Jimutaka, Jīmūtaka: 4 definitions
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Jimutaka 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.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭuJīmūtaka (जीमूतक) is the Sanskrit name for a medicinal plant identified with Luffa echinata (bitter sponge gourd or bitter luffa) from the Cucurbitaceae or “gourd family” of flowering plants, according to verse 3.58-60 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. Jīmūtaka is commonly known in Hindi as Ghagarvel or Vandāla; in Marathi as Kukurvel; in Gujarati as Kukad-vel; in Telugu as Panivirā; in Kannada as Devadangara; and in Bengali as Deyatadā or Ghośalatā.
Jīmūtaka is mentioned as having nineteen synonyms: Kaṇṭaphalā, Garāgarī, Veṇī, Sahā, Kaṭphalā, Ghorā, Kadambā, Viṣahā, Karkaṭī, Devadālī, Sāramūṣikā, Vṛttakoṣā, Viṣaghnī, Dālī, Lomaśapatrikā, Turaṅgikā, Tarkārī and Kośaphalā.
Properties and characteristics: “Devadālī [eg., Jīmūtaka] is bitter (tikta), pungent (kaṭu) in rasa and hot in potency. It eradicates anaemia and diseases due to . It cures piles, asthma, cough, jaundice and relieves of ill effects of bad souls”.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryJīmūtaka (जीमूतक):—[from jīmūta] m. Lepeocercis serrata, [Suśruta i;iv, 18.]
[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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Full-text (+6): Vishaha, Lomashapatrika, Saha, Karkati, Turangika, Dali, Garagari, Saramushika, Veni, Vrittakosha, Tarkari, Kadamba, Kosaphala, Ghora, Devadali, Kantaphala, Deyatada, Ghagarvel, Kukurvel, Devadangara.
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Charaka Samhita (English translation) (by Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurvedic Society)
Chapter 2 - The Pharmaceutics of Bristly luffa (jimutaka-kalpa) < [Kalpasthana (Kalpa Sthana) — Section on Pharmaceutics]
Atharvaveda and Charaka Samhita (by Laxmi Maji)
Therapeutics and Rejuvenation Therapy < [Chapter 4 - Diseases and Remedial measures (described in Caraka-saṃhitā)]
Sushruta Samhita, volume 1: Sutrasthana (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)
Chapter XLIII - Recipes of emetic drugs
Chapter XXXIX - Purificatory and Palliative Drugs
Sushruta Samhita, volume 4: Cikitsasthana (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)
Chapter XVIII - The medical treatment of Glandular Swellings
Chapter XIV - The medical treatment of dropsy
Chapter XXXI - The medicinal use of Sneha (oleaginous substances)
The Garuda Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter CCXXVII - Different names of the Ayurvedic Drugs < [Dhanvantari Samhita]