Kricchrasadhya, Kṛcchrasādhya, Kricchra-sadhya: 3 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Kṛcchrasādhya can be transliterated into English as Krcchrasadhya or Kricchrasadhya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Krichchhrasadhya.
In Hinduism
Sports, Arts and Entertainment (wordly enjoyments)
Kṛcchrasādhya (कृच्छ्रसाध्य) refers to “that disease which is very difficult to cure”, according to the Śyainika-śāstra: a Sanskrit treatise dealing with the divisions and benefits of Hunting and Hawking, written by Rājā Rudradeva (or Candradeva) in possibly the 13th century.—Accordingly, [while discussing the treatment of hawks]: “[...] Four diseases relate to the irregularity of breath. The common name of these diseases is Śākhā, one of which is caused by some sort of hurt or shock to the lungs, another by the morbid condition of the phlegm, the third by that of the bile, the fourth by a general waste of the system. The last named is called Śoṣitā and is very difficult to cure (kṛcchrasādhya). Birds suffering from Śākhā should be kept in a dark, lonely place, and given small quantities of meat and water. [...]”.
This section covers the skills and profiencies of the Kalas (“performing arts”) and Shastras (“sciences”) involving ancient Indian traditions of sports, games, arts, entertainment, love-making and other means of wordly enjoyments. Traditionally these topics were dealt with in Sanskrit treatises explaing the philosophy and the justification of enjoying the pleasures of the senses.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Kṛcchrasādhya (कृच्छ्रसाध्य).—a.
1) curable with difficulty (as a patient or disease).
2) accomplished with difficulty.
Kṛcchrasādhya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kṛcchra and sādhya (साध्य).
1) Kṛcchrasādhya (कृच्छ्रसाध्य):—[=kṛcchra-sādhya] [from kṛcchra] mfn. to be done with difficulty, [Mahāvīra-caritra]
2) [v.s. ...] curable with difficulty, [Suśruta]
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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Journal of Ayurveda and Holistic Medicine
Role of gobalivardha nyaya (maxim) in understanding the ayurvedic literature of brihatrayee: a review < [Volume 5, issue 3 (2017)]