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Water chestnut (singhara)

सिंघाडा · शृङ्गाटक

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit: शृङ्गाटक
Hindi: सिंघाडासिंघाड़ा
English: Water chestnut (singhara)

Ayurvedic properties

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Qualities (guna): Guru
Effect on the doshas: Kapha: aggravates
Actions: Shukrala

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Properties1

Water chestnut (siṅghāḍā; verse śṛṅgāṭaka) is listed among fruits said to be heavy to digest, to produce semen and to increase kapha greatly.
Chapter 4 · p. 60 · v. 45Hindi commentaryTraditional description

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Formulations containing it

1

Utpaladi decoctionउत्पलादि कषाय

Conditions mentioned with it

2

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

Burning sensation (daha)दाह (जलन)Morbid thirst (trishna)तृष्णा (अधिक प्यास)

Organs and systems mentioned

4

Heart and cardiovascular systemहृदय और रक्त-संवहनी तंत्र Liver and hepatobiliary systemयकृत और पित्ताशय तंत्र Spleenतिल्ली (प्लीहा)Throatगला (कंठ)

Other ingredients used together

9

Count of shared preparations.

Utpala (blue water lily)नीलकमल (उत्पल)×1 Padma (lotus)कमल (पद्म)×1 Kaseruकशेरु×1 Chandana (sandalwood)चंदन (चन्दन)×1 Ushira (vetiver)खस (उशीर)×1 Karpura (camphor)कपूर (कर्पूर)×1 Hribera (fragrant sweet-scented root)सुगंधबाला (ह्रीबेर)×1 Grapes and raisins (draksha)मुनक्का और अंगूर (द्राक्षा)×1 Sugar (sharkara, sita)शक्कर (शर्करा, सिता)×1

Topics of the text that discuss it

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Properties of grapes and other heavy fruitsद्राक्षा आदि वृक्षों के फलों के गुण

Course sessions

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Grains and other foods, their merits and faultsधान्यादिगुणागुणविचार

Where else is this mentioned?

Named 2 times on 1 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.

Book page 465Chapter 20×2… संधिमर्म कहलाते हैं। अपालक (अपलाप) स्थपनी, फण, स्तनमूल, नीला, मन्या, शृंगाटक, अपांग, मातृका, उर्वी, बृहती, पार्श्वसंधि, हृदय, नाभि, अपस्तम्भक, लोह …

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

Chapter 4 · p. 60 · v. 45

Extraction notes

Root used in the Utpaladi thirst decoction (verse 36, PDF 402).

Quick facts

Content type: Food
Source pages with records: 1
Pages naming it: 1
Chapters: Chapter 4
Extraction tasks: T03, T16
Record id: ingredient_shringataka