Svadukantaka, Svādukaṇṭaka, Svadu-kantaka, Svadukamtaka: 7 definitions
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Biology (plants and animals)
Svadukantaka [स्वादुकण्टक] in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Tribulus terrestris var. bicornutus (Fisch. & C.A. Mey.) Hadidi from the Zygophyllaceae (Caltrop) family having the following synonyms: Tribulus bicornutus, Tribulus hispidus. For the possible medicinal usage of svadukantaka, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.
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
Svādukaṇṭaka (स्वादुकण्टक).—Asteracantha Longifolia (Mar. gokharū).
Derivable forms: svādukaṇṭakaḥ (स्वादुकण्टकः).
Svādukaṇṭaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms svādu and kaṇṭaka (कण्टक). See also (synonyms): svādukaṇṭa.
Svādukaṇṭaka (स्वादुकण्टक).—m.
(-kaḥ) 1. A plant, (Flacourtia sapida.) 2. A sort of creeper, (Tribulus lanuginosus.) E. svādu sweet, and kaṇṭaka a thron.
1) Svādukaṇṭaka (स्वादुकण्टक):—[=svādu-kaṇṭaka] [from svādu > svād] m. idem, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] Flacourtia Sapida, [ib.]
Svādukaṇṭaka (स्वादुकण्टक):—[svādu-kaṇṭaka] (kaḥ) 1. m. A plant, Flacourtia sapida; a creeper.
Svādukaṇṭaka (स्वादुकण्टक):—m. Flacourtia sapida [Amarakoṣa 2, 4, 2, 17.] [Rājanirghaṇṭa 9, 161.] [Ratnamālā 205.] [DHANV. 5, 27.] Asteracantha longifolia Nees. [Amarakoṣa 2, 4, 3, 17.]
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
Svādukaṃṭaka (ಸ್ವಾದುಕಂಟಕ):—
1) [noun] the thorny shrub Flacourtia indica ( = F. sapida, = F. sepiaria) of Flacourtiaceae family.
2) [noun] the plant Tribulus terrestris of Zygophyllaceae family.
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)
Partial matches: Svadu, Kantaka.
Full-text: Svadukanta, Cuvatukantakam, Shringata.
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