Kshavaka, Kṣavaka: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Kṣavaka can be transliterated into English as Ksavaka or Kshavaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchKṣavaka (क्षवक):—(von kṣava)
1) m. Name verschiedener Pflanzen: Achyranthes aspera (apāmārga); schwarzer Senf (rājikā); = bhūtāṅkuśa [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] n. eine best. Gemüsepflanze [Suśruta 1, 138, 17. 217, 4. 224, 4. 5. 2, 442, 6. 519, 10.] —
2) f. kṣavikā eine Art Solanum (vṛhatībheda und zwar = sarpatanu, pītataṇḍulā, putrapradā, bahuphalā, godhinī) [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] a kind of rice (wohl vṛhatī mit vrīhi verwechselt); a woman [Wilson’s Wörterbuch]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungKṣavaka (क्षवक):——
1) *m. — a) Acyranthes aspera. — b) schwarzer Senf [Rājan 9,155.] — c) = bhūtāṅkuśa (eine best. Pflanze). —
2) *f. kṣavikā — a) eine Art Solanum. — b) ein Reisart. — c) Weib. —
3) n. eine best. Gemüsepflanze.
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Ends with: Rajakshavaka.
Full-text: Rajakshavaka, Bhutankusha, Kshavika, Surasadi, Shirovirecanopaga.
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Sushruta Samhita, Volume 6: Uttara-tantra (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)
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