Essentials of Panchakarma Therapy
author: Pulak Kanti Kar
edition: 2013, Chaukhamba Sanskrit Pratishthan
pages: 1445
Topic: Ayurveda
Avagaha sveda
This chapter describes Avagaha sveda located on page 238 from volume Volume 4 in the book Essentials of Panchakarma Therapy compiled by Pulak Kanti Kar. This book presents a Comprehensive view of Panchakarma and includes therapeutic modules and references for the Ayurvedic practitioners. Panchakarma registers the mechanism of the action of Ayurvedic drug..
Volume 4 deals with the principles and Practice of Panchakarma:—The subject is presented in such a way that Ayurvedic people can realise the matter with a ration vision and can perform the therapy in daily practice.
This book fully covers every detail related to Panchakarma (methods for eliminating toxic elements from the body). For example, this chapter describes Avagaha sveda. The five methods are known as Vamana (‘emesis’), Virecana (‘purgation’), Asthapana (‘non-unctuous enema’), Anuvasana (‘unctuous enema’) and Shiro-Virechana (‘head-evacuation’ or ‘snuffing’).
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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Avagaha sveda” according to 26 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Sushruta Samhita, volume 4: Cikitsasthana [by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna]
of a simple or complicated deranged Vayu. (* 11) This is called the Avagaha-Sveda. (* 12) This is called the “Parisheka-Sveda” (* 13) Vrinda evidently quotes this verse from Sushruta Samhita but by a little change in the versification he excludes cases of vomiting and poisoning from the list and mentions only the cases of Dakodara (instead of Udara in general) as unfit for Sveda and this is consistent with the treatment prescribed by Sushruta himself in Chapter XIV, Chikitsita Sthana...
Read full contents: Chapter XXXII - Description of Sveda (fomentation, calorification, etc.)
Charaka Samhita (English translation) [by Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurvedic Society]
Diseases Amenable to Sudation Therapy (sveda) 20-24....
Read full contents: Chapter 14 - The Sudation Therapy (sveda)
Garga Samhita (English) [by Danavir Goswami]
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning: श्री-राधोवाच चलितुं न समर्थाहं मन्दिरान् न विनिर्गता सुकुमारी स्वेद-युक्ता कथं मां नयसि प्रिय shri-radhovaca calitum na samarthaham mandiran na vinirgata sukumari sveda-yukta katham mam nayasi priya shri-radha uvaca—Shri Radha said; calitum—to move; na—not; samartha—able; aham—I am; mandiran—from the palace; na—not; vinirgata—come; sukumari—delicate; sveda-yukta—perspiring; katham—how?; mam—Me; nayasi—You will lead; priya—O beloved....
Read full contents: Verse 2.21.31
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[Essentials of Panchakarma Therapy: index]
[About the Author (Pulak Kanti Kar)]
[Introduction vol 1 (essentials of Panchakarma)]
[Introduction vol 2 (applied Instruments in Panchakarma)]
[Introduction vol 3 (mechanism of Panchakarma)]
[Introduction vol 4 (practice of Panchakarma)]