Abhrakala, Abhrakāla, Abhra-kala: 1 definition
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Source: archive.org: Vagbhata’s Ashtanga Hridaya Samhita (first 5 chapters)Abhrakāla (अभ्रकाल) refers to the “cloudy season”, as mentioned in verse 4.35 of the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā (Sūtrasthāna) by Vāgbhaṭa.—Accordingly, “[...] (by) quickly (and) properly purging in spring the accumulation of humours produced in the cold (season), in the cloudy season [viz., abhrakāla] (that) caused in summer, (and) at the disappearance of clouds (that) formed in the rainy season: one never catches the diseases (usually) caused in (these) seasons”.
Note: vasante—“in spring” has been rendered by dpyid-kyi thse (“in springtime”), abhrakāle (“in the cloudy season”) by dbyar dus-na (“in the rainy season”), and ghanātyaye (“at the disappearance of clouds”) by sprin bral dus-su (“at the time of the dissolution of clouds”), each of the three locatives being represented in a different way, namely, by an accusative, locative, and terminative (see 3.7). This apparently intended variation contrasts strongly with the quadruple use of ’byuṅ-ba.
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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