The Sanskrit term Dvidoṣaja can be transliterated into English as Dvidosaja or Dvidoshaja, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Indian Journal of History of Science: Jvaranirnaya: a rare monograph on diagnosis of fevers from the pre-colonial era

Dvidoṣaja (द्विदोषज) refers to “fevers with predominance of two Doṣa”, according to the Jvaranirṇaya: an Ayurvedic manuscript dealing exclusively with types of jvara (fevers) written by Sri Nārāyaṇa Paṇḍita in the 16th century CE.—The uniqueness of the text is that one can get a comprehensive classification, symptomatology and diagnosis of jvara, all at one place in this text. [...] The most striking feature of this text are the separate chapters devoted for the description of [...] [e.g., fevers with predominance of two Doṣa (dvidoṣaja)] [...].

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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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Atharvaveda and Charaka Samhita (by Laxmi Maji)

1b. Study of Fever (Jvara) in the Caraka-Saṃhita < [Chapter 5 - Diseases and Remedies in Atharvaveda and Caraka-Saṃhitā]

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