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Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Yavatiktā (यवतिक्ता) is the Sanskrit name for a medicinal plant identified with Andrographis paniculata (creat or green chireta) from the Acanthaceae or “acanthus family” of flowering plants, according to verse 3.76-78 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. Yavatiktā is commonly known in Hindi and Bangali as Kālmegha; in Gujarati as Kariyaṭṭū; and in Marathi as Olikiryātā.

Yavatiktā is mentioned as having sixteen synonyms: Mahātiktā, Dṛḍhapādā, Visarpiṇī, Nākulī, Netramīlā, Śaṅkhinī, Patrataṇḍulī, Taṇḍulī, Akṣapīḍā, Sūkṣmapuṣpī, Yaśasvinī, Māheśvarī, Tiktayavā, Yāvī and Tiktā.

Properties and characteristics: “Yavatiktā is bitter (tikta) and amla in rasa. It is digestive stimulent and appetizer and used in the worm infestations and leprosy and allied skin diseases. It is an antidote to poisons. It removes āma-doṣa and is laxative”.

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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

Yavatikta [यवतिक्ता] in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Andrographis paniculata (Burm. fil.) Nees from the Acanthaceae (Acanthus) family having the following synonyms: Justicia paniculata . For the possible medicinal usage of yavatikta, 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.

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

Yavatikta in India is the name of a plant defined with Andrographis paniculata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Justicia paniculata N.L. Burman (among others).

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

· Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany (1996)
· Ethnobotanical Leaflets (2008)
· Flora Indica (1768)
· Plantae Asiaticae Rariores (Wallich) (1832)
· Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica (1775)
· Contributions from the United States National Herbarium (1895)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Yavatikta, for example side effects, diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, chemical composition, 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

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Yavatiktā (यवतिक्ता).—Name of a plant (śaṅkhinī).

Yavatiktā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms yava and tiktā (तिक्ता).

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

Yavatiktā (यवतिक्ता):—[=yava-tiktā] [from yava] f. a species of plant, [Suśruta; Caraka]

[Sanskrit to German]

Yavatikta 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: Yava, Tikta.

Full-text (+9): Sukshmapushpi, Akshapida, Trikula, Mahatikta, Tanduli, Yashasvini, Tiktaphala, Dridhapada, Sthulapushpi, Nakuli, Tikta, Yuvati, Netramina, Pattratanduli, Yashasvin, Yavi, Visarpini, Maheshvari, Shankhini, Netramila.

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Search found 2 books and stories containing Yavatikta, Yavatiktā, Yava-tikta, Yava-tiktā; (plurals include: Yavatiktas, Yavatiktās, tiktas, tiktās). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

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

Chapter 11 - The Pharmaceutics of the Soap-pod and Clenolepis < [Kalpasthana (Kalpa Sthana) — Section on Pharmaceutics]

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The Garuda Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)

Chapter CCXXVII - Different names of the Ayurvedic Drugs < [Dhanvantari Samhita]

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