Haridradi, Haridra-adi, Haridrādi: 2 definitions

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Haridradi means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Ayurveda (science of life)

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Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)

Source: Shodhganga: Edition translation and critical study of yogasarasamgraha

Haridrādi refers to a medicinal recipe mentioned in the Lepakhaṇḍa (verse 4.159) of the 15th-century Yogasārasaṅgraha (Yogasara-saṅgraha) by Vāsudeva: an unpublished Keralite work representing an Ayurvedic compendium of medicinal recipes. The Lepakhaṇḍa [mentioning haridrādi] contains recipes according to circumstances as advised by tradition. They treat the patient suffering from conditions such as fever, piles, emaciation, anorexia, tuberculosis, diarrhea, etc.

Unclassified Ayurveda definitions

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Haridrādi (हरिद्रादि) is the Sanskrit name for a group of medicinal plants. Together with the Vacādi group, they are classified as purifiers of breast milk, and curative of mucous dysentery (āmātisāra). It was originally composed by Suśruta in his Suśrutasaṃhitā sūtrasthāna XXXVIII, a classic work on Āyurveda. The name is derived from the words Haridrā (Curcuma longa) and ādi, translating to “first” or “commencement”. Examples of plants pertaining to this category include Haridrā, Dāruharidrā and Kuṭaja. The collection of herbs named Haridrādi is but one of the thirty-seven gaṇas (‘sections’) of such groups.

Source: archive.org: Sushruta samhita, Volume I

The group known as the Haridrādi Gana, consist of

  1. Haridrā,
  2. Dāruharidrā,
  3. Kalashi,
  4. Kutaja seeds
  5. and Madhuka

These two groups (Vachādi and Haridrādi) are the purifiers of breast milk and specifically act as the assimilators of the deranged humours of the body, their curative properties being markedly witnessed in cases of mucous dysentery (Āmātisāra).
 

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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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