Priyangvadi, Priyaṅgvādi, Priyangu-adi: 2 definitions

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Source: Shodhganga: Edition translation and critical study of yogasarasamgraha

1) Priyaṅgvādi refers to a medicinal recipe mentioned in the Tailakhaṇḍa (verse 3.195) of the 15th-century Yogasārasaṅgraha (Yogasara-saṅgraha) by Vāsudeva: an unpublished Keralite work representing an Ayurvedic compendium of medicinal recipes. The Tailakhaṇḍa [mentioning priyaṅgvādi] contains recipes and medicated oils (taila) that treat the patients on such conditions as fever, dyspnoea, cough, asthma, etc.

2) Priyaṅgvādi refers to a medicinal recipe mentioned in the Lepakhaṇḍa (verse 4.214) of the 15th-century Yogasārasaṅgraha (Yogasara-saṅgraha) by Vāsudeva: an unpublished Keralite work representing an Ayurvedic compendium of medicinal recipes. The Lepakhaṇḍa [mentioning priyaṅgvādi] 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.

Unclassified Ayurveda definitions

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Priyaṅgvādi (प्रियङ्ग्वादि) is the Sanskrit name for a group of medicinal plants. It was originally composed by Suśruta in his Suśrutasaṃhitā sūtrasthāna XXXVIII, a classic work on Āyurveda. The name is derived from the words Priyaṅgu (Callicarpa macrophylla) and ādi, translating to “first” or “commencement”. Examples of plants pertaining to this category include Priyaṅgu, Dhātakī, Mocarasa and Rasāñjana. The collection of herbs named Priyaṅgvādi 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 Priyangvādi Gana consists of

  1. Priyangu,
  2. Samangā,
  3. Dhātaki,
  4. Nāga-pushpa,
  5. Chandana,
  6. Kuchandana,
  7. Mocharasa,
  8. Rasānjana,
  9. Kumbhika,
  10. Srotohnjana,
  11. Padma-keshara,
  12. Jojanvalli,
  13. and Dirghamulā.
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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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