Ardhacandrika, Ardha-candrika, 础谤诲丑补肠补苍诲谤颈办腻: 6 definitions
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Ardhacandrika 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Ardhachandrika.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
: WorldCat: R膩j nigha峁囜弓u础谤诲丑补肠补苍诲谤颈办腻 (啶呧ぐ啷嵿ぇ啶氞え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啶苦啶�) is another name for 碍补谤峁嘺蝉辫丑辞峁�, a medicinal plant possibly identified with Cardiospermum halicacabum (balloon plant) from the Sapindaceae or 鈥渟oapberry鈥� family of flowering plants, according to verse 3.137-138 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or R膩janigha峁囜弓u. The third chapter (驳耻岣嵟玞测腻诲颈-惫补谤驳补) of this book contains climbers and creepers (惫墨谤耻诲丑). 碍补谤峁嘺蝉辫丑辞峁� is not mentioned by Dhanvantari (in his Nigha峁囜弓u); however Chopra identifies it as Cardiospermum halicacabum Linn.; yet, the properties mentioned by chopra do not tally with the text. Together with the names 础谤诲丑补肠补苍诲谤颈办腻 and 碍补谤峁嘺蝉辫丑辞峁�, there are a total of eight Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
膧yurveda (啶嗋く啷佮ぐ啷嵿さ啷囙う, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of 膧yurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram础谤诲丑补肠补苍诲谤颈办腻 (啶呧ぐ啷嵿ぇ啶氞え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啶苦啶�) refers to 鈥渟he who is adorned with the half-moon鈥�, according to the Manth膩nabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjik膩.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淐andrama峁単aly膩 (J帽膩nama峁単al膩) is in the south-west. She sits on an owl. She has one face and three eyes. She has matted hair, which is (adorned with a) Half Moon [i.e., 箩补峁乯奴峁璦-补谤诲丑补肠补苍诲谤颈办腻]. She holds a pestle and trident in her left and right hands, respectively. She wears a garment of human skin and she resounds with the sound of (her) anklets. When the goddess is worshipped in the south-west she consumes inauspicious accidents鈥�.
Shakta (啶多ぞ啶曕啶�, 艣膩kta) or Shaktism (艣膩ktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary础谤诲丑补肠补苍诲谤颈办腻 (啶呧ぐ啷嵿ぇ啶氞え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啶苦啶�).鈥擭ame of a climbing plant. (Mar. 迟颈岣穉惫补峁嘺).
础谤诲丑补肠补苍诲谤颈办腻 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ardha and 肠补苍诲谤颈办腻 (啶氞え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啶苦啶�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum膧谤诲丑补肠补苍诲谤颈办腻 (啶嗋ぐ啷嵿ぇ啶氞え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啶苦啶�) as mentioned in Aufrecht鈥檚 Catalogus Catalogorum:鈥擺dharma] by Vaidyan膩tha. Proceed. Asb. 1869, 140.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary础谤诲丑补肠补苍诲谤颈办腻 (啶呧ぐ啷嵿ぇ啶氞え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啶苦啶�):鈥擺=ardha-肠补苍诲谤颈办腻] [from ardha-candraka] f. Name of a climbing plant (Gynandropsis Pentaphylla or Convolvulus Torpethum; See 补谤诲丑补肠补苍诲谤腻 above).
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Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), 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.
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Partial matches: Ardha, Candrika.
Full-text: Karnasphota, Vaidyanatha, Candraka.
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