Kshavathu, ṣaٳ, ṣaٳū: 11 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms ṣaٳ and ṣaٳū can be transliterated into English as Ksavathu or Kshavathu, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)
: Shodhganga: Edition translation and critical study of yogasarasamgrahaṣaٳū (क्षवथू) refers to “allergic rhinitis� and is one of the various diseases mentioned in the 15th-century Yogasārasaṅgraha (Yogasara-saṅgraha) by Vāsudeva: an unpublished Keralite work representing an Ayurvedic compendium of medicinal recipes. The Yogasārasaṃgraha [mentioning ṣaٳū] deals with entire recipes in the route of administration, and thus deals with the knowledge of pharmacy (ṣaⲹ-첹貹) which is a branch of pharmacology (ⲹṇa).
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of termsṣaٳ (क्षवथु):—Sneezing

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
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryṣaٳ (क्षवथु).—See under क्षु (ṣu).
Derivable forms: ṣaٳ� (क्षवथु�).
See also (synonyms): ṣa.
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ṣaٳ (क्षवथु).—[ṣu-athuc]
1) Sneezing.
2) Cough.
3) Irritation of the throat.
4) Sore throat. विषवैद्य� विजानाति सर्पस्� क्षवथु� ध्रुवम� (viṣavaidyo vijānāti sarpasya ṣathu� dhruvam) Subha.
Derivable forms: ṣaٳ� (क्षवथु�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionaryṣaٳ (क्षवथु).—m.
(-ٳ�) 1. Cough, catarrh. 2. Sneezing. 3. Irritation of the throat, sore throat. E. ṣu to sneeze, &c. athuc aff.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionaryṣaٳ (क्षवथु).—i. e. ṣu + athu, m. Sneezing, catarrh, [śܳٲ] 1, 39, 1.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionaryṣaٳ (क्षवथु).—[masculine] sneezing.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) ṣaٳ (क्षवथु):—[from ṣu] m. ([Pāṇini 3-3, 89; Kāśikā-vṛtti]) sneezing, [Āpastamba-dharma-sūtra ii, 3, 2; śܳٲ]
2) [v.s. ...] catarrh, cough, irritation of the throat, sore throat (ṣaⲹٳ, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]), [Horace H. Wilson]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionaryṣaٳ (क्षवथु):�(thu) 2. m. Cough, sneezing; irritation or sore throat.
[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.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusṣaٳ (ಕ್ಷವಥು):�
1) [noun] a sudden involuntary expulsion of air from the nose and mouth caused by irritation of the nostrils; a sneeze.
2) [noun] the act or sound of coughing; a cough.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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International Ayurvedic Medical Journal
The effect of jala neti in the management of vataja pratishyaya w.s.r. to allergic rhinitis � a case study < [2018, Issue VIII, August]
A physiological study of adharaneeya vega w.s.r. to apanavayu vega < [2017, Issue IX, September]
A shareera kriyatmaka (physiological) understanding of prana vata < [2016, Issue III March]
World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research
Litrature review of adharniya vega w.s.r to charak samhita < [2022: Volume 11, March issue 3]
Review of pranavaha srotas < [2023: Volume 12, October special issue 18]
"Review on Aadharneeya Vega: Kshavathu Vegarodh and Treatment Principles" < [2021: Volume 10, August issue 10]
Vataja-pratisyaya (allergic rhinitis) in Ayurveda vs. modern view < [Volume 7, Issue 4: July - August 2020]
A study on pranavaha srotas and its mulasthana < [Volume 2, issue 5: Sept - Oct 2015]
Comparative Clinical Study of Nasya and Jala Neti in Allergic Rhinitis < [Volume 8, Issue 3: May - June 2021]
Sushruta Samhita, Volume 6: Uttara-tantra (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)
Chapter XXII - Causes and symptoms of diseases of the nose < [Canto I - Shalakya-tantra (ears, eyes, nose, mouth and throat)]
Chapter XXIII - Therapeutics of nasal diseases < [Canto I - Shalakya-tantra (ears, eyes, nose, mouth and throat)]
Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
Garuda Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter CLXX - The Nidanam of diseases of the nose < [Dhanvantari Samhita]