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

Haṃsodaka (हंसोदक) refers to “swan-water”, mentioned in verse 3.52 of the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā (Sūtrasthāna) by Vāgbhaṭa.—Accordingly, “[...] when hungry, one shall turn to bitter, sweet, astringent, and light food, [...]; to water (that is) heated by the beams of the hot-rayed one (and) cooled by the beams of the cold-rayed one, and this thoroughly day and night; (that is) detoxicated by the (heliacal) rising of Canopus, pure, called ‘swan-water’ [viz., haṃsodaka], devoid of dirt, (and) destructive of dirt”.

Note: Instead of “śuci haṃsodakaṃ nāma”—“pure (and) called swan-water” the Tibetan reads daṅ-bai dri med chu źes-pa—“pure (and) called dirt-free water”, which has been changed by CD into daṅs-pai dri maṅ chu źes-pa—“pure (and) called scent-rich water”. Both versions are incompatible with the original, the latter clearly showing the polishing hand of a redactor. There can be little doubt but that the initial daṅ-bai is corrupt for ṅaṅ-pai, in which case the line would translate: “called dirt-free swan-water”. Perhaps one should go even farther and place ṅaṅ-pai after dri-med, thereby bringing the Tibetan into full harmony with the basic text.

Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

Haṃsodaka (हंसोदक):—[haṃsodakaṃ] Haṃsodaka has two connotations. Haṃsa stands for the sun and the moon: so the water purified by the rays of the sun and the moon is known as Haṃsodaka. It is known as Haṃsodaka also because this is the type of purified water which Swans (Haṃsa) enjoy. Usually this type of water gets naturally in the month of Sharada. In this month by the action of Sun and moon rays and detoxifying effect of Agatsya Nakshatra , water gets purified.

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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

Haṃsodaka (हंसोदक).—a kind of cordial liquor (prepared from infusion of cardamoms).

Derivable forms: haṃsodakam (हंसोदकम्).

Haṃsodaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms haṃsa and udaka (उदक).

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

Haṃsodaka (हंसोदक):—[from haṃsa] n. a kind of cordial liquor (described as a sort of infusion of cardamoms), [Caraka]

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Hamsodaka 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: Udaka, Hamsa.

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