Vakuci, Vākucī: 9 definitions
Introduction:
Vakuci means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, biology, Tamil. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Alternative spellings of this word include Vakuchi.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭuVākucī (वाकुची) is the Sanskrit name for a medicinal plant identified with Psoralea corylifolia Linn. (“Babchi”) from the Fabaceae or “legume” family of flowering plants, according to verse 4.62-65 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. Vākucī is commonly known in Hindi as Bākucī or Bābcī; in Bengali as Hakucā or Somrāj; in Marathi as Bābacī; in Gujarati as Bāvcī; in Telugu as Bāpungā; and in Tamil as Karporgam.
Vākucī is mentioned as having twenty synonyms: Somarājī, Somavallī, Suvallikā, Sitā, Sitāvarī, Candralekhā, Cāndrī, Suprabhā, Kuṣṭhahantrī, Kāmbojī, Pratigandhā, Valgujā, Candrābhidhā, Rājī, Kālmāṣī, Aindavī, Kuṣṭhadoṣāpahā, Kāntidā, Avalgujā and Candraprabhā.
Properties and characteristics: “Vākucī is pungent, bitter and hot. Relieves vitiated kapha, leprosy and allied skin diseases and worms. It cures skin diseases, poisoning, pruritis [pruritus?] and itching”.
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: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and DrugsVakuci in the Oriya language is the name of a plant identified with Baccharoides anthelmintica from the Asteraceae (Sunflower) family having the following synonyms: Conyza anthelmintica, Vernonia anthelmintica. For the possible medicinal usage of vakuci, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.
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 dictionaryVākucī (वाकुची).—Vernonia Anthelmintica (Mar. bāvacī).
See also (synonyms): vāgujī.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVākucī (वाकुची).—f. (-cī) A plant, (Serratula anthelmintica.) E. vā wind, and kuc to contract, ka aff., form irr.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVākucī (वाकुची):—f. Vernonia Anthelmintica, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryVākucī (वाकुची):—(cī) 3. f. A plant (Serratula anthelmintica).
[Sanskrit to German]
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 corpusVākuci (ವಾಕುಚಿ):—
1) [noun] the plant Centrantherum anthelmenticum ( = Vernonia anthelmentica) of Asteraceae family.
2) [noun] its seed; worm seed; wild cumin.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Tamil dictionary
Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconVākuci (வாகுசி) noun < vākucī. Scurfy pea. See கார்போகி. [karpogi.] (நாமதீபநிகண்டு [namathipanigandu] 315.)
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Vakucika.
Full-text (+17): Vaguji, Vakushi, Kantida, Vagumji, Vagushu, Candraprabha, Candralekha, Vanaci, Putigandhika, Kushthahantar, Raji, Avalguja, Somaraji, Candrabhidha, Suprabha, Pratigandha, Valguja, Kalmashi, Kushthahantri, Aindavi.
Relevant text
Search found 3 books and stories containing Vakuci, Vaagusi, Vaguchi, Vagusi, Vākucī, Vākuci, Vakusi; (plurals include: Vakucis, Vaagusis, Vaguchis, Vagusis, Vākucīs, Vākucis, Vakusis). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
The Garuda Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter CXCVII - Preparations of medicinal oils and Ghritas < [Dhanvantari Samhita]
The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
Chapter 286 - Collection of medical recipes (kalpa-sāgara)
Chapter 283 - The remedial herbs for all the diseases
Chapter 363 - The words denoting earth, city, forest and herbs
Sushruta Samhita, volume 4: Cikitsasthana (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)