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Ayurveda (science of life)

Toxicology (Study and Treatment of poison)

Source: Shodhganga: Kasyapa Samhita—Text on Visha Chikitsa

Vyāghrānta (व्याघ्रान्त) is the name of an ingredient used in the treatment of rat-poison such as those caused by the Sugarbha-rats, 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: “Powdered root of Vyāghrānta, turmeric, leaf and root of Kapittha must be made into a paste with urine and applied externally and also drunk. Fumigation to be done with the sprouts of Vyāghrānta. Food prescribed with ghee.”.

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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.

Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Brill: The Indian System of Human Marks

Vyāghrānta (व्याघ्रान्त) refers to a “man whose death is because of a tiger”, according to Mitramiśra’s explanation of Utpala’s Samudra: a collection of verses attributed to Samudra found in a tenth-century (with variants in thirteenth-century) commentary on the Bṛhatsaṃhitā.—Mitramiśra, glossing the last verse of Utpala’s citation of Samudra, explains that vyāghrāntaḥ means vyāghrādanto mṛtyur yasya,—“a man whose death is because of a tiger”.

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Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.

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Partial matches: Vyaghra, Anta.

Starts with: Vyaghrantamula.

Full-text: Vyaghrantamula, Kapitthadala, Kapitthamula, Sugarbha.

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