Rishyajihva, Ṛṣyajihva, Rishya-jihva: 7 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Ṛṣyajihva can be transliterated into English as Rsyajihva or Rishyajihva, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botanyṚṣyajihva (ऋष्यजिह्व):—One of the eighteen types of Kuṣṭha (“skin disease”), according to the Caraka-saṃhitā (cikitsāsthāna), which is an important Sanskrit work dealing with Āyurveda. This condition of the skin (kuṣṭha) is caused by the corruption of the three doṣas (tridoṣa: vāta, pitta and kapha) which in turn corrupts the skin, blood, muscle and lymph. Ṛṣyajihva-kuṣṭha is characterized by rough, reddish edges, is brown inside, feels painful and looks like the tongue of the ṛṣyajihva antelope. Ṛṣyajihva is caused by a preponderance of Vāta-doṣa (‘bodily air’) and Pitta-doṣa (‘bodily bile’).
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
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryṚṣyajihva (ऋष्यजिह्व).—a kind of leprosy.
Derivable forms: ṛṣyajihvam (ऋष्यजिह्वम्).
Ṛṣyajihva is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ṛṣya and jihva (जिह्व).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryṚṣyajihva (ऋष्यजिह्व).—n.
(-hvaṃ) A sort of leprosy. E. ṛṣya the deer and jihvā the tongue; to which the blotches are compared.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryṚśyajihva (ऋश्यजिह्व):—[=ṛśya-jihva] [from ṛśya > ṛśa] n. a kind of leprosy, [Caraka; Suśruta]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryṚṣyajihva (ऋष्यजिह्व):—[ṛṣya-jihva] (hva) 1. n. A sort of leprosy.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), 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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Partial matches: Rishya, Jihva.
Ends with: Hrishyajihva.
Full-text: Kushtha.
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Charaka Samhita (English translation) (by Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurvedic Society)
Chapter 5 - The Pathology of Dermatosis (kushtha-nidana) < [Nidanasthana (Nidana Sthana) — Section on Pathology]
Chapter 19 - The Eight Abdominal affections (udara-roga) < [Sutrasthana (Sutra Sthana) — General Principles]
Chapter 7 - The therapeutics of Dermatosis (kushtha-cikitsa) < [Cikitsasthana (Cikitsa Sthana) — Section on Therapeutics]
Sushruta Samhita, volume 2: Nidanasthana (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)
Atharvaveda and Charaka Samhita (by Laxmi Maji)
4b. Leprosy (Kuṣṭha) in the Caraka-saṃhitā < [Chapter 5 - Diseases and Remedies in Atharvaveda and Caraka-Saṃhitā]
Classification of diseases in the Caraka-Saṃhitā < [Chapter 4 - Diseases and Remedial measures (described in Caraka-saṃhitā)]