Mahaushadha, 惭补丑补耻峁诲丑补, Maha-aushadha: 17 definitions
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The Sanskrit term 惭补丑补耻峁诲丑补 can be transliterated into English as Mahausadha or Mahaushadha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Cikitsa (natural therapy and treatment for medical conditions)
Source: Wisdom Library: Ayurveda: Cikitsa惭补丑补耻峁诲丑补 (啶す啷屶し啶�):鈥擜nother name for 艢耻峁囜弓丑墨 (Zingiber officinale), 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.
According to the 搁腻箩补苍颈驳丑补峁囜弓耻 (verses 5.24-28), 惭补丑补耻峁诲丑补 is not only a synonym for 艢耻峁囜弓丑墨, but also for 艢峁涐箙gavera, which is the Sanskrit word referring to fresh ginger (the same Zingiber officinale). The 搁腻箩补苍颈驳丑补峁囜弓耻 is a 13th century medicinal thesaurus.
Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)
: Shodhganga: Edition translation and critical study of yogasarasamgraha惭补丑补耻峁诲丑补 (啶す啷屶し啶�) is another name for 鈥淣膩gara鈥� and is dealt with in the 15th-century Yogas膩rasa峁単raha (Yogasara-sa峁単raha) by V膩sudeva: an unpublished Keralite work representing an Ayurvedic compendium of medicinal recipes. The Yogas膩rasa峁僩raha [mentioning 尘补丑补耻峁诲丑补] deals with entire recipes in the route of administration, and thus deals with the knowledge of pharmacy (产丑补颈峁箩测补-办补濒辫补苍腻) which is a branch of pharmacology (诲谤补惫测补驳耻峁嘺).
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
: WorldCat: R膩j nigha峁囜弓u1) 惭补丑补耻峁诲丑补 (啶す啷屶し啶�) is another name for 叠丑奴尘测腻丑耻濒测补, an unidentified medicinal plant possibly identified with Cassia auriculata Linn., according to verse 4.70 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or 搁腻箩补苍颈驳丑补峁囜弓耻. The fourth chapter (艣补迟腻丑惫腻诲颈-惫补谤驳补) of this book enumerates eighty varieties of small plants (辫峁泃丑耻-办峁辫补). Together with the names 惭补丑补耻峁诲丑补 and 叠丑奴尘测腻丑耻濒测补, there are a total of four Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant. Notes: Also see 膧丑耻濒测补.
2) 惭补丑补耻峁诲丑补 (啶す啷屶し啶�) is another name for 艢耻峁囜弓丑墨, a medicinal plant identified with Zingiber officinale Rosc. or 鈥済inger root鈥� from the Zingiberaceae or 鈥済inger鈥� family of flowering plants, according to verse 6.24-26.鈥擭ote: 艢u峁囜弓hi is dried and specially prepared form of 膧谤诲谤补办补 by removing the outer scales of the rhizome. The major part of the oil of ginger remains in these scales and is obtained from the 艢耻峁囜弓丑墨/膧谤诲谤补办补 with scales.鈥擳he sixth chapter (辫颈辫辫补濒测腻诲颈-惫补谤驳补) of this book enumerates ninety-five varieties of plants obtained from the market (辫补峁噛补耻峁诲丑颈). Together with the names 惭补丑补耻峁诲丑补 and 艢耻峁囜弓丑墨, there are a total of fifteen Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
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.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Tibetan Buddhism惭补丑补耻峁诲丑补 (啶す啷屶し啶�) is the name of a 艢r膩vaka mentioned as attending the teachings in the 6th century Ma帽ju艣r墨m奴lakalpa: one of the largest Kriy膩 Tantras devoted to Ma帽ju艣r墨 (the Bodhisattva of wisdom) representing an encyclopedia of knowledge primarily concerned with ritualistic elements in Buddhism. The teachings in this text originate from Ma帽ju艣r墨 and were taught to and by Buddha 艢膩kyamuni in the presence of a large audience (including 惭补丑补耻峁诲丑补).
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha鈥檚 words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (惫补箩谤补测腻苍补) are collected indepently.
Biology (plants and animals)
: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Mahaushadha in India is the name of a plant defined with Allium sativum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Porrum ophioscorodon Rchb. (among others).
