कफल

From कफ (kapha, “phlegm”) +‎ -ल (-la).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐ.pʰɐ.lɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐ.pʰɐ.l̪ɐ/

कफल • (kaphala) stem

1. phlegmatic
   • c. 600 BCE – 600 CE, Suśruta, Suśruta Saṃhitā 46.292:

     वेणोः करीराः कफला मधुरा रसपाकतः ।
     विदाहिनो वातकराः सकषाया विरूक्षणाः ॥

     veṇoḥ karīrāḥ kaphalā madhurā rasapākataḥ.
     vidāhino vātakarāḥ sakaṣāyā virūkṣaṇāḥ.

     Bamboo shoots are phlegmatic, sweet both in taste and digestion, causing heartburn and flatulence, astringent and dryness-causing.

• Monier Williams (1899) “कफल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 251.
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “kaphala”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “कफल”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 532