Alternative spellings of this word include Chuchchuparnika.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Cuccuparṇikā (चुच्चुपर्णिका) is a Sanskrit word referring to various plant species from the Corchorus genus, located in the Malvaceae family. Certain plant parts of Cuccuparṇikā are eaten as a vegetable (śāka), according to Caraka in his Carakasaṃhitā sūtrasthāna (chapter 27), a classical Ayurvedic work. The plant is therefore part of the Śākavarga group of medicinal plants, referring to the “group of vegetables/pot-herbs”. Caraka defined such groups (vargas) based on the dietic value of the 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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Cuccuparṇikā (चुच्चुपर्णिका):—[=cuccu-parṇikā] [from cuccu] f. a kind of vegetable, [i, 27].

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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.

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Partial matches: Parnika, Cuccu.

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