The Sanskrit term Āścotana can be transliterated into English as Ascotana or Ashcotana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Ashchotana.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: archive.org: Vagbhata’s Ashtanga Hridaya Samhita (first 5 chapters)

Āścotana (आश्चोतन) refers to “instillations”, as mentioned in verse 5.26 of the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā (Sūtrasthāna) by Vāgbhaṭa.—Accordingly, “[...] among the (different kinds of milk [viz., payas]), [...] Human milk [viz., mānuṣa] (is) destructive of eye-diseases (coming) of wind, choler, blood, and injury, (and that) in the form of refreshments and instillations [viz., āścotana] (as well as) sternutatories”.

Note: Āścotana (“instillation”) and nasya (“sternutatory”) have been combined into mig daṅ snar blugs (“instillation into the eyes and the nose”).

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Āścotana (आश्चोतन).—a. Sprinkling.

-nam 1 Aspersion, sprinkling; Uttararāmacarita 2.

3) Applying ghee &c. to the eyelids.

See also (synonyms): āśco, āścyo, āścyotana.

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

Āścotana (आश्चोतन).—n.

(-naṃ) 1. Aspersion, sprinkling. 2. Applying ghee, &c. to the eye-lids. E. āṅ before ścut to sprinkle, affix lyuṭ.

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

1) Āścotana (आश्चोतन):—[=ā-ścotana] [from ā-ścut] n. aspersion, sprinkling

2) [v.s. ...] applying (ghee etc.) to the eyelids, [Suśruta]

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

Āścotana (आश्चोतन):—[ā-ścotana] (naṃ) 1. n. Sprinkling.

[Sanskrit to German]

Ashcotana 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Āścōtana (ಆಶ್ಚೋತನ):—[noun] a treatment of an eye disease, by dropping the medicine on the eye-ball.

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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)

Partial matches: Shcotana, A.

Ends with: Prashcotana.

Full-text: Ashco, Ashcyo, Ashcyotana, Samvidhana, Shcut.

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