Asrigdara, Asṛgdara, Asrij-dara: 12 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Asṛgdara can be transliterated into English as Asrgdara or Asrigdara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)
Source: Shodhganga: Edition translation and critical study of yogasarasamgrahaAsṛgdara (असृग्दर) refers to “menorrhagia” and is one of the various diseases mentioned in the 15th-century Yogasārasaṅgraha (Yogasara-saṅgraha) by Vāsudeva: an unpublished Keralite work representing an Ayurvedic compendium of medicinal recipes. The Yogasārasaṃgraha [mentioning asṛgdara] deals with entire recipes in the route of administration, and thus deals with the knowledge of pharmacy (bhaiṣajya-kalpanā) which is a branch of pharmacology (dravyaguṇa).
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botanyAsṛgdara (असृग्दर) refers to an “menorrhagia”, which is an irregular or excessive menstruation. It is used throughout Ayurvedic literature such as the Caraka-saṃhitā. The word Asṛgdara is composed of asṛg (not discharging) and dara (“stream”).
Source: archive.org: Sushruta samhita, Volume IIAsrigdara (Menorrhagia):—An abnormal or excessive discharge of the menstrual blood (Ārtava), or its long persistence even after the wonted time, or its appearance at a premature or unnatural period (as well as contrarity in its colour or properties) is called Asrigdara. All types of the disease (Asrigdara) are attended with an aching in the limbs and a painful flow (of the catamenial fluid).
Source: Research Gate: Internal applications of Vatsanabha (Aconitum ferox wall)Asṛgdara (असृग्दर) refers to “mennorrhagi” (menstrual periods with abnormally heavy or prolonged bleeding). Vatsanābha (Aconitum ferox), although categorized as sthāvara-viṣa (vegetable poisons), has been extensively used in ayurvedic pharmacopoeia.
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.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: The Garuda puranamIngestion of incompatible articles of fare, eating before the digestion of a previous meal, indigestion, abortions, sexual excesses, excessive travelling in carriages, or riding on horse-back etc., exhaustion through excessive grief or anguish, lifting or carrying of inordinately heavy weights, local-injuries and day sleep may be described as the exciting factors of Asrigdara (uterine or vaginal catarrh) of which a bruised or aching pain in the limbs forms the specific concomitant.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAsṛgdara (असृग्दर).—an irregular or excessive menstruation, mœnorrhagia.
Derivable forms: asṛgdaraḥ (असृग्दरः).
Asṛgdara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms asṛj and dara (दर).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAsṛgdarā (असृग्दरा).—f.
(-rā) Irregular or excessive menstruation, mœnorrhagia. E. asṛj, dṝ to tear, affix ap.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAsṛgdara (असृग्दर):—[=asṛg-dara] [from asṛg > asṛj] m. irregular or excessive menstruation, menorrhagia, [Suśruta]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryAsṛgdarā (असृग्दरा):—[asṛg-darā] (rā) 1. f. Menorrhagia.
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusAsṛgdara (ಅಸೃಗ್ದರ):—[noun] a copious discharge of blood from the blood vessels, a disease in women; haemorrhage.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Asrig, Asrij, Dara, Tara.
Full-text: Dara.
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