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Source: Wisdom Library: Rasa-śāstra

Agnisahāya (अग्निसहाय) is the name of an Ayurvedic recipe defined in the fourth volume of the Rasajalanidhi (chapter 4, ajīrṇa: indigestion). These remedies are classified as Iatrochemistry and form part of the ancient Indian science known as Rasaśāstra (medical alchemy). However, since it is an ayurveda treatment it should be taken with caution and in accordance with rules laid down in the texts.

Accordingly, when using such recipes (e.g., agnisahāya-rasa): “the minerals (uparasa), poisons (viṣa), and other drugs (except herbs), referred to as ingredients of medicines, are to be duly purified and incinerated, as the case may be, in accordance with the processes laid out in the texts.” (see introduction to Iatro chemical medicines)

Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)

Source: Shodhganga: Portrayal of Animal Kingdom (Tiryaks) in Epics An Analytical study

Agnisahāya (अग्निसहाय) (lit. “one who has the fire as his friend”) is a synonym (another name) for the Pigeon (Kapota), according to scientific texts such as the Mṛgapakṣiśāstra (Mriga-pakshi-shastra) or “the ancient Indian science of animals and birds” by Hamsadeva, containing the varieties and descriptions of the animals and birds seen in the Sanskrit Epics such as the Ramayana and Mahabharata.

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Agnisahāya (अग्निसहाय).—

1) the wind.

2) the wild pigeon (smokecoloured).

3) smoke.

Derivable forms: agnisahāyaḥ (अग्निसहायः).

Agnisahāya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms agni and sahāya (सहाय). See also (synonyms): agnisakha.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Agnisahāya (अग्निसहाय).—m.

(-yaḥ) 1. A pigeon. 2. The wind. E. agni and sahāya a friend.

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

1) Agnisahāya (अग्निसहाय):—[=agni-sahāya] [from agni] m. ‘friend of fire’, the wind

2) [v.s. ...] a wild pigeon, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Agnisahāya (अग्निसहाय):—m.

(-yaḥ) 1) The wind.

2) A wild pigeon. E. agni and sahāya.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Agnisahāya (अग्निसहाय):—[agni-sahāya] (yaḥ) 1. m. A pigeon; wind.

[Sanskrit to German]

Agnisahaya in German

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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: Agni, Sahaya, Ani.

Full-text: Agnisakha.

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Search found 1 books and stories containing Agnisahaya, Agnisahāya, Agni-sahaya, Agni-sahāya; (plurals include: Agnisahayas, Agnisahāyas, sahayas, sahāyas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 4: Iatrochemistry (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)

Part 8 - Treatment for indigestion (6): Agnisahaya rasa < [Chapter IV - Irregularity of the digesting heat]

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