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Entry कफ

कफkaphaPhlegm, one of the three humours of the body (the other two being वात and पित्त)…
[केन जलेन फलति फल्-ड Tv.]
1. Phlegm, one of the three humours of the body (the other two being वात and पित्त); कफापचयादारोग्यैकमूलमाशयाग्निदीप्तिः Dk.16; प्राणप्रयाणसमये कफवातपित्तैः कण्ठावरोधनविधौ स्मरणं कुतस्ते Udb.
2. A watery foam or froth in general.
Derived forms and compounds
- -अरिः dry ginger.
- -कूर्चिका saliva, spittle.
- -क्षयः pulmonary consumption.
- -घ्न, -नाशन, -हर Adjective removing phlegm, antiphlegmatic; -Masculine Name of a plant (Marâthî लघु शेरणी).
- -ज्वरः fever caused by excess of phlegm.
- -वर्धनः Name of a plant (Marâthî पिंडी तगर).
- -विरोधिन् -Masculine pepper.
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