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Ayurveda (science of life)

Toxicology (Study and Treatment of poison)

Source: Shodhganga: Kasyapa Samhita—Text on Visha Chikitsa

Kārkoṭakī (कार्कोटकी) is the name of an ingredient used in the treatment of rat-poison such as those caused by the Kulacandra-rats, according to the Kāśyapa Saṃhitā: an ancient Sanskrit text from the Pāñcarātra tradition dealing with both Tantra and Viṣacikitsā—an important topic from Āyurveda which deals with the study of Toxicology (Viṣavidyā or Sarpavidyā).—Accordingly, one of the treatments of Kulacandra-rat-bites is mentioned as follows: “(1) Powdered turmeric with rose petals, smeared with gruel, must be applied as paste. (2) Fumigation by burning rose petals and cat’s hair. (3) Powdered root of Lakṣmī and Kārkoṭakī mixed with ghee, banana dipped in ghee must be given to eat”.

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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: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Karkotaki in India is the name of a plant defined with Momordica dioica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Momordica dioica Wall..

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Numer. List (6750)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1966)
· FBI (1879)
· Species Plantarum
· Species Plantarum. (1805)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1996)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Karkotaki, for example health benefits, extract dosage, diet and recipes, side effects, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, have a look at these references.

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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

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

karkōṭakī (कर्कोटकी) [or कर्कोटी, karkōṭī].—f S A kind of gourd, Momordica charantia. Commonly karaṇṭulī.

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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.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Karkoṭakī (कर्कोटकी).—f. (-kī) A plant, a Ghosha with yellow flowers: see ghoṣa.

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

1) Karkoṭakī (कर्कोटकी):—[from karkoṭaka > karkoṭa] f. Name of a plant with yellow flowers, [Bhāvaprakāśa; Caraka]

2) [v.s. ...] Momordica Mixta, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) Karkoṭaki (कर्कोटकि):—[from karkoṭa] m. Name of a Nāga (cf. above), [Bālarāmāyaṇa 225, 5.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Karkoṭakī (कर्कोटकी):—(kī) 3. f. A plant, a Ghosha with yellow flowers.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Karkoṭakī (कर्कोटकी) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Kakkoḍaī.

[Sanskrit to German]

Karkotaki 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Karkōṭaki (ಕರ್ಕೋಟಕಿ):—

1) [noun] the creeper Momordica charantia of Cucurbitaceae family.

2) [noun] its gourd; bitter gourd.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Karkotakimula.

Ends with: Bandhyakarkotaki, Vandhyakarkotaki.

Full-text: Kakkodai, Sarpadamani, Vishakantakini, Bhutahantri, Putrada, Manojna, Vandhyakarkotaki, Karkotaka, Sugandha, Kumari, Divya.

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Charaka Samhita (English translation) (by Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurvedic Society)

Chapter 4 - The Pharmaceutics of the Sponge Gourd (dhamargava-kalpa) < [Kalpasthana (Kalpa Sthana) — Section on Pharmaceutics]

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Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 4: Iatrochemistry (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)

Treatment for fever (69): Sannipata-gajankusha rasa < [Chapter II - Fever (jvara)]

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Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 2: Minerals (uparasa) (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)

Part 2 - Purification of Kankustha (an ore containing tin) < [Chapter XV - Uparasa (16): Kankustha (an ore containing tin)]

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Amarakoshodghatana of Kshirasvamin (study) (by A. Yamuna Devi)

Appendix III - Synonyms of Flora (Vanauṣadhi-varga)

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Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 1: Initiation, Mercury and Laboratory (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)

Part 18 - Mercurial operations (16): Incineration of mercury (bhasmikarana) < [Chapter IV-V - Mercurial operations]

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