Alternative spellings of this word include Chatuhsama.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)

Source: Wisdom Library: Rasa-śāstra

Catuḥsama (चतुःसम) or Catuḥsamalauha is the name of a Ayurvedic recipe defined in the fifth volume of the Rasajalanidhi (chapter 10, Śūla: pain in the belly). These remedies are classified as Iatrochemistry and form part of the ancient Indian science known as Rasaśāstra (medical alchemy). However, since it is an ayurveda treatment it should be taken with caution and in accordance with rules laid down in the texts.

Accordingly, when using such recipes (e.g., catuḥsama-lauha): “the minerals (uparasa), poisons (viṣa), and other drugs (except herbs), referred to as ingredients of medicines, are to be duly purified and incinerated, as the case may be, in accordance with the processes laid out in the texts.” (see introduction to Iatro chemical medicines)

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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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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Catuḥsama (चतुःसम).—an unguent of four things, sandal, agallochum, saffron and musk; L. D. B.

Derivable forms: catuḥsamam (चतुःसमम्).

Catuḥsama is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms catur and sama (सम).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Catuḥsama (चतुःसम).—adj. having four even or smooth (members of the body), [Rāmāyaṇa] 5, 32, 13.

— Cf. [Gothic.] sama, and sama-, e. g. in sama-frathjis; [Anglo-Saxon.] same, sam-; [Gothic.] samana; [Anglo-Saxon.] somne, samne; [Gothic.] samath; [Anglo-Saxon.] sámod; [Gothic.] sums, and [Anglo-Saxon.] sum, quidam; [Latin] similis, simul, semel, sem-per, singuli; (cf. sa).

Catuḥsama is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms catur and sama (सम).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Catuḥsama (चतुःसम):—[=catuḥ-sama] [from catuḥ > catasṛ] mfn. having 4 symmetric parts of the body (viz. arms, knees, legs, and cheeks [Scholiast or Commentator]; but cf. -śākha and catur-aṅga), [Rāmāyaṇa v, 32, 13] (cf. [Harivaṃśa 14779])

2) [v.s. ...] n. an unguent of 4 ingredients (sandal, Agallochum, saffron; and musk, [Bhāvaprakāśa vii]).

[Sanskrit to German]

Catuhsama in German

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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: Catuh, Cama, Sama, Catur.

Starts with: Catuhsamalauha, Catuhsamamandura.

Full-text: Asama, Catuhsamamandura, Catuhsamalauha.

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