Tilvaka: 7 definitions
Introduction:
Tilvaka means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Cikitsa (natural therapy and treatment for medical conditions)
Source: Wisdom Library: Ayurveda: CikitsaTilvaka (啶むた啶侧啶掂):鈥擜nother name for Lodhra (Symplocos racemosa), a species of medicinal plant and used in the treatment of fever (jvara), as described in the Jvaracikits膩 (or 鈥渢he treatment of fever鈥�) which is part of the 7th-century M膩dhavacikits膩, a Sanskrit classical work on 膧yurveda.
膧yurveda (啶嗋く啷佮ぐ啷嵿さ啷囙う, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of 膧yurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
General definition (in Hinduism)
: archive.org: Vedic index of Names and SubjectsTilvaka (啶むた啶侧啶掂) is mentioned in the 艢补迟补辫补迟丑补-产谤腻丑尘补峁嘺 as a tree (Symplocos racemosa), near which it is inauspicious to construct a grave. The adjectival derivative tailvaka, 鈥榤ade of the wood of the Tilvaka,鈥� is found in the 惭补颈迟谤腻测补峁嚹�-蝉补峁僪颈迟腻, and is employed to describe the y奴pa, or sacrificial post, in the 峁岣峷颈峁兣沘-产谤腻丑尘补峁嘺.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryTilvaka (啶むた啶侧啶掂).鈥攎. A tree, Symplocos racemosa Roxb., [厂耻艣谤耻迟补] 1, 32, 15.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryTilvaka (啶むた啶侧啶掂).鈥擺masculine] names of plants.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Tilvaka (啶むた啶侧啶掂):鈥擺from tilva] m. Symplocos racemosa, [艢补迟补辫补迟丑补-产谤腻丑尘补峁嘺 xiii; K膩ty膩yana-艣rauta-s奴tra xxi, 3, 20; Gobhila-艣r膩ddha-kalpa] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] Terminalia Catappa, [Nigha峁囜弓uprak膩艣a]
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), 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)
Starts with: Tilvaka-bedha.
Full-text: Tilva, Tailvaka, Tilvaka-bedha, Tilavakam, Tillakam, Shyamadi, Lodhra.
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Charaka Samhita (English translation) (by Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurvedic Society)
Chapter 9 - The Pharmaceutics of Tilwaka (tilvaka-kalpa) < [Kalpasthana (Kalpa Sthana) 鈥� Section on Pharmaceutics]
Chapter 1 - The Quest for Longevity (dirgha-jivita) < [Sutrasthana (Sutra Sthana) 鈥� General Principles]
Chapter 25 - The Origin of Man and Disease (Purusha-samjnaka) < [Sutrasthana (Sutra Sthana) 鈥� General Principles]
Sushruta Samhita, Volume 6: Uttara-tantra (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)
Chapter X - Treatment of Pittaja Ophthalmia < [Canto I - Shalakya-tantra (ears, eyes, nose, mouth and throat)]
Chapter XXIV - Symptoms and treatment of Catarrh < [Canto I - Shalakya-tantra (ears, eyes, nose, mouth and throat)]
Chapter XLIV - Symptoms and Treatment of Jaundice (Pandu-roga) < [Canto III - Kaya-chikitsa-tantra (internal medicine)]
Sushruta Samhita, volume 1: Sutrasthana (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)
Sushruta Samhita, volume 4: Cikitsasthana (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)
Chapter IV - The medical treatment of nervous disorders
Chapter XVI - The medical treatment of Abscesses and Tumours
Atharvaveda and Charaka Samhita (by Laxmi Maji)
Treatment of Prameha (diabetes) < [Chapter 3 - Diseases and Remedial measures (described in Atharvaveda)]
Treatment of Rakta-vik膩ra (Haemoptysis) < [Chapter 3 - Diseases and Remedial measures (described in Atharvaveda)]
Therapeutics and Rejuvenation Therapy < [Chapter 4 - Diseases and Remedial measures (described in Caraka-sa峁僪it膩)]
Asvalayana-grihya-sutra (by Hermann Oldenberg)