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Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Vallikaṇṭakārikā (वल्लिकण्टकारिका) is another name for Agnidamanī, an unidentified medicinal plant, according to verse 4.59-61 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 Vallikaṇṭakārikā and Agnidamanī, there are a total of ten 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: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Vallikantakarika in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Solanum trilobatum L. from the Solanaceae (Potato) family. For the possible medicinal usage of vallikantakarika, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.

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

Vallikaṇṭakārikā (वल्लिकण्टकारिका):—[=valli-kaṇṭa-kārikā] [from valli > vall] f. Jasminum Jacquini, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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Vallikantakarika 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Valli, Kantakarika, Karika.

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Full-text: Agnidamani.

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Search found 1 books and stories containing Vallikantakarika, Valli-kantakarika, Valli-kaṇṭakārikā, Vallikanta-karika, Vallikaṇṭa-kārikā, Vallikaṇṭakārikā; (plurals include: Vallikantakarikas, kantakarikas, kaṇṭakārikās, karikas, kārikās, Vallikaṇṭakārikās). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

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