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Definition of Pachak
1. n. The fragrant roots of the Saussurea Costus, exported from India to China, and used for burning as incense. It is supposed to be the costus of the ancients.
Definition of Pachak
1. putchock [n -S] - See also: putchock
Medical Definition of Pachak
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Pachak
Literary usage of Pachak
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hand-book of the Economic Products of the Punjab: With a Combined Index and by Baden Henry Baden-Powell (1868)
"pachak root is brought from Lahore, where it is called 'knt. ... HOYLE leads one
to infer that "kut" and " pachak " are identical with ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1879)
"... Arab.; Kosht, Kost, Pers.; pachak, Kut, Dukh.; ... of the trade-lists and
returns, and the pachak of Bengal. ..."
3. Odorographia: A Natural History of Raw Materials and Drugs Used in the by John Charles Sawer (1892)
"No mandarin will give an audience until the ' pachak ' incense smokes before him;
... and the smoke of the ' pachak' * Journ. Agri-Hort. Soc. ..."
4. A Dictionary, Hindustani & English: Accompanied by a Reversed Dictionary by Duncan Forbes (1866)
"A. pachak, digestive, tonic; m. a cook; the bile which assists in digestion ; a
digestive, a stomachic, a solvent, t. ..."
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