Mahavyadhi, Mahāvyādhi, Maha-vyadhi: 8 definitions

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Mahavyadhi means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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)

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Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)

Source: Shodhganga: Edition translation and critical study of yogasarasamgraha

Mahāvyādhi (महाव्याधि) refers to “black leprosy” and is one of the various diseases mentioned in the 15th-century Yogasārasaṅgraha (Yogasara-saṅgraha) by Vāsudeva: an unpublished Keralite work representing an Ayurvedic compendium of medicinal recipes. The Yogasārasaṃgraha [mentioning mahāvyādhi] deals with entire recipes in the route of administration, and thus deals with the knowledge of pharmacy (bhaiṣajya-kalpanā) which is a branch of pharmacology (dravyaguṇa).

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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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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Mahavyadhi in Marathi glossary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

mahāvyādhi (महाव्याधि).—m (S) Black leprosy.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

mahāvyādhi (महाव्याधि).—m Black leprosy.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Mahāvyādhi (महाव्याधि).—f.

1) a great disease.

2) a very bad kind of leprosy (black leprosy).

Derivable forms: mahāvyādhiḥ (महाव्याधिः).

Mahāvyādhi is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mahā and vyādhi (व्याधि).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mahāvyādhi (महाव्याधि).—m.

(-dhiḥ) A virulent type of leprosy.

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

1) Mahāvyādhi (महाव्याधि):—[=mahā-vyādhi] [from mahā > mah] m. a gr° or severe disease, [Suśruta]

2) [v.s. ...] the black leprosy, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

[Sanskrit to German]

Mahavyadhi in German

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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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