Monkey tooth: 2 definitions
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Monkey tooth 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)
Agriculture (Krishi) and Vrikshayurveda (study of Plant life)
Source: Asian Agri-History: Drumavichitrikaranam—The Ancient Approach to Plant MutagenesisThe (hollow) Tooth of a Monkey was used as an ingredient for the achievement of Polyploidy (“altering the shape of fruits”), which was one of the technologies known to ancient Indian agriculturists, which presents a safe technology and methodology regarding organic agriculture, according to treatises (such as the Vrikshayurveda). One such technology was to increase the size of fruits and flowers as well as to alter the shape of fruits: The objective here is to obtain the same effects as would be achieved by polyploidy. Once again, the use of uncommon raw materials such as ivory powder, sand, ichor (elephant’s rut), hollow tooth of a monkey or a boar, and a hot needle is prescribed.
Source: Shodhganga: Drumavichitrikarnam—Plant mutagenesis in ancient IndiaMonkey Teeth (in Sanskrit: Kapi-Daṃṣṭra) are used by certain bio-organical recipes for plant mutagenesis, such as turning plants into creepers, according to the Vṛkṣāyurveda by Sūrapāla (1000 CE): an encyclopedic work dealing with the study of trees and the principles of ancient Indian agriculture.—Accordingly, “Musa paradisiaca tree definitely produces fruits as long as the pestle if the hollow tooth of a boar or a monkey (kapi-daṃṣṭra), filled with the ichor is carefully kept in the core of its root”.
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.
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Partial matches: Tooth, Monkey, A.
Full-text: Kapidamshtra, Polyploidy, Hot needle, Shand, Boar tooth, Ivory, Ivory powder, Ichor.
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