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Ayurveda (science of life)

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

Asitopalā (असितोपला) refers to “without sugar”, as mentioned in verse 5.29-31 of the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā (Sūtrasthāna) by Vāgbhaṭa.—Accordingly, “[...] Of sour digestion and taste, constipating, heavy, (and) warming (are) curds [viz., dadhi]; Never shall one take them at night, never warm, (and) not in spring, summer, and autumn (in any other season) not without mung-bean soup nor without honey nor without ghee and sugar [viz., na-asitopalā] nor without emblic myrobalans, also not continuously and not slightly unfinished”.

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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

Asitopala (असितोपल).—a dark-blue stone; lapis lazuli. निलयेषु नक्तमसिताश्मनां चयैः (nilayeṣu naktamasitāśmanāṃ cayaiḥ) Śiśupālavadha 13.54; Kirātārjunīya 16.38.

Derivable forms: asitopalaḥ (असितोपलः).

Asitopala is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms asita and upala (उपल).

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

Asitopala (असितोपल).—n.

(-laṃ) The lapis lazuli. E. asita blue, upala stone.

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

Asitopala (असितोपल):—[from asita] m. = asitāśman q.v., [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Asitopala (असितोपल):—[asito+pala] (laṃ) 1. n. Lapis lazuli.

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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.

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Partial matches: Upala, Asita.

Ends with: Ghritasitopala, Sasitopala.

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