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Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Vitkhadira [विट्खदिर] in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Vachellia farnesiana (L.) Wight & Arn. from the Mimosaceae (Touch-me-not) family having the following synonyms: Acacia acicularis, Acacia farnesiana, Mimosa farnesiana. For the possible medicinal usage of vitkhadira, 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.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Viṭkhadira (विट्खदिर).—Vachellia Farnesiana (Mar. śeṇyā khaira).

Derivable forms: viṭkhadiraḥ (विट्खदिरः).

Viṭkhadira is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms viṣ and khadira (खदिर).

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

Viṭkhadira (विट्खदिर).—m.

(-raḥ) A fetid Mimosa. E. viṭ fæces, khadira Mimosa catechu.

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

Viṭkhadira (विट्खदिर):—[=viṭ-khadira] [from viṭ > viṣ] m. Vachellia Farnesiana, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Viṭkhadira (विट्खदिर):—[viṭ-khadira] (raḥ) 1. m. A fetid mimosa.

[Sanskrit to German]

Vitkhadira 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

Viṭkhadira (ವಿಟ್ಖದಿರ):—[noun] a variety of Catechu tree of Mimosae 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: Vish, Vit, Khadira.

Starts with: Vitkhadirah.

Full-text: Godhaskandha, Asimeda, Marudruma, Irimeda, Arimeda, Kushthari, Ari, Kadara, Vish.

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