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Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Tiktatuṇḍī (तिक्ततुण्डी) is the Sanskrit name for a medicinal plant identified with Coccinia indica (ivy gourd ) from the Cucurbitaceae or “gourd family” of flowering plants, according to verse 3.64-65 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. Tiktatuṇḍī is commonly known in Hindi as Kundarū; in Marathi as Tondalen; in Gujarati as Tindoran or Gholan-Ghote; in Bengali as Telakuchā; in Telugu as Dendakāyā; and in Tamil as Kovaikaī.

Tiktatuṇḍī is mentioned as having six synonyms: Tiktā, Kaṭukā, Kaṭutuṇḍikā, Bimbī and Kaṭutuṇḍī.

Properties and characteristics: “Tiktatuṇḍī is pungent (kaṭu) and bitter (tikta) in rasa. It is anti-kapha-doṣa, anti-emetic and antidote to poisons. It quells loss of appetite, and rakta and pitta-doṣas. It is always wholesome i.e. beneficial to health and is an appetizer (rocanī)”.

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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)

Tiktatundi in India is the name of a plant defined with Coccinia grandis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Physedra gracilis A. Chev. (among others).

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

· Cytologia (1991)
· Taxon (1980)
· Hortus Suburbanus Calcuttensis (1845)
· Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique (1866)
· Cytologia (1983)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1992)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Tiktatundi, for example extract dosage, side effects, chemical composition, diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, 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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Tiktatuṇḍī (तिक्ततुण्डी):—[=tikta-tuṇḍī] [from tikta > tij] f. = katu-t, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Tiktatundi 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Tikta, Tundi.

Full-text: Katutundika, Tiktakhya, Katutundi, Bimbi, Tunda, Kundaru, Tindoran, Telakucha, Gholan-Ghote, Dendakaya, Tondalen, Kovaikai, Katuka, Tikta.

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