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Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Vārttaku (वार्त्तकु) is another name (synonym) for Vārtāka, which is the Sanskrit word for Solanum melongena (eggplant), a plant from the Solanaceae family. Vārtāka is classified as a vegetable (śāka) by Caraka in his Carakasaṃhitā sūtrasthāna (chapter 27), a classical Ayurvedic work.

Vārttāku was identified as a synonym for Vārtāka in the Bhāvaprakāśa, which is a 16th-century medicinal thesaurus authored by Bhāvamiśra.

The Rājanighaṇṭu (7.194-195) identifies Vārttāku as a synonym for Vārttākī, a Sanskrit word for the same Solanum melongena. The Rājanighaṇṭu is an Ayurvedic medicinal thesaurus authored by Narahari.

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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)

Varttaku in India is the name of a plant defined with Solanum melongena in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Solanum melongena var. serpentinum Linnaeus (among others).

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

· Feddes Repertorium (1990)
· Annales de la Société Botanique de Lyon (1889)
· Cytologia (1989)
· Kew Bulletin (1985)
· Histoire Naturelle, Médicale et Économique des Solanum (1813)
· Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress Association (1986)

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

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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Vārttāku (वार्त्ताकु).—m.

(-kuḥ) The egg-plant, (Solanum melongena.) E. vṛt to be, kāku Unadi aff., and the vowel made long by special rule.

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

Vārttāku (वार्त्ताकु):—[from vārtaka] m. idem, [Suśruta]

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

Vārttāku (वार्त्ताकु):—(kuḥ) 2. m. Idem.

[Sanskrit to German]

Varttaku 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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