Madhavanidana, Madhava-nidana, Mādhavanidāna: 6 definitions

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Madhavanidana 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)

Dietetics and Culinary Art (such as household cooking)

Mādhavanidāna (माधवनिदान) is written by Mādhavakara who lived in between 8th and 9th century CE. This text is also known by the name Rugviniścaya. The author lists out different types of diseases along with their causes, symptoms and complications. The food and medicines which are apt for curing different types of diseases are also mentioned.

Source: Shodhganga: Dietetics and culinary art in ancient and medieval India

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

Mādhavanidāna (माधवनिदान).—Name of a medical work.

Derivable forms: mādhavanidānam (माधवनिदानम्).

Mādhavanidāna is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mādhava and nidāna (निदान).

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

1) Mādhavanidāna (माधवनिदान) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—See Rugviniścaya.

2) Mādhavanidāna (माधवनिदान):—or simply nidāna med. by Mādhava. Cop. 104. Io. 324. 1886. W. p. 295. Oxf. 312^a. 357^b. Paris. (B 198). L. 467. K. 214. B. 4, 230. 232 (and—[commentary]). 238. Ben. 63. 65. Bik. 647. 648 (and—[commentary]). Kāṭm. 13. Pheh. 2. Rādh. 32. NW. 594. 596. Np. I, 16. Burnell. 66^b. Poona. 274. Ii, 48. Oppert. 4030. Rice. 294. Peters. 1, 117. 2, 196. D 2 (and—[commentary]). Quoted in Ṭoḍarānanda W. p. 289.
—[commentary] Siddhāntacandrikā. L. 1634.
—[commentary] by Gaṇeśa Bhiṣaj. K. 218.
—[commentary] Nidānapradīpa by Nāganātha. Io. 347. Bik. 652.
—[commentary] by Bhavānīsahāya. NW. 582.
—[commentary] by Ramānātha Vaidya. NW. 582.
—[commentary] Ātaṅkadarpaṇa by Vaidyavācaspati. Io. 324. 587. 1886. Oxf. 314^b. K. 210. B. 4, 232. Rādh. 32. Oudh. Viii, 34. Np. I, 10. Sb. 285.
—[commentary] Madhukośa by Vijayarakṣita. K. 214. Ben. 63. Bik. 649. Rādh. 32. Bhr. 376. Quoted by Bhāvamiśra.

Mādhavanidāna has the following synonyms: Rugviniścaya, Rogaviniścaya.

3) Mādhavanidāna (माधवनिदान):—med. by Mādhava. Ulwar 1650.
—[commentary] Ātaṅkadarpaṇa by Vaidyavācaspati, son of Pramoda. ibid.
—[commentary] Madhukośa by Vijayarakṣita. Ulwar 1651.

Mādhavanidāna has the following synonyms: Rugviniścaya.

4) Mādhavanidāna (माधवनिदान):—by Mādhava, son of Indukara. Ak 933. As p. 165 (4 Mss.). Bd. 902. L.. 1186, 1. 1187. Tb. 157. 158-160 (4 fragments). C. Subodhinī. Ak 934. C. Vaidyamanoramā by Rāmakṛṣṇa, son of Gaurī and Nīlakaṇṭha. Hpr. 1, 320. C. by Raiśarman. As p. 165. C. Ātaṅkadarpaṇa by Vācaspati, son of Pramoda. Bd. 902. L.. 1187. Peters. 6 p. 35. C. Madhukośa by Vijayarakṣita. As p. 165 (2 Mss.). Bd. 902. L.. 1188 (inc.).

Mādhavanidāna has the following synonyms: Rugviniścaya.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

Mādhavanidāna (माधवनिदान):—[=mādhava-nidāna] [from mādhava] n. Name of a medical [work] (also called rug-, or roga-viniścaya).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mādhavanidāna (माधवनिदान):—[(mā + ni)] n. Titel eines Buches des Mādhava, = rugviniścaya [Oxforder Handschriften 357,b, No. 851.] — Vgl. mādhavakara .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Mādhavanidāna (माधवनिदान):—n. Titel eines medicinischen Werkes.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

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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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