Eladi, Ela-adi, Elādi: 4 definitions

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Eladi means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Ayurveda (science of life)

Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)

Source: Shodhganga: Edition translation and critical study of yogasarasamgraha

1) Elādi refers to a medicinal recipe mentioned in the Lepakhaṇḍa (verse 4.191) of the 15th-century Yogasārasaṅgraha (Yogasara-saṅgraha) by Vāsudeva: an unpublished Keralite work representing an Ayurvedic compendium of medicinal recipes. The Lepakhaṇḍa [mentioning elādi] contains recipes according to circumstances as advised by tradition. They treat the patient suffering from conditions such as fever, piles, emaciation, anorexia, tuberculosis, diarrhea, etc.

2) Elādi refers to a medicinal recipe mentioned in the Cūrṇakhaṇḍa (verse 6.41) of the 15th-century Yogasārasaṅgraha (Yogasara-saṅgraha) by Vāsudeva: an unpublished Keralite work representing an Ayurvedic compendium of medicinal recipes. The Cūrṇakhaṇḍa [mentioning elādi] contains powdered recipes and treat patients suffering from conditions such as erysipelas, excessive thirst, fever, burning sensation, gonorrhoea, etc.

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Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Elādi (एलादि) is the Sanskrit name for a group of medicinal plants, classified being a cosmetic, and arresting the eruption of pimples, etc. It was originally composed by Suśruta in his Suśrutasaṃhitā sūtrasthāna XXXVIII, a classic work on Āyurveda. The name is derived from the words Elā (Elettaria cardamomum) and ādi, translating to “first” or “commencement”. Examples of plants pertaining to this category include Elā, Tagara, Priyaṅgu, Aguru, Uṣira, Punnāga and Keśara, etc. The collection of herbs named Elādi is but one of the thirty-seven gaṇas (‘sections’) of such groups.

Source: archive.org: Sushruta samhita, Volume I

The group of medicinal drugs known as the Elādi-Gana consists of

  1. Elā,
  2. Tagara,
  3. Kushtha,
  4. Mānsi,
  5. Dhyāmaka,
  6. Tvaka,
  7. Patra,
  8. Nāga-pushpa,
  9. Priyangu,
  10. Harenuka,
  11. Vyāghranakha,
  12. Shukti,
  13. Chandā,
  14. Sthauneyaka,
  15. Shriveshtaka,
  16. Chocha,
  17. Choraka,
  18. Vālaka,
  19. Guggulu,
  20. Saijarasa,
  21. Turushka,
  22. Kunduruka,
  23. Aguru,
  24. Sprikka,
  25. Ushira,
  26. Bhadradāru,
  27. Kumkuma,
  28. Punnāga
  29. and Keshara.

The therapeutic virtue of the group consists in subduing the action of Vāyu and Kapham and in neutralising the effects of poison. It is a cosmetic and arrests the eruption of pimples and other vegetations on the skin such as rash, urticaria etc. and checks the itching sensation incidental thereto.

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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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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Ēḷaḍi (ಏಳಡಿ):—

1) [noun] (literally) seven steps.

2) [noun] (fig.) a short distance (a person goes toward a guest to receive or with a guest to send off).

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Ēḻaḍi (ಏೞಡಿ):—[noun] (literally seven steps) (fig.) a short distance (a person goes toward a guest to receive or with a guest to send him or her off).

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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