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Source: archive.org: Science And Technology In Medievel India (Ayurveda)

Pittajvara (पित्तज्वर) or Pittajvaracikitsā is the name of a topic dealt with in the Kvāthādhikāra, as mentioned in A. Rahman’s Science and Technology in Medievel India: A bibliography of source materials in Sanskrit, Arabic and Persian.—Ancient and medieval India produced a wide range of scientific manuscripts and major contributions lie in the field of medicine, astronomy and mathematics, besides covering encyclopedic glossaries and technical dictionaries.—Pittajvara-cikitsā and other chapters of the Kvāthādhikāra deal with the treatment of fevers.

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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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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

pittajvara (पित्तज्वर).—m (S) Bilious fever.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pittajvara (पित्तज्वर).—a bilious fever.

Derivable forms: pittajvaraḥ (पित्तज्वरः).

Pittajvara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pitta and jvara (ज्वर). See also (synonyms): pittadāha.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pittajvara (पित्तज्वर).—m.

(-raḥ) Bilious fever. E. pitta bile, and jvara fever.

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

Pittajvara (पित्तज्वर).—[masculine] bilious fever.

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

Pittajvara (पित्तज्वर):—[=pitta-jvara] [from pitta] m. a bilious fever, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Pittajvara (पित्तज्वर):—[pitta-jvara] (raḥ) 1. m. Bilious fever.

[Sanskrit to German]

Pittajvara 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Pittajvara (ಪಿತ್ತಜ್ವರ):—[noun] a fever caused by the malfunction of the bile-system in the body.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Jvara, Pitta.

Starts with: Pittajvaracikitsa.

Ends with: Kaphapittajvara, Marutpittajvara, Shleshmapittajvara, Vatapittajvara.

Full-text: Shleshmapittajvara, Vatapittajvara, Pittadaha, Patha, Shleshman, Jvara.

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Search found 1 books and stories containing Pittajvara, Pitta-jvara; (plurals include: Pittajvaras, jvaras). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Atharvaveda and Charaka Samhita (by Laxmi Maji)

1b. Study of Fever (Jvara) in the Caraka-Saṃhita < [Chapter 5 - Diseases and Remedies in Atharvaveda and Caraka-Saṃhitā]

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