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Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Ancient Science of Life: Vaidyavallabha: An Authoritative Work on Ayurveda Therapeutics

Garbhapāta (गर्भपात) refers to an “abortion” (classified as one of the diseases of pregnant ladies), and is dealt with in the 17th-century Vaidyavallabha (chapter 2) written by Hastiruci.—The Vaidyavallabha is a work which deals with the treatment and useful for all 8 branches of Ayurveda. The text Vaidyavallabha (mentioning garbhapāta) has been designed based on the need of the period of the author, availability of drugs during that time, disease manifesting in that era, socio-economical-cultural-familial-spiritual-aspects of that period Vaidyavallabha.

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Garbhapāta (गर्भपात).—miscarriage after the fourth month of pregnancy.

Derivable forms: garbhapātaḥ (गर्भपातः).

Garbhapāta is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms garbha and pāta (पात).

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

Garbhapāta (गर्भपात).—m. miscarriage.

Garbhapāta is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms garbha and pāta (पात).

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

Garbhapāta (गर्भपात):—[=garbha-pāta] [from garbha] m. miscarriage (after the fourth month of pregnancy), [Horace H. Wilson]

[Sanskrit to German]

Garbhapata 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Garbhapāta (ಗರ್ಭಪಾತ):—[noun] any deliberate procedure that removes or induces the expulsion of, a living or dead embryo or foetus; abortion.

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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: Garbha, Pata.

Starts with: Garbhapataka, Garbhapatana, Garbhapatani.

Ends with: Prerita-garbhapata.

Full-text: Garbhapatana, Garbhashrava, Karuppapatam, Garbhaskhalana, Prasramsin, Strava, Pata.

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