Indravasti, Indrabasti, Indra-vasti, Indra-basti: 6 definitions
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In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botanyIndrabasti (इन्द्रबस्ति) is the name of a specific marma (vital points) of the human body, according to the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdaya-saṃhitā. When affected severely, these marmas causes death. The commonly accepted number of marmas in the human body, as described in the Suśruta-saṃhita, is 107 divided into 5 categories: the muscular, vascular, ligament, bone and joints.
The Aṣṭāṅgahṛdaya-saṃhitā by Vāgbhaṭa is a classical Sanskrit treatise dealing with Āyurveda dating from the 6th-century. Together with the Suśruta-saṃhitā and the Caraka-saṃhita, it is considered one of the three main Indian medical classics
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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryIndravasti (इन्द्रवस्ति).—[indrasya ātmanaḥ vastiriva] the calf (of the leg).
Derivable forms: indravastiḥ (इन्द्रवस्तिः).
Indravasti is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms indra and vasti (वस्ति).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryIndravasti (इन्द्रवस्ति).—the calf (of the leg), [Suśruta] 1, 348, 16.
Indravasti is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms indra and vasti (वस्ति).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryIndravasti (इन्द्रवस्ति):—[=indra-vasti] [from indra] m. the calf (of the leg), [Suśruta]
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Basti, Vasti, Indra.
Full-text: Marma.
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Marma-sastra and Ayurveda (study) (by C. Suresh Kumar)
Study of Indravasti Marma < [Part 2 - Study of Marmas]
World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research
Role of marma chikitsa in snayugata vata wsr to tennis elbow < [2023: Volume 12, November special issue 20]
Clinical importance of marma according to ayurveda < [2022: Volume 11, February issue 2]
Structural study of indrabasti marma in upper extremity < [2018: Volume 7, December issue 19]
Sushruta Samhita, volume 3: Sharirasthana (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)
International Ayurvedic Medical Journal
A relative study of indrabasti marma with its applied aspect: a review article < [2018, Issue VIII, August]
An anatomical study of indrabasti marma; on basis of cadaveric dissection < [2016, Issue VI June]
Literary research on adho shakhagat vedhya sira < [2018, Issue II, february,]
Sushruta Samhita, volume 4: Cikitsasthana (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)
Ayurvedic Management of Autism with ADHD (Unmada) < [Volume 10, Issue 5: September-October 2023]
Concept of Siravedha and its Clinical Application in Different Surgical Diseases < [Volume 10, Issue 6: November-December 2023]