Pratapalankeshvara, Pratapa-lankeshvara, Pratāpalaṅkeśvara: 2 definitions
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Pratapalankeshvara means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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)
Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)
Source: Wisdom Library: Rasa-śāstraPratāpalaṅkeśvara (प्रतापलङ्केश्वर) is the name of an Ayurvedic recipe defined in the fourth volume of the Rasajalanidhi (chapter 2, dealing with jvara: fever). These remedies are classified as Iatrochemistry and form part of the ancient Indian science known as Rasaśāstra (medical alchemy). However, as an ayurveda treatment, it should be taken twith caution and in accordance with rules laid down in the texts.
Accordingly, when using such recipes (e.g., pratāpa-laṅkeśvara-rasa): “the minerals (uparasa), poisons (viṣa), and other drugs (except herbs), referred to as ingredients of medicines, are to be duly purified and incinerated, as the case may be, in accordance with the processes laid out in the texts.” (see introduction to Iatro chemical medicines)
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 Dictionarypratāpalaṅkēśvara (प्रतापलंकेश्वर).—m A medicinal preparation.
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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Partial matches: Lankeshvara, Pratapa.
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Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 4: Iatrochemistry (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)
Treatment for fever (73): Pratapa-lankeshvara rasa < [Chapter II - Fever (jvara)]
Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 5: Treatment of various afflictions (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)
Part 7 - Chemists of the Metallic School: Ravana, King of Lanka < [A Brief History of Indian Chemistry and Medicine]
The history of Andhra country (1000 AD - 1500 AD) (by Yashoda Devi)
Part 4 - Choda II (A.D. 1163—1180) < [Chapter I - The Velanandu Chodas of Tsandavole (A.D. 1020-1286)]