Alternative spellings of this word include Chikat.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Advances in Zoology and Botany: Ethnomedicinal List of Plants Treating Fever in Ahmednagar District of Maharashtra, India

Cikaṭā in the Marathi language refers to the medicinal herb “Bidens biternata (Lour.) Merr”, and is used for ethnomedicine treatment of Fever in Ahmednagar district, India. The parts used are: “Roots”.

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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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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

cikaṭa (चिकट).—a ( H or from cīka) Gummy, glutinous, viscous, adhesive. 2 fig. Niggardly, tight-grasping, close-fisted. 3 Tough. 4 Tough and enduring--a frame of body; and attrib. a person. 5 Tough in its figurative senses; viz. Persisting, dogged, inflexible, importunate.

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cikaṭā (चिकटा).—m (cikaṭa) Clammy sordes or scurf adhering to the hair or skin: also clamminess of hair: flour adhering to the grinding stone: clamminess of the ground after a slight shower: a clammy ooze from a sore, or of milk from a teat &c. &c. 2 Blight (on corn and the pulses) consisting in a clammy excretion. v paḍa. 3 Birdlime. 4 A particular grass.

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cikāṭa (चिकाट).—m (Commonly cikacikāṭa) Muddiness, muckiness, clammy miriness.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

cikaṭa (चिकट).—a Gummy; tough. Niggardly.

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cikaṭā (चिकटा).—m Clammy sordes adhering to the hair or skin.

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cikāṭa (चिकाट).—m Muddiness.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Cīkaṭa (चीकट) [Also spelled chikat]:—(a) dirty; greasy and dirty; (dirty) residue (of greasy substances).

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Starts with: Cikatabhendi, Cikatai, Cikatam, Cikatamuttiram, Cikatana, Cikatanem, Cikatavana, Cikatavinem, Cikatayisu.

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Full-text: Cikatana, Cikota, Cikatai, Cikatya, Cikatem, Cigata, Chikat, Cavanem, Cikatanem, Akatacikata, Cikatamuttiram, Cikati.

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Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)

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