Avacurnana, Avacūrṇana: 8 definitions
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Alternative spellings of this word include Avachurnana.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botanyAvacūrṇana (अवचूर्णन) is a Sanskrit technical term roughly referring to the sprinkling of a powder. It can also translate to “dusting”. It is used throughout Ayurvedic literature such as the Suśruta-saṃhitā and the Caraka-saṃhitā.
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
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAvacūrṇana (अवचूर्णन).—
1) Pounding, grinding, reducing to powder.
2) Sprinkling with powder; especially, throwing absorbent powders on wounds.
3) A kind of disease or wound.
Derivable forms: avacūrṇanam (अवचूर्णनम्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAvacūrṇana (अवचूर्णन).—n.
(-naṃ) 1. Pounding, grinding, reducing to powder. 2. Sprinkling absorbent powders on sores. E. ava, cūrṇa to pound, lyuṭ aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryAvacūrṇana (अवचूर्णन).—[ava-cūrṇ + ana], n. Sprinkling powders on sores.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAvacūrṇana (अवचूर्णन):—[=ava-cūrṇana] [from ava-cūrṇ] n. sprinkling with, [Suśruta]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryAvacūrṇana (अवचूर्णन):—[ava-cūrṇana] (naṃ-nā,) 1. n. f. Pounding.
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