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Ayurveda (science of life)

Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)

Source: Wisdom Library: Rasa-śāstra

Devagāndharī (देवगान्धरी):—One of the sixty-eight Siddhauṣadhi, as per Rasaśāstra texts (rasa literature). These drugs give siddhi (success) in mercurial operations. Even so, they are more powerful than rasa (mercury) itself. These may perform all the kāryas (‘effects’) and grant dehasiddhi (‘perfection of body’) and lohasiddhi (‘transmutation of base metals’) both.

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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

Devagāndhārī (देवगान्धारी).—Name of a Rāgiṇī गान्धारी देवगान्धारी मालवी श्रीश्च सारवी । रामकीर्यपि रागिण्यः श्रीरागस्य प्रिया इमाः (gāndhārī devagāndhārī mālavī śrīśca sāravī | rāmakīryapi rāgiṇyaḥ śrīrāgasya priyā imāḥ) ||

Devagāndhārī is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms deva and gāndhārī (गान्धारी).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Devagāndhārī (देवगान्धारी).—f. (-rī) One of the Raginis, or female personification of the modes of music.

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

Devagāndhārī (देवगान्धारी):—[=deva-gāndhārī] [from deva-gāndhāra > deva] f. (in music) Name of a Rāgiṇī.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Devagāndhārī (देवगान्धारी):—[deva-gāndhārī] (rī) 3. f. A Rāginī.

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Dēvagāṃdhāri (ದೇವಗಾಂಧಾರಿ):—[noun] (mus.) a mode in Karnāṭaka system, derived from the main mode Dhīra Śaṃkarābharaṇa.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Gandhari, Teva, Deva.

Full-text: Siddhaushadhi.

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Music and Moods < [Chapter 2 - Origin and evolution of Music and Musical instruments]

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Sucindrasthala-mahatmya (critical edition and study) (by Anand Dilip Raj)

Chapter 21 - Ekavimsha Adhyaya (ekavimso'dhyayah) < [Chapter 5 - Sucindrasthalamahatmya: Sanskrit critical edition]

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Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)

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