Nasikakshaya, Nāsikākṣaya, Nasika-kshaya: 1 definition

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The Sanskrit term Nāsikākṣaya can be transliterated into English as Nasikaksaya or Nasikakshaya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

General definition (in Hinduism)

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Source: Wisdom Library: A History of Indian Philosophy

Nāsikākṣaya (नासिकाक्षय, “nāsikā-mala deficiency”).—The Sanskrit name for one of the eighteen types of bodily defiencies (kṣaya), as described by Vāgbhaṭa (6th-century). He was the auther of both the Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha and the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā, both classics in Āyurveda literature. Nāsikākṣaya refers to the deficiency of the excrement (mala) of the nose. Symptoms and signs include pain.

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