Katishula, Kaṭiśūla, Kati-shula, Kaṭīśūla, Kaṭīśūlā: 7 definitions
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Katishula means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit terms Kaṭiśūla and Kaṭīśūla and Kaṭīśūlā can be transliterated into English as Katisula or Katishula, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)
Source: Shodhganga: Edition translation and critical study of yogasarasamgrahaKaṭīśūlā (कटीशूला) refers to “lumbago” and is one of the various diseases mentioned in the 15th-century Yogasārasaṅgraha (Yogasara-saṅgraha) by Vāsudeva: an unpublished Keralite work representing an Ayurvedic compendium of medicinal recipes. The Yogasārasaṃgraha [mentioning kaṭīśūlā] deals with entire recipes in the route of administration, and thus deals with the knowledge of pharmacy (bhaiṣajya-kalpanā) which is a branch of pharmacology (dravyaguṇa).
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
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarykaṭiśūla (कटिशूल).—m (S) A covert term for the sexual lust (in males).
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishkaṭiśūla (कटिशूल).—m A covert term for the sexual lust (in males).
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKaṭiśūla (कटिशूल) or Kaṭīśūla (कटीशूल).—Sciatic pain.
Derivable forms: kaṭiśūlaḥ (कटिशूलः), kaṭīśūlaḥ (कटीशूलः).
Kaṭiśūla is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kaṭi and śūla (शूल).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kaṭiśūla (कटिशूल):—[=kaṭi-śūla] [from kaṭi > kaṭ] m. sciatic pain, stitch in the side
2) [v.s. ...] pleurisy, [Bhāvaprakāśa]
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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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Starts with: Katishulaci Vyatha, Katishulaci-vyatha.
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