The Sanskrit terms Nāḍīparīkṣā and Nāḍiparīkṣā can be transliterated into English as Nadipariksa or Nadipariksha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: archive.org: Science And Technology In Medievel India (Ayurveda)

Nāḍīparīkṣā (नाडीपरीक्षा) refers to one of the eight parīkṣā (‘methods of diagnosing a disease’), according to the Aṣṭaparīkṣā, as mentioned in A. Rahman’s Science and Technology in Medievel India: A bibliography of source materials in Sanskrit, Arabic and Persian.—Ancient and medieval India produced a wide range of scientific manuscripts and major contributions lie in the field of medicine, astronomy and mathematics, besides covering encyclopedic glossaries and technical dictionaries.—The Aṣṭaparīkṣā is a small work on medicine giving the details of the eight-fold method of diagnosing a disease [e.g., Nāḍīparīkṣā] and also deals with the seasonal effects of tridoṣas.

Nāḍīparīkṣā (नाडीपरीक्षा) also refers to one of the topics dealt with in the Nāḍīprabodha.

Nāḍīparīkṣā (नाडीपरीक्षा) also refers to one of the topics dealt with in the Vaidyakagrantha.

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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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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

nāḍīparīkṣā (नाडीपरीक्षा).—f (S) Feeling the pulse; investigation through the pulse. v kara, pāha.

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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.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Nāḍiparīkṣā (नाडिपरीक्षा) or Nāḍīparīkṣā (नाडीपरीक्षा).—feeling the pulse.

Nāḍiparīkṣā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nāḍi and parīkṣā (परीक्षा).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Nāḍīparīkṣā (नाडीपरीक्षा) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—med. L. 3048 (by a Jaina). B. 4, 226 (and—[commentary]). Ben. 65. Rādh. 32. Taylor. 1, 409.
—by Dattātreya. Np. V, 32.
—by Mārkaṇḍeya. B. 4, 226.

2) Nāḍīparīkṣā (नाडीपरीक्षा):—med. Oudh. Xx, 252. [Bhau Dāji Memorial] 117 (by Rāvaṇa). Bl. 229 (by Nandin). 230 (by Rāvaṇa).

3) Nāḍīparīkṣā (नाडीपरीक्षा):—med. ascribed to Rāvaṇa. Ulwar 1640.

4) Nāḍīparīkṣā (नाडीपरीक्षा):—med. by Rāmacandra Vājapeyin, son of Sūryadāsa. Rep. p. 10.

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

1) Nāḍīparīkṣā (नाडीपरीक्षा):—[=nāḍī-parīkṣā] [from nāḍī > nāḍa] f. feeling a vein or the pulse, [Bhāvaprakāśa]

2) [v.s. ...] Name of [work]

[Sanskrit to German]

Nadipariksha 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Pariksha, Nadi, Nati.

Starts with: Nadiparikshadicikitsakathana, Nadiparikshaniyama.

Ends with: Ratnadipariksha.

Full-text: Nadiparikshadicikitsakathana, Markandeya, Dattatreya, Ramacandra vajapeyin.

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