# कफ (kapha)

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कफ (kapha) is a Sanskrit word meaning phlegm as one of the three bodily humors, watery froth or foam, phlegm, one of the three bodily humors, phlegm, froth, phlegm, one of the three bodily humours, watery foam. Its 10 recorded definitions are grouped into 2 contexts, among them Phlegm (bodily humor of Ayurveda), Watery froth or foam (general sense).

- **SLP1:** `kaPa`  **IAST:** kapha  **Devanagari:** कफ
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/kapha/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Phlegm (bodily humor of Ayurveda) (9 definitions)
- phlegm as one of the three bodily humors  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 251,2] कफ (kapha) m. phlegm (as one of the three humors of the body See also वायु (vāyu) and पित्त (pitta) ), Suśruta (Title) [ ID=43697 ]
- phlegm, one of the three bodily humors  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कफ (kapha) [Printed book page 062-3 ] कफ (kapha) kapha, m. phlegm ( one of the 3 humours of the body ); -ghna, a. anti-phlegmatic. [ ID=5482 ]
- 1. Phlegm, one of the three bodily humors. 2. Watery froth or foam.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > क (ka) फ (kapha) [Printed book page 189 ] क (ka) फ (kapha) m. ( - फः (-phaḥ) ) 1 Phlegm, one of the three humours of the body. 2 Watery froth or foam in general. E. क (ka) water, and फल (phala) to bud or flower, ड (ḍa) aff. [ ID=9020 ]
- Phlegm, froth  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कफ (kapha) [Printed book page 158-b ] कफ (kapha) ( फः ) ((phaḥ)) 1. m. Phlegm; froth. [ ID=8450 ]
- 1. Phlegm, one of the three bodily humours. 2. Watery foam.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कफ (kapha) [Printed book page 167-12 ] कफ (kapha) m. 1. Phlegm, one of the three humours of the body (the other two being वात (vāta) and पित्त (pitta) ), प्राणप्रयाणसमय्र् कफ (kapha) वात (vāta) पित्त (pitta) ैः कंठावरोधनविधौ स्मरणं कुतस्ते (prāṇaprayāṇasamayr kaphavātapittaiḥ kaṃṭhāvarodhanavidhau smaraṇaṃ kutaste); 2. watery foam. [ ID=8212 ]
- 1. Phlegm, one of the three bodily humors. 2. Watery froth or foam.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > क (ka) फ (kapha) [Printed book page 156-a ] क (ka) फ (kapha) m. ( - फः (-phaḥ) ) 1. Phlegm, one of the three humours of the body. 2. Watery froth or foam in general. E. क (ka) water, and फल (phala) to bud or flower, ड (ḍa) aff. [ ID=9015 ]
- Phlegm, one of the three bodily humors  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कफ (kapha) [Printed book page 0157-b ] कफ (kapha) kapha, m. Phlegm, one of the three humours of the body, Suśr. 1, 4, 8. [ ID=2931 ]
- phlegm, one of the three bodily humors  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कफ (kapha) [Printed book page 109 ] कफ (kapha) m. phlegm (one of the three humours of the body). [ ID=7042 ]
- Phlegm, one of the three bodily humors, or watery froth in general.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > कफ (kapha) [Printed book page 0202-c ] कफ (kapha) kapha, as, m. phlegm, one of the three humors of the body (the other two are vāyu and pitta ), watery froth or foam in general. —Kapha- kara, as, ā or ī, am, or kapha-da, as, ā, am, producing phlegm; occasioning colds. —Kapha- kūrcikā, f. saliva, spittle. —Kapha-kṣaya, as, m. pulmonary consumption. —Kapha-ghna, as, ī, am, removing phlegm, antiphlegmatic, curing colds (epi- thet of many plants); ( ī ), f., N. of a plant. —Ka- pha-ja, as, ā, am, arising from or produced by phlegm. —Kapha-jvara, as, m. fever arising from excess of phlegm. —Kapha-nāśana, as, ī, am, Page0203-a+ 75 antiphlegmatic. —Kapha-prāya, as, ā, am, phlegm- atic. —Kapha-vardhaka, as, ī, am, exciting or increasing phlegm. —Kapha-vardhana, as, ī, am, exciting or increasing phlegm; ( as ), m., N. of a plant, a species of Tabernæmontana. —Kapha-vi- rodhin, ī, inī, i, obstructing the phlegm; ( i ), n. pepper. —Kapha-sambhava, as, ā, am, arising from phlegm. —Kapha-hara, as, ā, am, or ka- pha-hṛt, t, t, t, removing phlegm, antiphlegmatic. —Kaphātmaka (°pha-āt°), as, ā, am, phlegmatic. —Kaphāntaka (°pha-an°), as, m. a kind of plant, = varvūra. —Kaphāri (°pha-ari), is, m. dry ginger. [ ID=13654 ]

### Watery froth or foam (general sense) (1 definition)
- watery froth or foam  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > watery froth or foam in general ( cf. अब्धिक् (abdhik) ° (°), मेघ - क् (megha-k) ° (°), &c.) [ ID=43698 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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