Prativisha, Prativiṣā, Prativiṣa, Prati-visha: 12 definitions
Introduction:
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The Sanskrit terms Prativiṣā and Prativiṣa can be transliterated into English as Prativisa or Prativisha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botanyPrativiṣā (प्रतिविषा) is a Sanskrit word referring to the “senna”, a herb from the Ranunculaceae (buttercup) family of flowering plants. It is also known as Ativiṣā. It is used throughout Ayurvedic literature such as the Caraka-saṃhitā and the Suśruta-saṃhitā. The official botanical name is Aconitum heterophyllum. This herb grows in Sub-Alpine and Alpine zones of the Himalayas and has blue or violet flowers with fruits follicles that are 16-18mm long having pyramidal seeds, blackish brown, roots tuberous with bitter taste. The literal translation of Ativiṣa is “exceedingly poisonous” or “counteracting poison”.
Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of termsPrativiṣa (प्रतिविष):—[prativiṣaṃ] Agonis antidote, When the spread of poison becomes uncontrollable by mantra and tantra procedures and when the fifth phase of poison is over but the seventh phase is not over, prativisha (antitoxic substances) are to be made use of. This is the last resort in the treatment of poison and hence should be used only in extreme cases. Inanimate poison act upwards and animate poisons act downwards these opposing nature of actions of the said poisons are effectively made use of in prativisha therapy.
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.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Prativisa in India is the name of a plant defined with Aconitum ferox in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Aconitum ferox Wall..
2) Prativisa is also identified with Aconitum heterophyllum It has the synonym Aconitum heterophyllum Wall..
3) Prativisa is also identified with Aconitum palmatum.
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress Association (1987)
· Illustrations of the Botany … of the Himalayan Mountains (1833)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Cell and Chromosome Research (1988)
· Numer. List (4721)
· Taxon (1980)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Prativisa, for example extract dosage, diet and recipes, side effects, health benefits, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, have a look at these references.
This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPrativiṣa (प्रतिविष).—an antidote.
-ṣā a birch tree.
Derivable forms: prativiṣam (प्रतिविषम्).
Prativiṣa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms prati and viṣa (विष).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryPrativiṣa (प्रतिविष).—nt. (compare id. cited [Boehtlingk] 4.145 as adj. from Rājat., ein Gegengift enthaltend, and °ṣā, ibid., a kind of aconite, in medical texts), antidote for poison: according to Tibetan (boṅ ṅa dmar po; there is an alternative gloss, ḥab śan tse ḥu, which I cannot interpret) on Mahāvyutpatti 5822, red wolfs- bane (aconite); prativiṣa-bhūtaṃ (sc. bodhicittaṃ) karma (2d ed. kāma-)-rativiṣanirviṣīkaraṇatayā Gaṇḍavyūha 495.21.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPrativiṣā (प्रतिविषा).—f.
(-ṣā) A plant, commonly Ataich or Atis, (Betula.) E. prati against, and viṣa venom; an antidote.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Prativiṣa (प्रतिविष):—[=prati-viṣa] n. ‘counter-poison’, an antidote, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] mf(ā)n. containing an ant°, [Rājataraṅgiṇī]
3) Prativiṣā (प्रतिविषा):—[=prati-viṣā] [from prati-viṣa] f. Aconitum Heterophyllum, [Caraka; Bhāvaprakāśa]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPrativiṣā (प्रतिविषा):—[prati-viṣā] (ṣā) 1. f. A plant (Betula).
[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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusPrativiṣa (ಪ್ರತಿವಿಷ):—[noun] a poison used to counteract another poison; an antidote.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryPrativiṣa (प्रतिविष):—n. Geol. & Phys. antidote;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Visha, Prati.
Starts with: Prativishahingvadi, Prativishava, Prativishaya, Prativishayam.
Full-text: Pravisha, Ativisa, Indrahasta.
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