Alternative spellings of this word include Prasved.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)

Source: Shodhganga: Portrayal of Animal Kingdom (Tiryaks) in Epics An Analytical study

Prasveda (प्रस्वेद) (lit. “one who has a great or excessive perspiration”) is a synonym (another name) for the Elephant (Gaja), according to scientific texts such as the Mṛgapakṣiśāstra (Mriga-pakshi-shastra) or “the ancient Indian science of animals and birds” by Hamsadeva, containing the varieties and descriptions of the animals and birds seen in the Sanskrit Epics such as the Ramayana and Mahabharata.

Toxicology (Study and Treatment of poison)

Source: Shodhganga: Kasyapa Samhita—Text on Visha Chikitsa

Prasveda (प्रस्वेद) refers to “profuse sweating”, according to the Kāśyapa Saṃhitā: an ancient Sanskrit text from the Pāñcarātra tradition dealing with both Tantra and Viṣacikitsā—an important topic from Āyurveda which deals with the study of Toxicology (Viṣavidyā or Sarpavidyā).—Sage Kaśyapa gives a very accurate and graphic description of the lightening speed in which poison spreads in a snake-bite victim. The rapid speed which the dhātus or vitals of a snake-bite victim go through successive symptoms is called viṣavega, characterised by seven stages. Profuse sweating (prasveda) and dryness of mouth appear in the second stage.

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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.

In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: OSU Press: Cakrasamvara Samadhi

Prasveda (प्रस्वेद) or “sweat” is associated with Cakravarmiṇī and Ākāśagarbha, according to the Cakrasaṃvara-maṇḍala or Saṃvaramaṇḍala of Abhayākaragupta’s Niṣpannayogāvalī, p. 45 and n. 145; (Cf. Cakrasaṃvaratantra, Gray, David B., 2007).—The Cakrasaṃvara mandala has a total of sixty-two deities. [...] Three concentric circles going outward, the body, speech and mind wheels (kāya-vāka-citta), in the order: mind (blue), speech (red), and body (white), with eight Ḍākinīs each in non-dual union with their Ḍākas, "male consorts".

Associated elements of Cakravarmiṇī and Ākāśagarbha:

Circle: kāyacakra (body-wheel) (white);
Ḍākinī (female consort): Cakravarmiṇī;
Ḍāka (male consort): Ākāśagarbha;
Bīja: suṃ;
Body-part: calves;
Pīṭha: Suvarṇadvīpa;
Bodily constituent: prasveda (sweat);
Bodhipakṣa (wings of enlightenment): smṛtibodhyaṅga (awakening of mindfulness).

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Prasveda (प्रस्वेद).—

1) Excessive perspiration.

2) An elephant.

Derivable forms: prasvedaḥ (प्रस्वेदः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Prasveda (प्रस्वेद).—m.

(-daḥ) Great or excessive perspiration. E. pra intensitive, sveda sweat.

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

Prasveda (प्रस्वेद).—i. e. pra-svid + a, m. Excessive perspiration, [Lassen, Anthologia Sanskritica.] 28, 12.

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

Prasveda (प्रस्वेद).—[masculine] sweat, perspiration.

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

1) Prasveda (प्रस्वेद):—[=pra-sveda] [from pra-svid] m. great or excessive perspiration, sweat, [Mahābhārata; Vetāla-pañcaviṃśatikā; Sāhitya-darpaṇa]

2) [v.s. ...] m. an elephant, [Demetrius Galanos’s Lexiko: sanskritikes, anglikes, hellenikes]

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

Prasveda (प्रस्वेद):—[pra-sveda] (daḥ) 1. m. Perspiration.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Prasveda (प्रस्वेद) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Pasea.

[Sanskrit to German]

Prasveda 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

Prasveda (प्रस्वेद) [Also spelled prasved]:—(nm) sweat, perspiration; ~[dī] sweating, perspiring; ~[dita] sweating, perspiring.

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See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Pra, Sveda.

Starts with: Prasvedabindu, Prasvedajala, Prasvedakanika, Prasvedana.

Ends with: Padaprasveda, Saprasveda.

Full-text: Prasvedabindu, Prasvedakanika, Prasvedajala, Prasvedin, Prasvedita, Prasveditavat, Pasea, Padaprasvedin, Saprasveda, Padaprasveda, Prasved, Suvarnadvipa, Smritibodhyanga, Sum, Akashagarbha, Cakravarmini, Svid.

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