The Sanskrit terms Kṛṣṇamūrdhan and Kṛṣṇamūrdhā can be transliterated into English as Krsnamurdhan or Krishnamurdhan or Krsnamurdha or Krishnamurdha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Toxicology (Study and Treatment of poison)

Source: Shodhganga: Kasyapa Samhita—Text on Visha Chikitsa

Kṛṣṇamūrdhan (कृष्णमूर्धन्) refers to “having black coloured heads” (referring to newly hatched snakes), as taught in the Nāgajanman (“birth of the Snakes”) section of the Kāśyapa Saṃhitā: an ancient Sanskrit text from the Pāñcarātra tradition dealing with both Tantra and Viṣacikitsā—an important topic from Āyurveda which deals with the study of Toxicology (Agadatantra or Sarpavidyā).—The female snakes conceive in the three months following Āṣāḍha month. After an incubation period of four months, tiny sarpas hatch from their eggs, measuring five aṅgulas, with red and black coloured heads (kṛṣṇamūrdhan). They are of three kinds: male, female and neuter.

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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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Partial matches: Krishna, Murdha.

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