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Ayurveda (science of life)

Toxicology (Study and Treatment of poison)

Source: Shodhganga: Kasyapa Samhita—Text on Visha Chikitsa

Kaṅkaparva (कङ्कपर्व) refers to a type of poison mentioned in the Viṣabhaiṣajyasūkta section of the Atharva-Veda.—Vedas are the fountain-head of all our knowledge and culture. Hence, it is but inevitable that Toxicology or Opiliatry, variously reckoned as Agadatantra, Daṃṣṭratantra, Sarpavidyā, Viṣavidyā, Gāruḍīvidyā, Jāṅgala etc. is also sourced from the Ṛgveda and Atharvaveda. Atharvaveda (VII.56.1) (known as Viṣabhaiṣajya-sūkta) alludes to a herb which cures the poison of black snakes and also the poison called kaṅkaparva.

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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

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

1) Kaṅkaparvan (कङ्कपर्वन्):—[=kaṅka-parvan] [from kaṅka] a m. a kind of serpent, [Atharva-veda]

2) [v.s. ...] b (kaṅkā-), [Atharva-veda]

[Sanskrit to German]

Kankaparvan 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Parvan, Parva, Kanka.

Full-text: Vishabhaishajya.

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