kaṭuka

Dictionary Definitions

[apte] a. 1 Sharp, pungent. --2 Im- petuous, hot. --3 Disagreeable, un- pleasant. --4 Fierce. --5 Harsh. --kaḥ --1 Pungency, acerbity. --2 N. of several plants: --paṭola, sugaṃdhitṛṇa, kuṭaja, arka, rājasarṣapa. --kā N. of several plants: --kaṭurohiṇī, tāṃbūlī, rājikā, ti- ktālābuka. --kī = kaṭurohiṇī. --kaṃ 1 Pungency; (at the end of comp. in a bad sense; as dadhikaṭukaṃ ‘bad curds).’ --2 A compound of ginger, black and...

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a. 1 Sharp, pungent. --2 Im- petuous, hot. --3 Disagreeable, un- pleasant. --4 Fierce. --5 Harsh. --kaḥ --1 Pungency, acerbity. --2 N. of several plants: --paṭola, sugaṃdhitṛṇa,...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

83

Texts Appeared In

12

DCS: pleasing; alluring; inviting; praising

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā 37 44.6%
2. Suśrutasaṃhitā 22 26.5%
3. Rājanighaṇṭu 7 8.4%
4. Ānandakanda 4 4.8%
5. Carakasaṃhitā 3 3.6%

Concordance (Sample)

• Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā surface: kaṭukā

  bhūnimbanimbakaṭukātagarāguruvatsakam

• Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā surface: kaṭukāḥ

  vatsakamūrvābhārgīkaṭukā marīcaṃ ghuṇapriyā ca gaṇḍīram

• Rājanighaṇṭu surface: kaṭukā

  tiktatuṇḍī tu tiktākhyā kaṭukā kaṭutuṇḍikā