Dantakashtha, Danta-kashtha, Dantakāṣṭha, Damtakashtha: 16 definitions

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Dantakashtha has 14 English definitions available.

The Sanskrit term Dantakāṣṭha can be transliterated into English as Dantakastha or Dantakashtha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Dantakāṣṭha (दन्तकाष्ठ):—(da + kā)

1) n. ein Stückchen Holz von bestimmten Bäumen, welches zum Reinigen der Zähne gekaut wird; das Reinigen der Zähne auf diese Weise: varjayeddantakāṣṭhāni varjanīyāni [Mahābhārata 13, 4998.] dantakāṣṭhaṃ tu yaḥ khādedamāvāsyāmabuddhimān [6058.] [Harivaṃśa 7778.] dantakāṣṭhābhakṣaṇa [Vārāhapurāṇa] in [Oxforder Handschriften 59], b, Kap. [128.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 76, 37. 80, 1. fgg.] Vie de [Hiouen-Thsang 123.] [Hiouen-Thsang I, 55. II, 49.] dantakāṣṭhādyakaraṇa [Vārāhapurāṇa] in [Weber’s Verzeichniss 144, 3.] vāgyato dantakāṣṭhaṃ ca nityameva samācaret [Mahābhārata 13, 4996.] —

2) m. Name verschiedener Bäume, deren Holz zum Reinigen der Zähne benutzt wird: Flacourtia sapida Roxb. (vikaṅkata) [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] Asclepias gigantea, Ficus indica (vaṭa), Acacia Catechu Willd., Pongamia glabra Vent., Terminalia alata [NIGH. PR.] — Vgl. dantadhāvana .

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Dantakāṣṭha (दन्तकाष्ठ):—

1) [Weber’s Indische Studien 10, 170.] [Scholiast] zu [LĀṬY. 9, 2, 19.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Dantakāṣṭha (दन्तकाष्ठ):——

1) n. — a) ein Stückchen Holz von bestimmten Bäumen. welches zum Reinigen der Zähne gekaut wird , [Varāhamihira’s Yogayātrā 2,20.] — b) das Reinigen der Zähne auf diese Weise.

2) *m. — a) Flacourtia sapida [Rājan 9,162.] — b) Asclepias gigantea. — c) Ficus indica. — d) Acacia Catechu. — e) Pongamia glabra. — f) Terminalis altata.

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