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Ayurveda (science of life)

Cikitsa (natural therapy and treatment for medical conditions)

Source: Wisdom Library: Ayurveda: Cikitsa

Gajāhvā (गजाह्वा) is a Sanskrit word referring to Piper chaba, a flowering vine from the Piperaceae (pepper) family of flowering plants. It is used throughout Ayurvedic literature such as the Caraka-saṃhitā. Its medicinal uses include stomach related problems. According to the Vaidyaka-śabda-sindhu, it is known by the name Karikāla. George Watt idintified it with Kaṅkāla.

This plant (Gajāhvā) is also mentioned as a medicine used for the treatment of all major fevers (jvara), as described in the Jvaracikitsā (or “the treatment of fever”) which forms the first chapter of the Sanskrit work called Mādhavacikitsā.

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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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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Gajāhva (गजाह्व).—Name of Hastināpura; Bhāgavata 1. 15.38.

Derivable forms: gajāhvam (गजाह्वम्).

Gajāhva is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gaja and āhva (आह्व). See also (synonyms): gajāhvaya.

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

Gajāhva (गजाह्व).—n.

(-hvaṃ) The city Hastinapur. f.

(-hvā) A plant: see gajapippalī. E. gaja, and āhvā a name: see gajasāhvaya.

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

1) Gajāhva (गजाह्व):—[from gaja > gaj] n. = ja-sāhvaya, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) Gajāhvā (गजाह्वा):—[from gajāhva > gaja > gaj] f. = ja-pippalī, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Gajāhva (गजाह्व):—[gajā+hva] (hvaṃ) 1. n. Ancient Dehli. (hvā) f. Pothos officinalis.

[Sanskrit to German]

Gajahva in German

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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.

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Partial matches: Gaja, Ahva.

Starts with: Gajahvaya.

Full-text: Gajahvaya, Gajasahvaya, Hastinapura.

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