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Shukadosha, Śukadoṣa, Śuka-doṣa: 5 definitions

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Shukadosha 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 terms Śukadoṣa and Śuka-doṣa can be transliterated into English as Sukadosa or Shukadosha or Suka-dosa or Shuka-dosha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

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

Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)

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

Śū첹ṣa (शूकदोष) or Śū첹ṣacikitsā refers to one of the topics discussed in the Ѳܳī, a Sanskrit manuscript ascribed to Nṛsiṃha Kavirāja collected in volume 12 of the catalogue “Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (second series)� by Mahamahopadhyaya Haraprasad Shastri.—The Ѳܳī manuscript, consisting of 5,586 ślokas (metrical verses), is housed in Dhaka with Babu Bhagavancandra Dasa Kaviraja. It seemingly addresses topics related to Medicinal, Herbal, and Iatrochemical preparations. The catalogue includes the term—Śū첹ṣa-cikitsā in its ‘subject-matter list� or Viṣaya (which lists topics, chapters and technical terms). The complete entry reads�atha śū첹doṣacikitsā.

Unclassified Ayurveda definitions

: archive.org: Sushruta samhita, Volume II

Any of the eighteen different types of Śukadosha the disease may affect the genital (penis) of a man who foolishly resorts to the practice of getting it abnormally elongated and swollen by plastering it with Śuka (a kind of irritating water insect) and not in the usual officinal way.

Diseases, which result from such malpractices, are known as,�

  1. 󲹱辱,
  2. ٳ󾱱,
  3. Grathitam,
  4. ܳ󾱰,
  5. Alaji,
  6. Mriditam,
  7. ܻ-辱岹,
  8. Avamantha,
  9. ʳܲ첹,
  10. 貹śԾ,
  11. ٳٲ,
  12. ŚٴDZDzԲ첹,
  13. ձ첹첹,
  14. ŚDzԾܻ岹,
  15. Բܻ岹,
  16. Բ첹,
  17. Vidradhi
  18. and Tilakālak.
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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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Marathi-English dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Shukadosha in Marathi glossary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

śū첹dōṣa (शूकदोष).—m S Pricking or shooting pains (accompanied with swelling of the testicles, or as supposed to be premonitory of leprosy). 2 A disease arising from using an ointment of which the śū첹 or caterpillar is (as an aphrodisiac) an ingredient.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Shukadosha in Sanskrit glossary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śū첹ṣa (शूकदोष):—[=śū첹-doṣa] [from śū첹] m. the injurious effect of the above Sūka insect, [Suśruta; Bhāvaprakāśa]

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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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