Arkatapa, Arkatāpa, Arka-tapa: 1 definition
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Source: archive.org: Vagbhata’s Ashtanga Hridaya Samhita (first 5 chapters)Arkatāpa (अर्कताप) refers to the “heat of the sun”, mentioned in verse 3.34-36 of the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā (Sūtrasthāna) by Vāgbhaṭa.—Accordingly, “[...] In groves in which the hot-rayed one is darkened by cloud-grazing huge Sal trees and Palmyra palms, [...] (and which is) covered with the shoots and fruit-pendants of mango-trees; (or) on a couch (which is) prepared from tender banana-leaves, white nymphaeas, lotus-fibres, nelumbos, and blue nymphaeas, (and) in which (are found) opening buds and sprouts: (there) one shall sleep at noon when pained by the heat of the sun [viz., arkatāpa-ārta]; or in a bath-house”.
Note: arkatāpa-ārta—“pained by the heat of the sun” has been simplified to ñi-mas gduṅ-bas-na—“pained by the sun”.—
gduṅ-ba in N and gduṅs-pa in CD are alternative spellings of equal frequency, while gduṅ-pa in P is a mistake.
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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