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Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

Piṭharapākavāda (पिठरपाकवाद):—[piṭharapākavādaḥ] Concept of physical changes

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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

piṭharapākavāda (पिठरपाकवाद).—m S (piṭhara is, in paribhāṣā or sāṅkē- tikabhāṣā, avayavī Having members or parts, and vāda is Argument or doctrine.) Maintenance of the dogma that the properties and qualities of a subject arise from its formation--are the products of its composition. Contrad. from pilapākavāda (pilu stands, in saṅkēta or symbolic phraseology, for paramāṇu A very atom.) Maintenance of the dogma that all properties pertain to the primitive elements or most rudimentary constituents. piṭharapāka- vāda is of the vaiśēṣika school, and pilupākavāda is of the naiyāyika. piṭharapākavādī & pilupākavādī Maintainer respectively of the dogmas piṭharapāka & pilupāka.

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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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