Brihatyadigana, Bṛhatyādigaṇa, Brihati-adi-gana: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Bṛhatyādigaṇa can be transliterated into English as Brhatyadigana or Brihatyadigana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Cikitsa (natural therapy and treatment for medical conditions)
Source: Wisdom Library: Ayurveda: CikitsaBṛhatyādigaṇa (बृहत्यादिगण):—The Sanskrit name for a group of ten plants mentioned as having medicinal properties used for the treatment of all major fevers (jvara). It is thus described in the Jvaracikitsā (or “the treatment of fever”) chapter of the Sanskrit Ayurvedic work called Mādhavacikitsā.
The following plants are mentioned as belonging to this group (gaṇa):
- Bṛhatī (Solanum violaceum, or “Indian nightshade”),
- Kaṇṭakārī (Solanum xanthocarpum, or “yellow-berried nightshade”),
- Puṣkara (Inula racemosa),
- Bhārgī (Rotheca serrata or, the “blue fountain bush”),
- Śaṭi (Hedychium spicatum, or the “spiked ginger lily”),
- Śṛṅgī or Karkaṭa (Pistacia chinensis, or “Chinese pistache”),
- Durālabha or Dhanvayavāsa (Alhagi camelorum, or “camelthorn”),
- Vatsaka or Kuṭaja (Holarrhena antidysenterica, or “kurchi fruit”),
- Paṭola (Trichosanthes cucumerina, or the “snake gourd”),
- Kaṭurohinī (Picrorhiza kurroa, or “picrorhiza”).
The first two plants together form the group known as Bṛhatīdvaya.
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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Partial matches: Brihati, Gana, Adi.
Full-text: Pushkara, Brihati, Vatsaka, Katurohini, Shringi, Duralabha, Kantakari, Shati, Patola.
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