Vamathu: 10 definitions
Introduction:
Vamathu means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms1) Vamathu (वमथु):—Vomiting
2) Vomiting.
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
Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionaryvamathu : (m.) vomiting; discharged food.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryVamathu, (fr. vam) vomiting; discharged food PvA. 173 (°bhatta; +ucchiṭṭha°). (Page 601)
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVamathu (वमथु).—
1) Ejecting, vomiting, spitting out; तेषां श्रमं च ग्लानिं च वमथुं वेपथुं व्रणान् सर्वं व्यपानुदत् कृष्णः (teṣāṃ śramaṃ ca glāniṃ ca vamathuṃ vepathuṃ vraṇān sarvaṃ vyapānudat kṛṣṇaḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 7.1.14.
2) Water ejected by an elephant from his trunk.
3) A cough.
Derivable forms: vamathuḥ (वमथुः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVamathu (वमथु).—m.
(-thuḥ) 1. Vomiting, ejecting any thing from the mouth. 2. Water ejected from an elephant’s trunk. E. vam to vomit, aff. athuc .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryVamathu (वमथु).—[vam + athu], m. 1. Vomiting. 2. Water ejected from an elephant’s trunk.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryVamathu (वमथु).—[masculine] vomiting.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Vamathu (वमथु):—[from vam] m. idem, [Suśruta]
2) [v.s. ...] qualmishness, nausea, [Caraka]
3) [v.s. ...] water ejected from an elephant’s trunk, [Harṣacarita]
4) [v.s. ...] a cough (?), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
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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 corpusVamathu (ವಮಥು):—
1) [noun] a sudden feeling of sickness at the stomach with an impulse to vomit; nausea; qualmishness.
2) [noun] water ejected from an elephant’s trunk.
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)
Ends with: Civamatu, Suvanavamathu.
Full-text: Suvanavamathu, Vamati, Sindhu.
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Jivanandana of Anandaraya Makhin (Study) (by G. D. Jayalakshmi)
Fifteen Diseases (Mentioned In Act II) < [Chapter 4 - Āyurvedic principles in Jīvanandana Nāṭaka]
The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)