Jvarankusha, ṅkś, Jvara-ankusha: 8 definitions
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Jvarankusha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term ṅkś can be transliterated into English as Jvarankusa or Jvarankusha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)
Source: Wisdom Library: Rasa-śāstraṅkś (ज्वराङ्कुश) is the name of an Ayurvedic recipe defined in the fourth volume of the Rasajalanidhi (chapter 2, dealing with jvara: fever). These remedies are classified as Iatrochemistry and form part of the ancient Indian science known as Rasaśāstra (medical alchemy). However, as an ayurveda treatment, it should be taken twith caution and in accordance with rules laid down in the texts.
Accordingly, when using such recipes (e.g., ᱹṅkś-): “the minerals (uparasa), poisons (ṣa), and other drugs (except herbs), referred to as ingredients of medicines, are to be duly purified and incinerated, as the case may be, in accordance with the processes laid out in the texts.� (see introduction to Iatro chemical medicines)
Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)
: Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts: Volume 12 (1898) (ay)1) ṅkś (ज्वराङ्कुश) or ṅkśrasa refers to one of the topics discussed in the 鲹첹ܻܳī, a Sanskrit manuscript collected in volume 1 of the catalogue “Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (first series)� by Rajendralal Mitra (1822�1891), who was one of the first English-writing historians dealing with Indian culture and heritage.—The 鲹첹ܻܳī by Mādhavakara represents a treatise on practice of medicine and therapeutics. It is a leading work on Hindu medicine, very largely studied in Bengal containing causes and symptoms of diseases. It contains 3,092 śǰ첹.—The catalogue includes the term—ṅkś-rasa in its ‘subject-matter list� or Viṣaya (which lists topics, chapters and technical terms). The complete entry reads: ᱹ,—ēb徱ᱹṅkś�.
2) ṅkś (ज्वराङ्कुश) [=-ᱹṅkś] also refers to one of the topics discussed in the ۴Dz峾ṛt, a large Ayurvedic compilation dealing with the practice of medicine and therapeutics authored by Gopāla Sena, Kavirāja, of Dvārandhā. It is dated to the 18th century and contains 11,700 śǰ첹.—The complete entry reads: (1) ᱹṅkś� (2) ᱹṅkś� .

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.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryjvarāṅkuśa (ज्वरांकु�).—m S A medicinal preparation used in fevers.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryṅkś (ज्वराङ्कुश).—a febrifuge.
Derivable forms: ᱹṅkś� (ज्वराङ्कुश�).
ṅkś is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms jvara and ṅkś (अङ्कुश).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorumṅkś (ज्वराङ्कुश) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—medical. Quoted in Ṭoḍarānanda. W. p. 289.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) ṅkś (ज्वराङ्कुश):—[from jvara > jvar] m. a febrifuge
2) [v.s. ...] Andropogon ṅkś, [Horace H. Wilson]
3) [v.s. ...] Name of [work] on med, [Ṭoḍarānanda]
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Ankusha, Jvara.
Starts with: Jvarankusharasa, Jvarankusharasa.
Full-text: Mahajvarankusha, Brihajjvarankusha, Vriddhajvarankusha, Jvarankucam, Jvarankusharasa, Bhedijvarankusha, Vishamajvarankushalauha, Jvarankucarasam.
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Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Page 204 < [Volume 4 (1877)]
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Page 35 < [Volume 23 (1918)]
Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 4: Iatrochemistry (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)
Treatment for fever (6): Vriddha-jvarankusha rasa < [Chapter II - Fever (jvara)]
Treatment for fever (108): Maha-jvarankusha rasa < [Chapter II - Fever (jvara)]
Treatment for fever (135): Sarva-jvarankusha rasa < [Chapter II - Fever (jvara)]
World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research
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Critical review of Bhaishjyaratnavali: Manahshila and Somala. < [2019: Volume 8, October issue 11]