Candrabhinandana, Candrābhinandana: 1 definition

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Candrabhinandana 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.

Alternative spellings of this word include Chandrabhinandana.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

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Source: archive.org: Vagbhata’s Ashtanga Hridaya Samhita (first 5 chapters)

Candrābhinandana (चन्द्राभिनन्दन) is possibly identified with Candranandana: the author of the Padārthacandrikā (or Guṇapāṭha): a commentary on the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā: one of the three great works of Vāgbhaṭa.—[...] Candranandana He may or may not be identical with the physician Candrābhinandana (Tib. Zla-ba[-la] mṅon-dga), who is said to have assisted Vairocana in putting the Four Tantras (rGyud bzi) into Tibetan at the time of King Khri-sroṅ-lde(u)-btsan, or with the medical lexicographer Candranandana, who is frequently cited by the Amara scholiast Kṣīrasvāmin in the late 11th century.

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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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