The Sanskrit term Bṛhatkalpabhāṣya can be transliterated into English as Brhatkalpabhasya or Brihatkalpabhashya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: History of Science in South Asia: Āyurveda in Jain Monastic Texts

Bṛhatkalpabhāṣya (बृहत्कल्पभाष्य) is attributed to a late sixth or early seventh-century scholar-monk Saṅghadāsa. It may have originated in Western India, possibly in the region of Lāṭa and Saurāṣṭra (around the modern state of Gujarāt).—The Bṛhatkalpabhāṣya routinely makes concessions to the monastic rules if a monk or a nun is ill (Cf. Bṛhatkalpabhāṣya 2380, 2421-22, 2784, 6337-40). The Bṛhatkalpa-bhāṣya also reveals its author’s evident familiarity with certain central Āyurvedic concepts and terms, such as the three humors, and his interest in the practical application of such knowledge in Jain monastic life. He takes for granted that individual monks and nuns have their distinctive predominant humors, and that these qualities should be taken into account in the day-to-day arrangements of mendicant life.

The Bṛhatkalpabhāṣya paints a picture of Jain monastics who are fairly self-sufficient in terms of their supply of herbal drugs and medical instruments. Among their permitted requisites, they are allowed to carry a box of cutting instruments for removing a splinter, a thorn, or a part of the body bitten by a snake. They may also carry medicines made of a many ingredients. [...] Both the Niśīthabhāṣya and the Bṛhatkalpabhāṣya prescribe in detail how a doctor should be approached when his services are needed. Acting as a messenger to the doctor is an art not to be taken lightly. Only monks who know the appropriate time and place and are “perceptive and good at retaining information, clever, mature, and pious” are fit to fulfill this task (Cf. Bṛhatkalpabhāṣya 1919).

context information

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.

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: Journal of Indian Philosophy: Jain Commentarial Techniques and the Art of Memory

Bṛhatkalpabhāṣya (बृहत्कल्पभाष्य) is an important Jain commentary on monastic discipline, attributed to the sixth-century CE Śvetāmbara Jain exegete Saṅghadāsa.

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Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Bhashya, Brihatkalpa.

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