Hastiruci: 3 definitions
Introduction:
Hastiruci 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Hastiruchi.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Source: Ancient Science of Life: Vaidyavallabha: An Authoritative Work on Ayurveda TherapeuticsHastiruci is a Jain scholar and author of the Vaidyavallabha: an authoritative work on Ayurvedic therapeutics, belonging to the time period of 1673–1726 CE. Hastiruci was a Jain sage belonging to Kāthiyāvāḍi region of Gujarat. Kāthiyāvāḍi or Kathiawar region includes the present major cities such as Rajkot, Jamnagar, Bhavnagar, Khambhat, Surendranagar, Wadhwan, Porbandar, Junagadh, Daman and Diu of Gujarat state.
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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumHastiruci (हस्तिरुचि) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—pupil of Hitaruci: Vaidyavallabha.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryHastiruci (हस्तिरुचि):—[=hasti-ruci] [from hasti > hasta] m. Name of an author, [Catalogue(s)]
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Ruci, Hastin.
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Full-text (+160): Hitaruci, Vaidyavallabha, Kushtha, Harshakirti, Kamalahara, Kushthahara, Yogacintamani, Tapagaccha, Meghabhatta, Garbhini, Kharpara, Grahani, Nasura, Prasuti, Nimba, Virecana, Nasya, Bhagandara, Gulma, Dhattura.
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Search found 2 books and stories containing Hastiruci, Hasti-ruci; (plurals include: Hastirucis, rucis). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Vaidyavallabha: An Authoritative Work on Ayurveda Therapeutics < [Volume 36 (issue 2), Oct-Dec 2016]
Journal of the European Ayurvedic Society (by Inge Wezler)
Ayurvedic manuscripts in the Chandra Shum Shere collection, Oxford < [Volume 1 (1990)]
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