Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

recaka रेचक – exhalation

adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive masculine
Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

reca°ka ·m. °na n. emission of breath.

Monier-Williams 1872 Word type unspecified

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

Recaka, as, ikā, am, emptying, purging, purga- tive, aperient, cathartic; emptying the lungs, emitting the breath; (as), m. the act of breathing out or exha- lation, expiration or emission of breath, (especially) expelling the breath out of one of the nostrils (in the practice of Yoga); a syringe; N. of various aperient medicines; the purging-nut plant, Croton Jamalgota; nitre, saltpetre; N. of a forester in the Vikramorvaśī; (ās), m. pl., N. of a people; (am), n. a purge, cathartic.

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive masculine

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine

recaka (wie eben) 1〉 adj. a〉 die Brust entleerend. — b〉 den Unterleib entleerend, abführend. — 2〉 m. a〉 das Ausschnaufen (bei Hunden): prāvṛṭkāle 'vagrahe 'mbho 'vagāhya pratyāvṛtto (so ist nach KERN zu lesen) recakaiścāpyabhīkṣṇam VARĀH. BṚH. S. 89,7. im Yoga das Ausstossen des Athems YĀJÑ._bei_KULL._zu_M. 6,70. DHYĀNABINDŪP._in_Ind. St. 2,3. AMṚTAN. UP. Ind. St. ebend. 9,26 (wohl recakaścaiva zu lesen). Ind. St. 9,27. Comm. zu YOGAS. 1,34. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 108,a,1. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 234,b,33. Verz. d. B. H. No. 645. VP. 653, N. 10. BHĀG. P. 3,28,9. BHĀG. P. 4,24,50. BHĀG. P. 7,15,32. PAÑCAR. 3,2,25. fg. VEDĀNTAS. (Allah.) No. 131. SARVADARŚANAS. 174,16. SARVADARŚANAS. 174,18. — b〉 Spritze BHĀG. P. 10,90,9. BHĀG. P. 10,90,10. — c〉 Bez. verschiedener abführender Stoffe: Salpeter TRIK. 2,9,36. Croton Jamalgota Hamilt. und = tilakavṛkṣa RĀJAN._im_ŚKDR. — d〉 pl. N. pr. eines Volkes MBH. 6,2097. ārocaka ed. Bomb. — e〉 N. pr. eines Mannes VIKR. 76,1. fgg. redhaka v. l. — Vgl. vāta˚.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

recaka — 1〉 *Adj. — a〉 die Brust entleerend. — b〉 den Unterleib entleerend, abführend Mat. med. 6. — 2〉 m. — a〉 das Ausschnaufen (bei Hunden). Im Yoga das Ausstossen des Athems. — b〉 Spritze. — c〉 eine best. Bewegung der Füsse VP. 5,7,46. — d〉 *Salpeter. — e〉 *Croton jamalgota RĀJAN. 6,165. — f〉 *Clerodendrum phlomoides RĀJAN. 10,42. — g〉 N. pr. — α〉 Pl. eines Volkes. v. l. ārocaka. — β〉 eines Mannes. v. l. redhaka. — 3〉 *n. eine best. Erdart RĀJAN. 13,141.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

recaka V. = bhramaṇa ebend. 2,29. 39. [Nachtrag, Band 7]

Apte 1890 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · English · adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

recaka a. (cikā f.) [recayati ricṇic ṇvul] 1 Emptying, purging. 2 Purgative, aperient. 3 Emptying the lungs, emitting the breath. — kaḥ 1 Emission of breath, breathing out, exhalation, especially through one of the nostrils (opp. pūraka which means ‘inhaling breath’, and kuṃbhaka ‘suspending breath’). 2 A syringe. 3 Nitre, salt-petre. — kaṃ A purgative, cathartic.

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

recaka m. dass., Mannsname.

Burnouf 1866 adjective

Original text · French · adjective

recaka a. apéritif, purgatif. — S. m. nitre. Croton tiglium, bot. — S. n. purgation.

Occurrences in source texts (13)

GoS 1 occurrence
GoS 50–63: Three Locks 1 occurrence

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HP 6 occurrences
HP 2.44-2.47: Eight Kumbhakas 1 occurrence

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HP 2.69-2.71: Three Kumbhakas 1 occurrence

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HP 2.72-2.78: Kevala Kumbhaka 4 occurrences

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HTK 6 occurrences
HTK 10.14*2–17*1: Śītalī and Antaraṅgaka-kumbha 1 occurrence

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HTK 10.17*2–18: Bhrāmarī: The sound of bees 1 occurrence

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HTK 10.34*2–38*1: Asvaṅgaśṛṅkhalā and Kumbhāntaraśṛṅkhalā 3 occurrences

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HTK 10.44–46*1: Ekameru, Dvimeru and Trimeru 1 occurrence

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