṭha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms su and kāṣṭha (काष्ठ).

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

1) Sukāṣṭha (सुकाष्ठ):—[=su-kāṣṭha] [from su] mfn. having good wood, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

2) Sukāṣṭhā (सुकाष्ठा):—[=su-kāṣṭhā] [from su-kāṣṭha > su] f. the wild plantain, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] = kaṭvī, [ib.]

4) Sukāṣṭha (सुकाष्ठ):—[=su-kāṣṭha] [from su] n. fire-wood, [Apte’s The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

[Sanskrit to German]

Sukashtha 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.

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Partial matches: Kashtha, Cu, Shu.

Starts with: Sukashthaka.

Full-text: Katvi, Katu.

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