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Jalārdra (जलार्द्र) refers to a “wet-cloth”, mentioned in verse 3.39 of the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā (Sūtrasthāna) by Vāgbhaṭa.—Accordingly, “from him whose mind is at ease, (who is) moist with sandal [...]—(from him) wet-cloth [viz., jalārdra], Palmyra-stalk, large lotus-leaf, and yak-tail fans (which), gently raised, (are) showering water and offering cool wind; [...]”.

Note: Jalārdra has been joined to to tālavṛnta and rendered by spos-chus btab—“besprinkled with sweet-scented water” (for which NP read, less correctly, spos-chu btab). This makes it likely that the Tibetans had a variant jalārdratālavṛntāni before them and consequently took jalārdra in its literal sense “wet with water”. The text known to the scholiasts and handed down to us has another meaning; here it is necessary to assume as the basic form a substantive jalārdra, which recurs in Māgha’s Śiśupālavadha I.65 and denotes a wet cloth moved to and fro for the sake of cooling.

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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

Jalārdra (जलार्द्र).—a. wet.

-rdram wet garment or clothes.

-rdrā a fan wetted with water.

Jalārdra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms jala and ārdra (आर्द्र).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Jalārdra (जलार्द्र).—mfn. subst.

(-rdraḥ-rdrā-rdraṃ) Wet cloth or clothes. adj. Wet. charged with aqueous moisture. E. jala water, and ārdra damp, moist.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Jalārdra (जलार्द्र).—[adjective] wet with water; [feminine] ā a wet cloth.

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

1) Jalārdra (जलार्द्र):—[from jala] mfn. wet, [Śakuntalā i, 31; Meghadūta 43]

2) [v.s. ...] m. = drā, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) Jalārdrā (जलार्द्रा):—[from jalārdra > jala] f. a wet garment, [Bālarāmāyaṇa v, 23 and 50/51; x, 8; Vikramāṅkadeva-carita, by Bilhaṇa iv, 24]

4) [v.s. ...] a wet cloth (used for cooling), [Śiśupāla-vadha i, 65.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Jalārdra (जलार्द्र):—[jalā+rdra] (rdraḥ-rdrā) 1. m. f. n. Wet cloth or clothes. a. Wet.

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Partial matches: Jala, Ardra.

Full-text: Dundubhi, Ardra.

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