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Mahanarayana, Ѳⲹṇa: 6 definitions

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In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Mahanarayana in Ayurveda glossary

Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)

: Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts: Volume 12 (1898) (ay)

Ѳⲹṇa (महानाराय�) or Ѳⲹṇataila refers to one of the topics discussed in the ۴Dz峾ṛt, a Sanskrit manuscript collected in volume 4 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 ۴Dz峾ṛt is 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 catalogue includes the term—Ѳⲹṇa-taila in its ‘subject-matter list� or Viṣaya (which lists topics, chapters and technical terms). The complete entry reads: ⲹṇaٲ�.

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: archive.org: Science And Technology In Medievel India (Ayurveda)

Ѳⲹṇa (महानाराय�) or Ѳⲹṇataila refers to one of the topics dealt with in the Vaidyakagrantha, as mentioned in A. Rahman’s Science and Technology in Medievel India: A bibliography of source materials in Sanskrit, Arabic and Persian.—Ancient and medieval India produced a wide range of scientific manuscripts and major contributions lie in the field of medicine, astronomy and mathematics, besides covering encyclopedic glossaries and technical dictionaries.—Ѳⲹṇa-taila and other sections of the Vaidyakagrantha deal with pathology and allied topics.

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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

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Mahanarayana in Sanskrit glossary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Ѳⲹṇa (महानाराय�).�(= Nārāyaṇa) , given as epithet of Buddha, Ѳⲹṇabalopetatvān Ѳⲹṇa ity ucyate Lalitavistara 433.1�2; the first occurrence, in the [compound], may be purely secular (or at least non-Buddhistic; see Nārā- yaṇa), as also in: (vajra� mahāpraharaṇa�) na śakya� mahānagnenāpi saṃdhārayitum anyatra Ѳⲹṇa- sthāma-bala-vegena Ҳṇḍū 509.4,�cannot be withstood, even by a great champion, except by (one who has) the impetuosity of the might and power of Great Nārāyaṇa.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ѳⲹṇa (महानाराय�):—[=-ⲹṇa] [from mahā > mah] m. ‘the great Nārāyaṇa�, Viṣṇu, [Lalita-vistara]

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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.

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