2) Mahaushadha is also identified with Zingiber officinale It has the synonym Amomum zinziba Hill (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Deutsche Flora. Pharmaceutisch-medicinische Botanik (1881)
· Regnum Vegetabile, or 鈥榓 Series of Handbooks for the Use of Plant Taxonomists and Plant Geographers鈥� (1993)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Zingiberoideae.
· Cytologia (1997)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1998)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Mahaushadha, for example diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, health benefits, side effects, chemical composition, extract dosage, have a look at these references.
This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary惭补丑补耻峁诲丑补 (啶す啷屶し啶�).鈥�
1) a sovereign remedy, panacea.
2) ginger.
3) garlic.
4) a kind of poison (惫补迟蝉补苍腻产丑补).
Derivable forms: 尘补丑补耻峁诲丑补m (啶す啷屶し啶оぎ啷�).
惭补丑补耻峁诲丑补 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms 尘补丑腻 and 补耻峁诲丑补 (啶断し啶�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary惭补丑补耻峁诲丑补 (啶す啷屶し啶�).鈥攏ame of a youth (the Bodhisattva), hero of a j膩taka = Pali S奴ci-j., No. 387 (unnamed there): 惭补丑腻惫补蝉迟耻 ii.83.20 ff. He marries Amar膩; both names are used in Pali in the different Mah膩ummagga-j., No. 546; see s.v. Amar膩 (1) for discussion.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary惭补丑补耻峁诲丑补 (啶す啷屶し啶�).鈥攏.
(-诲丑补峁�) 1. Garlic. 2. A plant commonly Ataich, (Betula.) 3. Long pepper. 4. A panecea. nf. (-诲丑补峁�-诲丑墨) Dry ginger. f. (-诲丑墨) A potherb, (Hingtsha repens.) E. 尘补丑腻 great and 补耻峁诲丑补 a drug; this word is of course applicable to a great number of plants and substances.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary惭补丑补耻峁诲丑补 (啶す啷屶し啶�).鈥擨. n. 1. garlic. 2. long pepper. Ii. n. and f. 诲丑墨, dry ginger.
惭补丑补耻峁诲丑补 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms 尘补丑腻 and 补耻峁诲丑补 (啶断し啶�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary惭补丑补耻峁诲丑补 (啶す啷屶し啶�).鈥擺neuter] a very efficacious remedy.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 惭补丑补耻峁诲丑补 (啶す啷屶し啶�):鈥擺from 尘补丑腻 > mah] n. a very efficacious drug, a sovereign remedy, panacea, [K膩vya literature; Kath膩sarits膩gara]
2) [v.s. ...] Name of certain very strong or pungent plants (such as dried ginger, garlic, long pepper etc.), [Su艣ruta; Pa帽car膩tra; cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal膩yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary惭补丑补耻峁诲丑补 (啶す啷屶し啶�):鈥擺尘补丑补耻+峁诲丑补] (诲丑补峁�) 1. m. Garlic; Atis; longpepper. f. (诲丑墨) A potherb (Hingtsha repens). f. n. Dry ginger.
[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.
Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary惭补丑补耻峁诲丑补 (啶す啷屶し啶�):鈥�(nf) a panacea.
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus惭补丑补耻峁诲丑补 (嗖补喑屶卜嗖�):鈥�
1) [noun] a very effective medicine.
2) [noun] the pungent, spicy rhizome the plant Zingiber officinale, used in cookery and medicine; ginger.
3) [noun] the tree Strychnos nux-vomica of Loganiaceae family and its poisonous nut containing strychnine, brucine and other alkaloids; nux-vomica.
4) [noun] the strongly, pungent bulb of the plant Allium sativum, used in cookery and medicine.
5) [noun] a medicinal substance got from the plant Aconitum heterophyllum.
6) [noun] the dried seed of the plant Piper longum.
7) [noun] the plant Allium asealonicum of Agavaceae family.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary惭补丑补耻峁诲丑补 (啶す啷屶し啶�):鈥攏. 1. a sovereign remedy; panacea; 2. ginger; 3. garlic; 4. a kind of poison;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Aushadha, Maha.
Starts with: Mahaushadhamu.
Full-text: Sumahaushadha, Mahaushadhi, Mahaushadh, Shunthi, Anirmalya, Durapara, Bhumyahulya, Shringavera, Amara, Aushadha.
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