Kayagni, Kāyāgni, Kaya-agni: 8 definitions
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Kayagni means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of termsKāyāgni (कायाग्नि):—All factors responsible for digestion and metabolism / transformation.
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 dictionaryKāyāgni (कायाग्नि).—the digestive faculty. मनः कायाग्निमाहन्ति (manaḥ kāyāgnimāhanti) Maitri. Up.7.11.
Derivable forms: kāyāgniḥ (कायाग्निः).
Kāyāgni is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kāya and agni (अग्नि).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKāyāgni (कायाग्नि).—m.
(-gniḥ) The digestive faculty. E. kāya, and agni fire.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKāyāgni (कायाग्नि):—[from kāya] m. ‘body-fire’, the digestive secretion, [Caraka]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKāyāgni (कायाग्नि):—[kāyā+gni] (gniḥ) 2. m. Digestive power.
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusKāyāgni (ಕಾಯಾಗ್ನಿ):—[noun] the digestive faculty in the body.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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