antra pācaka

 Antrapācaka means a specific medicinal plant, identified as Aeschynomene grandiflora, formed from the Sanskrit words antra (“intestine, inside”) and pācaka (“digestive, cooking, maturing”).

✅ Core Meaning

• Antrapācaka (अन्त्रपाचक) is a Sanskrit compound of antra + pācaka

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• It refers primarily to a medicinal plant, identified as Aeschynomene grandiflora

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• The term is masculine in gender.
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✅ Botanical and Ayurvedic Description

According to the supplied lexicon entry:

• It is a plant whose bark, pith, and gums are poisonous and can cause:
  • bad smell in the mouth (āsyadaurgandhya)
  • roughness of the body (pāruṣya)
  • headache (śiroruj)
  • saliva discharge (kaphasaṃsrava)

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• Another description simply lists it as a toxic bark mentioned in Suśruta

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✅ Meaning of the Components

• antra (अन्त्र) — “intestine, inside, interior” (general Sanskrit meaning; the specific definition page is referenced but not shown in the snippet)

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• pācaka (पाचक) — “digestive, causing digestion; cooking; maturing”

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  • From the root pac (“to cook, digest”).
  • Also used as a noun meaning “cook” or “fire”

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Thus, the compound literally means “that which digests (or acts within) the interior,” but in practice it is a fixed plant name, not a descriptive phrase.

✅ Variant Spellings

• Antrapācaka
• Antra-pācaka
• Antrapachaka
• Aṃtrapācaka (Kannada dictionary variant)

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✅ Kannada Dictionary Note

A Kannada entry lists Aṃtrapācaka as Tylophora asthamatica

Wisdom Library

, showing regional variation in plant identification.

✅ Summary

Antra pācaka / Antrapācaka is a Sanskrit plant name, most commonly referring to Aeschynomene grandiflora, with descriptions emphasizing its toxic bark and physiological effects.