Built from passages of the source by the curated extraction. Pending human review.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- कर्कोटी
- Hindi
- ककोडा
- English
- Spiny gourd (kakoda)Karkoti
- Marathi
- कर्टोली
Ayurvedic properties
Only the qualities the text states are listed. The claims below give each statement with its source.
- Taste (rasa)
- Sweet (madhura)
- Qualities (guna)
- RukshaShitaGuru
- Effect on the doshas
- Pitta: pacifiesKapha: pacifiesVata: aggravates
- Actions
- Vishaghna
What the text says
Each statement reports the source, with its chapter, page and verse. Traditional descriptions are not presented as proven medical facts.
Properties1
Kakoḍā (verse karkoṭī) fruits are listed among fruit vegetables described as dry, sweet and cold, removing pitta and kapha, heavy to digest, quickly increasing vata and countering poison.
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Topics of the text that discuss it
2Course sessions
2Plant glossary entries
1Related entries
1Where else is this mentioned?
Named 3 times on 2 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.
- Book page 58Chapter 4… ्रं विषघनानि च॥39॥ भावार्थ : काकादनी, आशुधान, पाडल नेत्र (वृक्षविशोष) ककोडा, मुसली, वरना वृक्ष, पिणडीतक, (मदन वृक्ष-तुलसी भेद) अमलतास इनके फल रूक …
- Book page 649Plant glossary×2… ्र. संस्कृत हदिीं मराठी [कन्नड़] 28. कर्कोटी (स्त्री) ककोडा देवडंगरी, कडूदोडकी, [कन्नड़] कर्टोली. [कन्नड़] 29. …
All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- From glossary entry क 28; the Marathi column also gives देवडंगरी and कडू दोडकी.
- Merged from ingredient_karkoti.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Food
- Source pages with records
- 2
- Pages naming it
- 2
- Chapters
- Chapter 4Plant glossary
- Extraction tasks
- T03, T18
- Record id
- ingredient_karkotaki