Aushadhi, aka: Auṣadhi; 7 Definition(s)
Introduction
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The Sanskrit term Auṣadhi can be transliterated into English as Ausadhi or Aushadhi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Aushadhi: Derived from oshadhi (‘medicinal herb’) the word is generally employed for all drugs, especially of vegetable origin. According to Charaka-Samhitā (sūtra, 26,12), there is no substance in the world which does not have some medicinal use but one must consider the method of use (yukti, Chkp. upāya) and the purpose (artha, Chkp. prayojana) or the disease-condition before employing any substance as a drug; careful selection of the substances need to be treated before they can be wholesome for the boy; otherwise their effect would be undesirable.
(Source): Google Books: Encyclopaedia of Indian Medicine, Volume 2
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.
General definition (in Hinduism)
Aushadhi, literally, “plants,” also rendered oshadhi, from osha
Auṣadhi (“medicinal plant, herb, drug, Incense, elixir”).
(Source): China Buddhism Encyclopedia: HinduismIn Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Auṣadhi (औषधि, “healing power”) or Auṣadhiriddhi refers to “the power by which can heal any type of disease of the patient by just touching or being close to the patient” and represents one of the eight types of ṛddhi (extraordinary powers), that can be obtained by the Ārya (civilized people): one of the two classes of human beings, according to the 2nd-century Tattvārthasūtra 3.46.—Some ascetics attain extraordinary powers to produce worldly miracles. Such attainments are called ṛddhi. There are eight types of such extraordinary powers (eg., Auṣadhi).
Auṣadhi-ṛddhi (extraordinary power of healing) is of eight types namely:
- healing by excreta (viṣṭhā-riddhi),
- excretion’s (mala-riddhi),
- touch / proximity (āmra-riddhi),
- sweat (ujjavala-riddhi),
- cough etc (kṣvela-riddhi),
- penecea (sarvauṣadhi-riddhi),
- removal of poison (dṛṣṭiviṣa-riddhi),
- poison antidote (viṣanāśana-riddhi).
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
auṣadhī (औषधी).—f (ōṣadhī S) A tree, shrub, herb, plant gen.
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auṣadhī (औषधी).—a (S) Medicinal, of healing virtue.
(Source): DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryauṣadhi (औषधि).—f A tree, herb. a Medicinal.
(Source): DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-EnglishMarathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit-English dictionary
Auṣadhi (औषधि) or Auṣadhī (औषधी).—f.
1) A herb, plant (in general); Y.3.276 v. l.; see ओषधि (oṣadhi).
2) A medicinal herb; अचिन्त्यो हि मणिमन्त्रौषधीनां प्रभावः (acintyo hi maṇimantrauṣadhīnāṃ prabhāvaḥ) Ratn.2.
3) An herb which emits fire; विरमन्ति न ज्वलितुमौषधयः (viramanti na jvalitumauṣadhayaḥ) Ki.5.24 (tṛṇa- jyotīṣi Malli.); cf. Ku.1.1.
4) An annual or deciduous plant; °धीपतिः (dhīpatiḥ) Name of Soma, the lord of plants.
-pañcaprakārāḥ (1) Juice of green herb (rasa). (2) Powder
Derivable forms: auṣadhiḥ (औषधिः).
(Source): DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarySanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family. 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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