Raktakesara, Rakta-kesara, Raktakeshara: 5 definitions
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Raktakesara means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botanyRaktakesara (रक्तकेसर) is another name (synonym) for Kampillaka, which is the Sanskrit word for Mallotus philippensis (kamala tree), a plant from the Cleomaceae family. This synonym was identified by Narahari in his 13th-century Rājanighaṇṭu (verse 13.99), which is an Ayurvedic medicinal thesaurus.
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 dictionaryRaktakesara (रक्तकेसर).—the coral tree.
Derivable forms: raktakesaraḥ (रक्तकेसरः).
Raktakesara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms rakta and kesara (केसर).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Raktakesara (रक्तकेसर):—[=rakta-kesara] [from rakta > raj] m. Rottleria Tinctoria, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] the coral-tree, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
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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: Kesara, Rakta.
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Full-text: Kampillaka.
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Amarakoshodghatana of Kshirasvamin (study) (by A. Yamuna Devi)
Journal of Ayurveda and Holistic Medicine
Critical Analysis of Plant Nomenclature in Ayurveda and its Influence on Binomial Nomenclature < [Volume 11, issue 3 (2023)]
Studies in Indian Literary History (by P. K. God)
23a. Indu’s commentary on the Ashtanga-samgraha of Vagbhata I < [Volume 1 (1945)]
World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research
Pharmacognostic, phytochemical, and pharmacological review of Nyctanthes. < [2023: Volume 12, July issue 11]