kuṣṭha कुष्ठ – leprosy; skin disease
substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified
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AYI dictionary substantive neuter
leprosy; skin disease
Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine
Original text · English · substantive masculine
kúṣṭha ·m. N. of sev. plants (also n.); f. kúṣṭhā point, beak, hind-claw; n. leprosy.
Monier-Williams 1872 Word type unspecified
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kuṣṭha kuṣṭha, as or am, m. or n. (fr. 1. ku and stha?), a sort of medicinal plant (used as a remedy for the disease called takman, q. v.), Costus Speciosus or Arabicus; a sort of poison; leprosy, of which eighteen varieties are enumerated, seven severe and eleven of minor importance; (ā), f. the mouth or open- ing of a basket.
Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified
Original text · German · substantive masculine · substantive neuter
kúṣṭha Uṇ. 2,2. (1. ku + stha) P. 8,3,97. 1〉 m.n. AK. 3,6,4,34. n. nach den übrigen Lexicographen, im Vedam a〉 ein best. heilkräftiges Kraut (gegen die Krankheit takman gebraucht); gilt in den medic. Büchern für Costus speciosus oder arabicus, AK. 2,4,4,14. TRIK. 2,4,28. TRIK. 3,3,106. H. an. 2,105. MED. ṭh. 3. LIA. I, 288. AV. 5,4,1. fgg. AV. 6,102,3. fgg. AV. 19,39,1. fgg. SUŚR. 1,139,8. SUŚR. 1,142,3. SUŚR. 1,166,15. SUŚR. 2,40,13. SUŚR. 2,66,7. SUŚR. 2,297,10. SUŚR. 2,371,3. R. 2,94,23. ein best. vegetabilisches Gift H. 1197. — b〉 Aussatz AK. 2,6,2,5. TRIK. 3,3,106. H. 466. H. an. MED. galatkuṣṭhābhibhūta BHARTṚ. 1,89. Verz. d. B. H. No. 929. Verz. d. B. H. No. 963. Verz. d. B. H. No. 965. Verz. d. B. H. No. 967. Verz. d. B. H. No. 975. Verz. d. B. H. No. 996. Achtzehn Formen aufgezählt SUŚR. 1,267. fgg. WISE 258. — c〉 m. VS. 25,6 so v. a. kakundara nach MAHĪDH.; vgl. aber kuṣṭhikā. — 2〉 f. kuṣṭhā die Schnauze eines Korbes: śūrpakuṣṭhayā sarvāṃ lājānāvapati PĀR. GṚHY. 1,7. — Vgl. kālakuṣṭha.
Original text · German · Word type unspecified
kuṣṭha 1〉a〉 KAUŚ. 35. — b〉 KATHĀS. 64,131. — 2〉 sā jaratī kuṣṭhāśṛṅgī (kuṣṭā˚ die Hdschr.) PAÑCAV. BR. 21,1,7. = kuṣṭavarṇā Schol. — 3〉 f. ā etwa Ecke Schol. zu KĀTY. ŚR. 697,3. — Vgl. mahākuṣṭha.
Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine · substantive neuter
Original text · German · substantive masculine · substantive neuter
kúṣṭha — 1〉 m. n. Costus speciosus oder Costus arabicus. Nach Mat. med. 180. Saussurea auriculata. — 2〉 m. Lendenhöhle VS. 25,6 (nach Comm.; vielleicht aber = kuṣṭhikā). — 3〉 f. kúṣṭhā — a〉 das hervorragende Ende eines Dinges, Schnabel, Spitze. — b〉 = kuṣṭhikā Afterklaue und als solche wohl Bez. eines Zwölftels (kalā, kuṣṭhā, śapha, pad) MAITR. S. 3,7,7. — 4〉 n. — a〉 Aussatz. — b〉 *ein best. vegetabilisches Gift.
Apte 1890 substantive masculine
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kuṣṭhaḥ, -ṣṭhaṃ [Uṇ. 2. 2] 1 Leprosy (of which there are 18 varieties); galatkuṣṭhābhibhūtāya ca Bh. 1. 90. 2 A sort of poison. — ṣṭhā The mouth or opening of a basket. Comp. — ariḥ 1 sulphur. 2 N. of several plants.
Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine
Original text · German · substantive masculine
kúṣṭha m. N. einer Pflanze (auch n.); Lendenhöhle; f. káṣṭhā Spitze, Schnabel; Afterklaue; Aussatz.
Burnouf 1866 substantive neuter
Original text · French · substantive neuter
kuṣṭha kuṣṭha n. (ku; sthā) sorte de poison. Lèpre. Costus speciosus, bot. kuṣṭhaghna m. (han) plante antilépreuse nommée hitāvali. — kuṣṭhaghnī f. solanum indicum, et figuier à feuilles opposées [employées contre la lèpre]. kuṣṭhanāśana m. (naś) moutarde blanche et esp. d'igname, employés contre la lèpre. kuṣṭhanāśinī f. (naś) psoralea corylifolia, bot.
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