In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Phakka (फक्क) refers to “polio”, which is short for ‘poliomyelitis’. It is used throughout Ayurvedic literature such as the Suśruta-saṃhitā and the Caraka-saṃhitā.

Source: eJournal of Indian Medicine: Memoirs of Vaidyas (3)

For polio (phakka), treatment is done after the fever and other symptoms have subsided. Then, svedana (‘sudation therapy’) and navaratēppŭ (rubbing paste of ṣaṣṭika rice boiled with milk) are done. The navaratēppŭ is the main treatment for polio.

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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

phakkā (फक्का).—m ( H from phaka! the sound fancied.) A quantity (as of parched corn, flour, powders, or dry substances in general) taken to be chucked into the mouth. v māra.

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

phakkā (फक्का).—m A quantity (as of parched corn &c.) taken to be chucked into the mouth.

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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

Phakka (फक्क).—A cripple.

Derivable forms: phakkaḥ (फक्कः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Phakka (फक्क).—adj. or subst. m., lame, crippled, maimed: °kaḥ Mahāvyutpatti 8876 = Tibetan grum po.

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

Phakka (फक्क):—[from phakk] m. a cripple, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Phakka (फक्क):—phakkati 1. a. To creep; to move slowly; to behave ill, be wicked.

[Sanskrit to German]

Phakka 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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Phakka (फक्क):—(a) pale, pallid; anaemic; clean; white; hence —[paḍanā/honā] see [phaka] (—[paḍanā/honā]).

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See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Phakkada, Phakkadabaja, Phakkadadasa, Phakkane, Phakkaranem.

Full-text: Phakki, Phakana, Phakandi, Phaka, Pakkha.

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Atharvaveda and Charaka Samhita (by Laxmi Maji)

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