Ikshvalika, Ikṣvālika: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Ikṣvālika can be transliterated into English as Iksvalika or Ikshvalika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Source: eJournal of Indian Medicine: Jajjaṭa’s Nirantarapadavyākhyā and Other Commentaries on the CarakasaṃhitāIkṣvālikā (इक्ष्वालिका) (or Ikṣuraka) is a synonym of Ikṣuvālikā: which refers to Asteracantha longifolia Nees., and is the name of a medicinal plant mentioned in the 7th-century Nirantarapadavyākhyā by Jejjaṭa (or Jajjaṭa): one of the earliest extant and, therefore, one of the most important commentaries on the Carakasaṃhitā—(Cf. Glossary of Vegetable Drugs in Bṛhattrayī 42-43, Singh and Chunekar, 1999).—Asteracantha longifolia Nees. is a synonym of Hygrophila auriculata (Schumach.) Heine.—(Cf. The Plant List, A Working List of All Plant Species, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden).
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryIkṣvālika (इक्ष्वालिक).—A kind of reed.
Derivable forms: ikṣvālikaḥ (इक्ष्वालिकः).
See also (synonyms): ikṣvārika.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryIkṣvālika (इक्ष्वालिक).—m.
(-kaḥ) A kind of reed, (Saccharum spontaneum.) f.
(-kā) Another sort, (Saccharum fuscum;) the native pens are made from its stem. E. ikṣu and ālikā for ālī a line; it grows like the sugar-cane.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Ikṣvālika (इक्ष्वालिक):—[from ikṣu] m. (for ikṣu-vālika?), Saccharum Spontaneum
2) Ikṣvālikā (इक्ष्वालिका):—[from ikṣvālika > ikṣu] f. another sort, Saccharum Fuscum (native reed-pens are made from its stem), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryIkṣvālika (इक्ष्वालिक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. A reed. (kā) f. A reed from which pens are made.
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