Audbhida: 10 definitions
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Audbhida means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Audbhida (औद्भिद).—The hill on shore of the river Kṛtamālā.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 35. 17.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Dietetics and Culinary Art (such as household cooking)
Audbhida (औद्भिद) refers to one of the five varieties of “salt” according to Carakasaṃhitā Sūtrasthāna I.88-89, and is commonly found in literature dealing with the topics of dietetics and culinary art, also known as Pākaśāstra or Pākakalā.—We cannot see any reference to the salt in Ṛgveda. But most of the non-Ṛgvedic Saṃhitas, Brāhmaṇas and Upaniṣads refer to salt in the name of lavaṇa or saindhava. [...] Caraka mentions only five varieties of salts which are [viz., Audbhida].
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
Audbhida (औद्भिद):—All substances of plant origin organised and unorganised.
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
Audbhida (औद्भिद).—a. (-dī f.) [उद्भिद-अण् (udbhida-aṇ)]
1) Issuing (as from a well).
2) Victorious.
-dam 1 Spring water.
2) Fossil salt, rock salt
Audbhida (औद्भिद).—n.
(-daṃ) Rock or Sambher salt. E. udbhid, and aṇ aff.
Audbhida (औद्भिद).—[adjective] springing forth, prevailing, victorious; [neuter] spring-water.
1) Audbhida (औद्भिद):—mfn. ([from] 2. ud-bhid), coming forth, springing forth, breaking through, issuing from, [Mahābhārata; Suśruta]
2) forcing one’s way towards an aim, victorious, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā xxxiv, 50]
3) n. (with and without lavaṇa) fossil salt, [Suśruta]
4) ([scilicet] udaka) water breaking through (the earth and collecting in a mine, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]), [Suśruta i, 170, 12.]
Audbhida (औद्भिद):—(daṃ) 1. n. Idem.
Audbhida (औद्भिद):—(von udbhid) adj.
1) hervorsprudelnd, fontanus; n. (mit Ergänz. von vāri) Quellwasser [Suśruta 1, 170, 12. 173, 16.] [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] lavaṇam Steppensalz [Suśruta 1, 227, 5.] n. mit Ergänzung von lavaṇa [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] Vgl. audbhijja und udbhida . —
2) zum Ziel durchdringend, siegreich [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 34, 50.] [Mahābhārata 3, 13300.]
Audbhida (औद्भिद):——
1) Adj. — a) durch einen Durchbruch zu Tage tretend [Mahābhārata 3,197,28.] hervorsprudelnd. lavaṇa Steppensalz. — b) zum Ziel durchdringend , siegreich. —
2) Quellwasser.
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)
Starts with: Audbhidajala, Audbhidalavana.
Full-text: Audbhidalavana, Audbhijja, Audbhettriya, Audbhettra, Audbhidajala, Audbhidya, Kapotaroma, Dravya, Lavana.
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Salt in ayurveda i < [Volume 6 (issue 4), Apr-Jun 1987]
Estimation of total alkaloid in Chitrakadivati by UV-Spectrophotometer < [Volume 31 (issue 4), Apr-Jun 2012]
Minerals and Metals in Sanskrit literature (by Sulekha Biswas)
5. A Note on some Salts and Natural Products < [Chapter 9 - The Rasaratna-samuccaya—a pinnacle in the Indian iatro-chemistry]
2. Introduction to the Samhitas of Charaka and Sushruta < [Chapter 8 - Non-gem Minerals and Metals in Rasa-shastra]
Appendix E - Technical words in the post-Christian era Indian literature
Journal of Ayurveda and Integrated Medical Sciences
Lavana Varga in Ayurveda < [Vol. 4 No. 03 (2019)]
Water in Veda and Upveda < [Vol. 7 No. 3 (2022)]
Pancha Shirishanama Agad - An Ethno-Ayurvedic Formulation for Insect Bite < [Vol. 9 No. 4 (2024)]
World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research
Literature review on Piper longum in Ayurvedic samhitas. < [2022: Volume 11, March issue 3]
Significance of jalapana according to ayurveda < [2022: Volume 11, April issue 4]
Ayurvedic concept of jala < [2022: Volume 11, May special issue 6]
Garuda Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter CXCIII - Medical treatment of fever etc < [Dhanvantari Samhita]
International Ayurvedic Medical Journal
Karpura rasa — a herbo-mineral formulation review < [2020, Issue 6, June]
Role of chitrakadi vati in grahani roga < [2016, Issue I January]
A review on grahani dosha with its ayurvedic managment < [2018, Issue V, May]