The Sanskrit term Carmakaṣā can be transliterated into English as Carmakasa or Carmakasha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Charmakasha.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Carmakaṣā (चर्मकषा) is another name for Sātalā, an unidentified medicinal plant (seven possible species identifed), according to verse 4.194-195 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fourth chapter (śatāhvādi-varga) of this book enumerates eighty varieties of small plants (pṛthu-kṣupa). Together with the names Carmakaṣā and Sātalā, there are a total of thirteen Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

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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.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

1) Carmakasa in India is the name of a plant defined with Acacia concinna in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Senegalia rugata Britton & Rose (among others).

2) Carmakasa is also identified with Ehretia laevis It has the synonym Bourreria laevis (Roxb.) G. Don (etc.).

3) Carmakasa is also identified with Soymida febrifuga It has the synonym Soymida febrifuga Juss..

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· A Numerical List of Dried Specimens (5250)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Plants of the Coast of Coromandel (1796)
· The Gardeners Dictionary (1754)
· Mém. Mus. Paris. (1830)
· Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (1935)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Carmakasa, for example pregnancy safety, side effects, chemical composition, diet and recipes, extract dosage, health benefits, have a look at these references.

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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 dictionary

Carmakaṣā (चर्मकषा).—Name of a plant, Mimosa abstergens (Mar. śikekāī).

Carmakaṣā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms carman and kaṣā (कषा).

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

Carmakaśā (चर्मकशा):—[=carma-kaśā] [from carma] (or -kaṣā) f. Name of a plant (Mimosa abstergens, [Bhāvaprakāśa]; a kind of perfume, [ib.]), [Caraka i, 1, 76 [Scholiast or Commentator]] (= saptalā).

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

Carmakaṣā (चर्मकषा):—[carma-kaṣā] (ṣā) 1. f. A plant.

[Sanskrit to German]

Carmakasha 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

Carmakasa (ಚರ್ಮಕಸ):—[noun] a variety of senna plant of Caesalpiniaceae 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: Kasa, Carman, Kaca.

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