The hardened tooth deposit cracking off by itself like potsherds, which destroys the teeth; hard to cure.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- कपालिकाकापालिका
- Hindi
- कापालिका
- English
- Flaking tooth deposit (kapalika)
What the text says
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Definition1
When the deposit on the teeth (the tartar) cracks off by itself like potsherds, it is called kapalika, and the teeth are destroyed by it.
Where else is this mentioned?
Named 4 times on 2 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.
- Book page 270Chapter 15… कर महारोग है। उसको त्रिदोषनाशक औषधि प्रयोग से साधना चाहिए। दंतशर्करा, कापालिका लक्षण घनं मलं दंतघुणावहं भृशं। सदैव दंताश्रितशर्करा मता। कपालवद् …
- Book page 271Chapter 15×3… त का मल (उपरोक्र शर्करा) अपने आप ही, टीकरी के समान फूटने लगता है, इसे कापालिका रोग कहते हैं। इससे दांत का नाश हो जाता है। श्यामदंतक हनुमोक्ष लक्षण स …
All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Condition
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 2
- Chapters
- Chapter 15
- Extraction tasks
- T13
- Record id
- condition_kapalika