Hridayaprabodhika, Hṛdayaprabodhikā: 2 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Hṛdayaprabodhikā can be transliterated into English as Hrdayaprabodhika or Hridayaprabodhika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

[«previous next»] — Hridayaprabodhika in Ayurveda glossary
Source: archive.org: Vagbhata’s Ashtanga Hridaya Samhita (first 5 chapters)

1) Hṛdayaprabodhikā (हृदयप्रबोधिका) by Udayādityabhaṭṭa or Suvarṇapurandhara is the name of a commentary on the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā: one of the three great works of Vāgbhaṭa.—The Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā consists only of verses. The eight-fold division is observed in the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā too, though not as strictly as in the Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha. Numerous commentaries on the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā [viz., the Hṛdayaprabodhikā], many of them unedited so far, can be traced in manuscripts, catalogues, publishers’ lists, etc.

2) Hṛdayaprabodhikā (हृदयप्रबोधिका) or Hṛdayabodhikā by Śrīdāsapaṇḍita is another commentary on the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā.

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Hridayaprabodhika in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

Hṛdayaprabodhikā (हृदयप्रबोधिका) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—See Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃgraha.

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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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