The Sanskrit term Hastiśyāmāka can be transliterated into English as Hastisyamaka or Hastishyamaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Hastiśyāmāka (हस्तिश्यामाक) is a Sanskrit word referring to Echinochloa crusgalli-Beauv, which is a variety of Śyāmāka (Panicum Frumentaceum, or ‘Indian barnyard millet’). It is a type of “awned grain” (śūkadhānya), according to Caraka in his Carakasaṃhitā sūtrasthāna (chapter 27), a classical Ayurvedic work. The word is derived from hasti (‘green’) and śyāmaka (‘dark-coloured’) which is derived from śyāma (‘black’ or ‘dark’). The plant Hastiśyāmāka is part of the Śūkadhānyavarga group of medicinal plants, referring to the “group of awned grains”. Caraka defined such groups (vargas) based on the dietic value of the plant. Hastiśyāmāka is similar to Śyāmāka in properties, which it is said to be astringent-sweet and light in character. It also aggravates vāta and alleviates kapha and pitta. It is cold, constipating and absorbent.

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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

Hastiśyāmāka (हस्तिश्यामाक).—a kind of millet.

Derivable forms: hastiśyāmākaḥ (हस्तिश्यामाकः).

Hastiśyāmāka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms hastin and śyāmāka (श्यामाक).

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

Hastiśyāmāka (हस्तिश्यामाक):—[=hasti-śyāmāka] [from hasti > hasta] m. a kind of millet, [Caraka]

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Hastishyamaka 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: Shyamaka, Hastin.

Full-text: Shukadhanyavarga.

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Charaka Samhita (English translation) (by Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurvedic Society)

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