Drakshastabaka, Drākṣāstabaka, Draksha-stabaka: 1 definition

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The Sanskrit term Drākṣāstabaka can be transliterated into English as Draksastabaka or Drakshastabaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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

Drākṣāstabaka (द्राक्षास्तबक) refers to a “bunch of grapes”, mentioned in verse 3.34 of the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā (Sūtrasthāna) by Vāgbhaṭa.—Accordingly, “[...] In groves in which the hot-rayed one is darkened by cloud-grazing huge Sal trees and Palmyra palms, (and which are) profuse in bunches of grapes [viz., drākṣāstabaka] clinging to spring-flowers in a rest-house in which (are found) plenty of cloths besprinkled with fragrant cold water, [...]”.

Note: mādhavīśliṣṭa (“clinging to spring-flowers”) has been separated from, and interchanged with, drākṣāstabaka-śālin (“profuse in bunches of grapes”), and has been rendered more freely by ’khri-śiṅ daṅ ldan (“endowed with creepers”). The term mādhavī (from mādhava) (“spring-flower”) denotes a species of creepers alternatively called atimuktaka and generally identified as Hiptage madablota Gabbtn.—For daṅ ldan CD read ldan daṅ, which does not make sense here.

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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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