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Champaka

चम्पा · चम्पक

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit: चम्पक
Hindi: चम्पा
English: Champaka

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Preparation1

Campaka and other fragrant flowers are used to perfume purified drinking water, which is then said to relieve heat and thirst.
Chapter 5 · p. 65 · v. 14Hindi commentaryTraditional description

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Formulations containing it

2

Iron-powder hair paste after a triphala washत्रिफला कल्क के बाद लोहचूर्ण का लेप Perfumed drinking waterसुगंधित जल

Conditions mentioned with it

3

Conditions named in the preparations that use it, or linked to it directly.

Burning sensation (daha)दाह (जलन)Morbid thirst (trishna)तृष्णा (अधिक प्यास)Premature greying (palitya)पालित्य (बाल सफेद होना)

Organs and systems mentioned

5

Hair and scalpकेश और सिर की त्वचा Heart and cardiovascular systemहृदय और रक्त-संवहनी तंत्र Liver and hepatobiliary systemयकृत और पित्ताशय तंत्र Spleenतिल्ली (प्लीहा)Throatगला (कंठ)

Other ingredients used together

24

Count of shared preparations.

Water (jala)जल (पानी)×1 Padma (lotus)कमल (पद्म)×1 Lavanga (clove)लौंग (लवंग)×1 Ushira (vetiver)खस (उशीर)×1 Chandana (sandalwood)चंदन (चन्दन)×1 Karpura (camphor)कपूर (कर्पूर)×1 Ela (cardamom)इलायची (एला)×1 Kushtha (costus root)कूठ (कुष्ठ)×1 Nagakesara (ironwood flower)नागकेसर×1 Bakula (maulsiri)मोलसिरी×1 Jati (jasmine)चमेली (जाती)×1 Mallika (Arabian jasmine)मोगरा (मल्लिका)×1 Patalaपाढल (पाटला)×1 Jatiphala (nutmeg)जायफल (जातीफल)×1 Lavali (harpha revadi)हरपा रेवडी×1 Utpala (blue water lily)नीलकमल (उत्पल)×1 Tvak (cinnamon bark)दालचीनी (त्वक्)×1 Chora×1

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Rules of food and drinkअन्नपानविधि

Related entries

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Perfumed drinking waterसुगंधित जल

Where else is this mentioned?

Named 8 times on 6 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.

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Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.

Chapter 5 · p. 65 · v. 14

Quick facts

Content type: Food
Source pages with records: 1
Pages naming it: 6
Chapters: Chapter 5
Extraction tasks: T03
Record id: ingredient_champaka