Avapidana, īḍaԲ: 8 definitions
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In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms1) īḍaԲ (अवपीडन):—Pressing pain
2) Massaging the body parts by applying pressure. This method is used for relaxation therapy.

Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
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Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryīḍaԲ (अवपीडन).�
1) The act of pressing down.
2) A sternutatory.
- Damage, violation; अङ्गावपीडनायां समुत्थानव्यय� दाप्यः (aṅgāvapīḍanāyā� samutthānavyaya� dāpya�) Manusmṛti 8.287.
Derivable forms: īḍaԲ (अवपीडनम्).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryīḍaԲ (अवपीडन).—[-ī� + ana], n. Hurting, [Բśٰ] 8, 287.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) īḍaԲ (अवपीडन):—[=-īḍaԲ] [from -ī�] n. the act of pressing down, [Suśruta]
2) [v.s. ...] pressing down (the eye-lids) [commentator or commentary] on [Nyāya]
3) [v.s. ...] a sternutatory, [Suśruta]
4) īḍa (अवपीडन�):—[=-īḍanā] [from -īḍaԲ > -ī�] f. damage, violation, [Manu-smṛti viii, 287.]
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)īḍaԲ (अवपीडन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: īḍaṇa.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryīḍaԲ (अवपीडन):�(nm) coercion, duress.
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