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Ayurveda (science of life)

Cikitsa (natural therapy and treatment for medical conditions)

Source: Ancient Science of Life: Botanical identification of plants described in Mādhava Cikitsā

Kuṇṭha (कुण्ठ) or Kuṣṭha refers to the medicinal plant Saussurea lappa C.B.Cl., and is used in the treatment of atisāra (diarrhoea), according to the 7th century Mādhavacikitsā chapter 2. Atisāra refers to a condition where there are three or more loose or liquid stools (bowel movements) per day or more stool than normal.  The second chapter of the Mādhavacikitsā explains several preparations [including Kuṇṭha] through 60 Sanskrit verses about treating this problem.

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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.

Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira

Kuṇṭha (कुण्ठ) refers to “blunt” (luminous horns of an eclipse), according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 5), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “What eclipses [i.e., āvaraṇa] the moon is bigger than the moon; what eclipses the sun is smaller than the sun. Hence in semi-lunar and semi-solar eclipses, the luminous horns are respectively blunt [i.e., kuṇṭha] and sharp. [...] It is wrong to say that there can be no eclipse unless five planets are in conjunction and it is equally wrong to suppose that on the previous Aṣṭamī (eighth lunar) day, the coming eclipse and its properties can be ascertained by examining the appearance of a drop of oil on the surface of water”.

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Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Kuntha in Tibet is the name of a plant defined with Desmostachya bipinnata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Cynosurus durus Forssk., nom. illeg., non Cynosurus durus L. (among others).

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

· Verhandlungen des Botanischen Vereins für die Provinz Brandenburg und die angrenzenden Länder (1907)
· Lexicon Generum Phanerogamarum (1903)
· Species Plantarum, Editio Secunda (1762)
· Flora Capensis (1900)
· Flora Palaestina (1756)
· Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas (1895)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Kuntha, for example pregnancy safety, diet and recipes, chemical composition, side effects, extract dosage, health benefits, 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

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

kuṇṭha : (adj.) blunt.

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kuntha : (m.) a sort of ant.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Kuṇṭha, (cp. kuṇa and kuṇḍa) 1. bent, lame; blunt (of a sword) DhA. I, 311 (°kuddāla); Pug. A. I, 34 (of asi, opp. tikkhina); °tiṇa a kind of grass Vism. 353.—2. a cripple J. II, 117. (Page 220)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kuṇṭha (कुण्ठ).—a.

1) Blunt, dulled; वज्रं तपोवीर्यमहत्सु कुण्ठम् (vajraṃ tapovīryamahatsu kuṇṭham) Kumārasambhava 3.12, has no effect on &c.; कुण्ठत्वमायाति गुणः कवीनां साहित्यविद्याश्रमवर्जितेषु (kuṇṭhatvamāyāti guṇaḥ kavīnāṃ sāhityavidyāśramavarjiteṣu) Vikr.1.14; Śiśupālavadha 12.12; कुण्ठीभवन्त्यु- पलादिषु क्षुराः (kuṇṭhībhavantyu- palādiṣu kṣurāḥ) Ś. B.

2) Dull, foolish, stupid.

3) Indolent, lazy.

4) Weak.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Kuṇṭha (कुण्ठ).—adj. (in Sanskrit only blunt, dull; in Pali also (a) mutilated (person), Jātaka (Pali) ii.117.18, also koṇṭha in same context; compare Sanskrit Dhātup. kuṇṭ-, vikalīkaraṇe; and compare the following items), probably mutilated, maimed (or possibly deformed): Aṣṭasāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā 426.18 (prose) na kāṇo bhavati na kuṇṭho bhavati na kubjo…

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Kuṇṭhā (कुण्ठा).—(to kuṇṭha, q.v.), name of a rākṣasī: Mahā-Māyūrī 240.6.

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

Kuṇṭha (कुण्ठ).—mfn.

(-ṇṭhaḥ-ṇṭhā-ṇṭhaṃ) 1. Indolent, lazy, slow. 2. Stupid, foolish, a fool E. kuṭhi to be slothful, &c. affix ac.

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

Kuṇṭha (कुण्ठ).—[kuṇṭh + a], adj. Blunt, [Rāmāyaṇa] 3, 32, 16.

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

Kuṇṭha (कुण्ठ).—[adjective] blunt, dull; [abstract] tā [feminine], tva [neuter]

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

1) Kuṇṭha (कुण्ठ):—[from kuṇṭh] mfn. ([gana] kaḍārādi) blunt, dull, [Mahābhārata i, 1178; Rāmāyaṇa etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] stupid, indolent, lazy, foolish.

3) Kuntha (कुन्थ):—[from kunth] See bāhu-k.

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

Kuṇṭha (कुण्ठ):—[(ṇṭhaḥ-ṇṭhā-ṇṭhaṃ) a.] Idle, stupid.

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

Kuṇṭha (कुण्ठ) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Kuṃṭha.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kuntha 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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Kuntha in Hindi refers in English to:—(nf) frustration; comlex; ~[grasta] frustrated, obsessed by frustration; complexed..—kuntha (कुंठा) is alternatively transliterated as Kuṃṭhā.

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Prakrit-English dictionary

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

Kuṃṭha (कुंठ) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Kuṇṭha.

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Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kuṃṭha (ಕುಂಠ):—[adjective] = ಕುಂಠಿತ [kumthita].

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Kuṃṭha (ಕುಂಠ):—[noun] a very sluggish man; a man who is not active.

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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.

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Starts with (+36): Kumthabhava, Kumthani, Kumthanitana, Kunta, Kuntakam, Kuntakan, Kuntakkam, Kuntalam, Kuntalampavai, Kuntalar, Kuntalarru, Kuntalaruku, Kuntali, Kuntalikkam, Kuntalkol, Kuntaltotu, Kuntam, Kuntamam, Kuntan, Kuntanai.

Ends with: Akuntha, Asikuntha, Avikuntha, Bahukuntha, Bhuvaikuntha, Cavarkkunta, Kalakuntha, Kasakuntha, Kunta, Mukuntha, Nikuntha, Nityavaikuntha, Shrivaikuntha, Shveta-kuntha, Tuppakkikkunta, Vaikuntha, Vekumtha, Vikuntha.

Full-text (+22): Bahukuntha, Kalakuntha, Kasakuntha, Shveta-kuntha, Kunthata, Kunthadhi, Kaunthya, Kunthamanas, Akuntha, Kunthaka, Kuntani, Krunth, Akunthadhishnya, Kunthatva, Kuntharava, Vikuntha, Kunth, Kipillika, Kumtha, Akunthita.

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