Tiktashaka, Tiktaśāka, Tikta-shaka: 9 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Tiktaśāka can be transliterated into English as Tiktasaka or Tiktashaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchTiktaśāka (तिक्तशाक):—(tikta + śāka) m. Name verschiedener Pflanzen:
1) Capparis trifoliata Roxb. [Amarakoṣa 2, 4, 2, 5.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 26.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 4, 15.] [Medinīkoṣa k. 191.] —
2) Acacia Catechu Willd. (s. khadira). —
3) = pattrasundara (fehlt in den Lexx.) [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa]
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Tiktaśāka (तिक्तशाक):—ein wohlriechendes Küchengewächs [Rājataraṅgiṇī 5, 49.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungTiktaśāka (तिक्तशाक):——
1) n. ein bitteres oder wohlriechendes Küchengewächs. —
2) *m. Capparis trifoliata ([Rājan 9,143]), Acacia Catechu und = pattrasundara.
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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Partial matches: Shaka, Tikta.
Full-text: Pattrasundara, Ashmarighna.
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