Atmagupta, Ātmaguptā, Atma-gupta, Atman-gupta: 12 definitions
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Atmagupta means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Ātmaguptā (आत्मगुप्ता) is another name for Kapikacchu, a medicinal plant identified with Mucuna pruriens (velvet bean or cowhage or cowitch) from the Fabaceae or “bean family” of flowering plants, according to verse 3.50-53 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The third chapter (guḍūcyādi-varga) of this book contains climbers and creepers (vīrudh). Together with the names Ātmaguptā and Kapikacchu, there are a total of twenty-six Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)
Ātmaguptā (आत्मगुप्ता) refers to the medicinal plant known as “Mucuna pruriens (Linn.) DC” and is dealt with in the 15th-century Yogasārasaṅgraha (Yogasara-saṅgraha) by Vāsudeva: an unpublished Keralite work representing an Ayurvedic compendium of medicinal recipes. The Yogasārasaṃgraha [mentioning ātmaguptā] deals with entire recipes in the route of administration, and thus deals with the knowledge of pharmacy (bhaiṣajya-kalpanā) which is a branch of pharmacology (dravyaguṇa).
Toxicology (Study and Treatment of poison)
Ātmagupta (आत्मगुप्त) is the name of an ingredient used in the treatment (cikitsā) of poison due to rabid dogs (alarka) and horses (aśva), according to the Kāśyapa Saṃhitā: an ancient Sanskrit text from the Pāñcarātra tradition dealing with both Tantra and Viṣacikitsā, which represents the Ayurvedic study on Toxicology (Viṣavidyā or Sarpavidyā).—In the 12h adhyāya, Kāśyapasaṃhita adds external and internal antidotes for poisons of various animals and insects [e.g., dogs (śva) and horses (aśva)]. [...] Accordingly, “A concoction consisting of Yaṣṭi, Vyoṣa, powdered Ātmagupti (ātmagupta), Dhānyagupti, Priyañgu, with two measures of Karṇikāra, blended with jaggery and milk prescribed for treating rabies and horse-poison”.
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
Ātmaguptā (आत्मगुप्ता) is another name for Avalguja (Psoralea corylifolia “Malaysian scurfpea”). The term is used throughout Ayurvedic literature.
Ātmaguptā (आत्मगुप्ता) is a synonym of Kapikacchu, which refers to Mucuna pruriens (Linn.) DC. and is a medicinal plant mentioned in the 7th-century Nirantarapadavyākhyā by Jejjaṭa (or Jajjaṭa): one of the earliest extant and, therefore, one of the most important commentaries on the Carakasaṃhitā.—(Cf. Indian Medicinal Plants 4:68, Arya Vaidya Sala, 1993-96.).—(Cf. The Plant List, A Working List of All Plant Species 34, 461, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden).
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.
Biology (plants and animals)
Atmagupta in India is the name of a plant defined with Asparagus racemosus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Asparagopsis floribunda Kunth, nom. illeg. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Tent. Fl. Abyss. (1850)
· Species Plantarum. (1799)
· Malpighia (1937)
· Nouv. Ann. Mus. Paris (1834)
· Linnaea (1841)
· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta’ (1814)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Atmagupta, for example diet and recipes, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, health benefits, side effects, extract dosage, have a look at these references.
This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Ātmaguptā (आत्मगुप्ता).—The plant Mucuna Pruritus Hook (Mar. kuyalī).
Ātmaguptā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ātman and guptā (गुप्ता).
Ātmaguptā (आत्मगुप्ता).—f.
(-ptā) A plant, Cowach, (Carpopogon pruriens.) E. ātman self, gupta hidden; self-preserved.
Ātmaguptā (आत्मगुप्ता):—[=ātma-guptā] [from ātma > ātman] f. the plant Mucuna Pruritus Hook, [Suśruta]
Ātmaguptā (आत्मगुप्ता):—[ātma-guptā] (ptā) 1. f. A plant (Cowach).
Ātmaguptā (आत्मगुप्ता):—(ā + gu) f. Mucuna pruritus Hook., eine jährige Pflanze, deren Schoten mit stechenden Haaren bedeckt sind, [Amarakoṣa 2, 4, 3, 5.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1151.] [Suśruta 1, 133, 19. 157, 2. 2, 222, 21. 226, 1.] — Vgl. svayaṃguptā .
Ātmaguptā (आत्मगुप्ता):—f. Mucuna pruritus Hook.
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 (+0): Atman, Gupta.
Full-text (+0): Kapikacchu, Svayamgupta, Attumakupta, Khajarikuiri, Svagupta.
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