Mahakashaya, Mahākaṣāya, Maha-kashaya: 3 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Mahākaṣāya can be transliterated into English as Mahakasaya or Mahakashaya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botanyMahākaṣāya (महाकषाय):—Caraka, in his Carakasaṃhitā sūtrasthāna IV, classifies medicinal plants under fifty groups, called Mahākaṣāya. It is a Sanskrit technical term used in Ayurvedic literature.
The fifty groups are:
- Jīvanīya,
- Bṛṃhaṇīya,
- Lekhanīya,
- Bhedanīya,
- Sandhāniya,
- Dīpaniya,
- Bālya,
- Varṇya,
- Kaṇṭhya,
- Hṛdya,
- Kaphaghna,
- Arśaghna,
- Kuṣṭhaghna,
- Kaṇḍughna,
- Kṛmighna,
- Viṣaghna,
- Stanyajanana,
- Śukrajanana,
- Stanyaśodhana,
- Śukraśodhana,
- Snehopaga,
- Svedopaga,
- Vamanopaga,
- Virecanopaga,
- Āsthāpanopaga,
- Anuvāsanopaga,
- Śirovirecanopaga,
- Chardinigrahaṇa,
- Tṛṣṇānigrahaṇa,
- Hikkānigrahaṇa,
- Puriṣasaṅgrahaṇīya,
- Purīṣavirajanīya,
- Mūtrasaṅgrahaṇīya,
- Mūtravirecanīya,
- Mūtravirajanīya,
- Kāsahara,
- Śvāsahara,
- Śothahara,
- Jvarahara,
- Śramahara,
- Dāhapraśamana,
- Śītapraśamana,
- Udardapraśamana,
- Aṅgamardapraśamana,
- Śūlapraśamana,
- Śonitasthāpana,
- Vedanāsthāpana,
- Saṃjñāsthāpana,
- Prajāsthāpana,
- Vayasthāpana,
Together they are called the Pañcāśata Mahākaṣāya (‘fifty groups of astringent [plants]’).
Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of termsMahākaṣāya (महाकषाय):—Group of ten substances having similar pharmacological effect; described by Caraka; 50 in number
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 dictionaryMahākaṣāya (महाकषाय).—Name of a plant (Mar. kāyaphaḷa).
Derivable forms: mahākaṣāyaḥ (महाकषायः).
Mahākaṣāya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mahā and kaṣāya (कषाय).
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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Partial matches: Kashaya, Maha.
Full-text (+30): Anuvasanopaga, Prajasthapana, Brimhaniya, Kanthya, Arshaghna, Shramahara, Jivaniya, Udardaprashamana, Bhedaniya, Varṇya, Kandughna, Virecanopaga, Hridya, Kushthaghna, Lekhaniya, Chardinigrahana, Trishnanigrahana, Kasahara, Asthapanopaga, Samjnasthapana.
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