Pittasra, Pittāsra, Pitta-asra: 3 definitions

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Pittasra means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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)

Source: archive.org: Vagbhata’s Ashtanga Hridaya Samhita (first 5 chapters)

Pittāsra (पित्तास्र) refers to “hemorrhage”, as mentioned in verse 5.15-16 of the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā (Sūtrasthāna) by Vāgbhaṭa.—Accordingly, “[...] normal, fat, and lean (respectively get) those who drink water during, after, and before meals. Cold water removes alcoholism, lassitude, stupor, nausea, fatigue, giddiness, thirst, heat through hot (factors), hemorrhage [viz., pittāsra], and poison”.

Note: Pittāsra (“bile-blood, hemorrhage”) has been rendered mkhris-pa daṅ khrag brgyas—“profuse bile and blood, profuse hemorrhage”. Perhaps the basic text read basic text read tṛṣṇoṣṇādhikapittāsra०, in which case uṣṇa, would correspond to lus thsa and adhika to brgyas. For brgyas, which recurs in Suvarṇaprabhāsasūtra p. 86.23 as the pendant pūrṇa (“replete”), CDP have substituted the commoner rgyas.

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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

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Pittāsra (पित्तास्र):—[from pitta] n. = pitta-rakta, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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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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