The Sanskrit term Kṣaṇādi can be transliterated into English as Ksanadi or Kshanadi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: archive.org: Vagbhata’s Ashtanga Hridaya Samhita (first 5 chapters)

Kṣaṇādi (क्षणादि) refers to a “moment”, and is mentioned in verse 1.24 of the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā (Sūtrasthāna) by Vāgbhaṭa.—The terms kṣaṇādi (“moment etc.”) and vyādhyavasthā (“state of disease”) represent the idea of time in its astronomical and medical aspects. According to Aruṇadatta and Candranandana, the units of time not specified here comprise lava, truṭi, muhūrta (“hour”), yāma (“night-watch”), ahorātra (“day & night”), pakṣa (“half-month”), māsa, (“month”), ṛtu (“season”), ayana (“half-year”), and saṃvatsara (“year”), while the states of disease are characterized as sāma (“immature”), nirāma (“mature”), mṛdu (“mild”), madhya (“moderate”), and tīkṣṇa (“severe”).

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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: Kshana, Adi.

Ends with: Pakshanadi.

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