The Sanskrit term Tiktaśāka can be transliterated into English as Tiktasaka or Tiktashaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Tikta-shaka in India is the name of a plant defined with Crateva religiosa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Crataeva adansonii DC. (among others).

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

· Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie (1901)
· Journal of Botany, (1874)
· Mat. Med. Hindoostan (1813)
· Beskrivelse af Guineeiske planter (1827)
· Sumatra, zijne Plantenwereld en hare Voortbrengselen (1861)
· Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie (1888)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Tikta-shaka, for example diet and recipes, side effects, health benefits, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, extract dosage, 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

Tiktaśāka (तिक्तशाक).—a bitter (or fragrant) pot-herb (Mar. vāyavarṇā); Rāj. T.5.49.

Derivable forms: tiktaśākam (तिक्तशाकम्).

Tiktaśāka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tikta and śāka (शाक).

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

Tiktaśāka (तिक्तशाक).—m.

(-kaḥ) 1. A plant (Capparis trifoliata:) see varuṇa. 2. A kind of mimosa: see khadira. E. tikta bitter, and śāka an esculent vegetable; also tiktaśākaka.

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

Tiktaśāka (तिक्तशाक).—m. 1. a bitter vegetable, [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 5, 49(?). 2. the name of several plants.

Tiktaśāka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tikta and śāka (शाक).

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

1) Tiktaśāka (तिक्तशाक):—[=tikta-śāka] [from tikta > tij] n. a bitter (or a fragrant) pot-herb, [Rājataraṅgiṇī v, 49]

2) [v.s. ...] m. Capparis trifoliata, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] Acacia Catechu, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) [v.s. ...] = pattra-sundara, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Tiktaśāka (तिक्तशाक):—[tikta-śāka] (kaḥ) 1. m. A plant (Capparis trifoliata).

[Sanskrit to German]

Tiktashaka 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

Tiktaśāka (ತಿಕ್ತಶಾಕ):—[noun] the plant Capparis trifoliata of Capparaceae family.

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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)

Partial matches: Shaka, Tikta.

Full-text: Pattrasundara, Ashmarighna.

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