ambuprasādana m. (-naḥ) The clearing nut tree, (Strychnos potatorum.)
E. ambu water, prasada to cleanse, ghaña affix. The nuts of this plant are generally used in India, for purifying water: they are rubbed upon the inner surface of the vessel, and occasion the precipitation of the impurities of the fluid.
ambu—prasāda, m. or ambu—prasādana, n. the clearing nut tree, Strychnos Potatorum (the nuts of this plant are generally used in India for purifying water [cf. Mn. vi, 67]; they are rubbed upon the inner surface of a vessel, and so precipitate the impurities of the fluid it contains).
m. (-naḥ) The clearing nut tree, (Strychnos potatorum.)
E. ambu water, prasada to cleanse, lyuṭ affix. The nuts of this plant are generally used in India, for purifying water; they are rubbed upon the inner surface of the vessel, and occasion the precipitation of the impurities of the fluid.
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ambuprasādana (a° + pra°) n. Strychnos potatorum L. (kataka), ein Baum, dessen Same zur Klärung schlammigen Wasser dient, TRIK. 2, 4, 7. AINSLIE, Mat. ind. 2, 420. Vgl. M. 6, 67 : phalaṃ katakavṛkṣasya yadyapyambuprasādakam . na nāmagrahaṇādeva tasya vāri prasīdati ..