Biology (plants and animals)

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

Utkantaka in India is the name of a plant defined with Echinops echinatus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices.

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

· Hortus Bengalensis (1814)
· Bot. Journal of the Linnean Society (2000)
· Taxon (1977)
· Ethnobotany (2004)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Utkantaka, for example chemical composition, extract dosage, pregnancy safety, diet and recipes, side effects, 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: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Utkaṇṭaka (उत्कण्टक):—[(kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) a.] With hair erect; frightful.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Utkaṇṭaka (उत्कण्टक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ukkaṃḍaya.

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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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Ends with: Samutkamtaka.

Full-text: Ukkamdaya.

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