The Sanskrit term Tīkṣṇaphala can be transliterated into English as Tiksnaphala or Tikshnaphala, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Tīkṣṇaphala (तीक्ष्णफल) is another name for Rājasarṣapa, which is a Sanskrit word referring to Brassica nigra (black mustard), from the Brassicaceae family. Certain plant parts of Rājasarṣapa are eaten as a vegetable (śāka), according to Caraka in his Carakasaṃhitā sūtrasthāna (chapter 27), a classical Ayurvedic work. The synonym was identified in the Rājanighaṇṭu (verse 16.121), which is a 13^th century medicinal thesaurus.

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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)

Tikshnaphala in India is the name of a plant defined with Zanthoxylum armatum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Zanthoxylum arenosum Reeder & S.Y. Cheo (among others).

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

· Flora Indica (1832)
· Plant Systematics and Evolution (1980)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (1824)
· Abhandlungen der Mathematisch-Physikalischen Classe der Königlich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (1846)
· Plantae Wilsonianae (1914)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1988)

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

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Tīkṣṇaphala (तीक्ष्णफल).—

1) coriander.

2) black mustard,

Derivable forms: tīkṣṇaphalam (तीक्ष्णफलम्).

Tīkṣṇaphala is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tīkṣṇa and phala (फल).

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

Tīkṣṇaphala (तीक्ष्णफल).—m.

(-laḥ) Coriander. E. tīkṣṇa pungent, and phala fruit, bearing pungent seeds.

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

1) Tīkṣṇaphala (तीक्ष्णफल):—[=tīkṣṇa-phala] [from tīkṣṇa] m. ‘pungent-fruited’, coriander, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] black mustard, [Nighaṇṭuprakāśa]

3) [v.s. ...] = tejah-phala, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Tīkṣṇaphala (तीक्ष्णफल):—[tī-kṣṇa-phala] (laḥ) 1. m. Coriander.

[Sanskrit to German]

Tikshnaphala 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: Tikshna, Phala.

Full-text: Rajasarshapa.

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