The Sanskrit term Vajraparīkṣā can be transliterated into English as Vajrapariksa or Vajrapariksha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

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

Vajraparīkṣā (वज्रपरीक्षा) refers to one of the topics dealt with in the Vaidyakalpataru, 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 [e.g., the Vaidyakalpatarua] and major contributions lie in the field of medicine, astronomy and mathematics, besides covering encyclopedic glossaries and technical dictionaries.—The Vaidyakalpataru is a medical treatise in Sanskrit in twenty-one chapters [e.g, Vajraparīkṣā-adhikāra] dealing with the preparation of medicines from compounds of mercury, sulphur, gold and other metals and on the treatment of specific diseases with the aid of these medicines

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

vajraparīkṣā (वज्रपरीक्षा).—f (S) Testing or trying of diamonds. 2 fig. Hard or severe examination.

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

Vajraparīkṣā (वज्रपरीक्षा):—[=vajra-parīkṣā] [from vajra > vaj] f. the testing of a diamond, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Pariksha, Vajra.

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