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Ayurveda (science of life)

Toxicology (Study and Treatment of poison)

Source: Shodhganga: Kasyapa Samhita—Text on Visha Chikitsa

Ātmagupti (आत्मगुप्ति) [=ātmagupta?] 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—an important topic from Āyurveda which deals with the study of 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, Dhānyagupti, Priyañgu, with two measures of Karṇikāra, blended with jaggery and milk prescribed for treating rabies and horse-poison”.

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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

Ātmagupti (आत्मगुप्ति).—f. a cave, the hiding place of an animal, lair.

Derivable forms: ātmaguptiḥ (आत्मगुप्तिः).

Ātmagupti is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ātman and gupti (गुप्ति).

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

Ātmagupti (आत्मगुप्ति):—[=ātma-gupti] [from ātma > ātman] f. the hiding-place of an animal, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Atmagupti 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.

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Partial matches: Gupti, Atman.

Full-text: Ashvavisha, Dhanyagupta, Atmagupta, Dhanyagupti.

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