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Ayurveda (science of life)

Toxicology (Study and Treatment of poison)

Source: Shodhganga: Kasyapa Samhita—Text on Visha Chikitsa

Raktapuccha (रक्तपुच्छ) refers to “red Puccha” and is used in the treatment of snake-bites such as those caused by the Kṛṣṇamaṇḍalī-snakes, according to the Kāśyapa Saṃhitā: an ancient Sanskrit text from the Pāñcarātra tradition dealing with both Tantra and Viṣacikitsā—an important topic from Āyurveda which deals with the study of Toxicology (Viṣavidyā or Sarpavidyā).—Accordingly, one of the treatments is mentioned as follows: “A gruel made of the leaves of yellow Arka, leaves and the sap of long pepper-fruit must be given for inhalation nasally. Paste made of rice root of Vacā, Vakula and sandalwood with buttermilk and ghee must be smeared on the bite-wound. Ghee burns the wound. A measure of red and black Puccha (raktapuccha) must be applied on the wound [saraktapucchaṃ śyāmādipucchaṃ khāryā pralepayet]”.

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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

Raktapuccha (ರಕ್ತಪುಚ್ಛ):—[noun] a kind of red scorpion.

context information

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: Puccha, Rakta.

Starts with: Raktapucchaka.

Ends with: Maharaktapuccha.

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