Prayogacintamani, Prayogacintāmaṇi, Prayoga-cintamani: 3 definitions
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Prayogacintamani 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Prayogachintamani.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Prayogacintāmaṇi (प्रयोगचिन्तामणि) is the name of a work related to Ayurveda and medicine referenced by the “cikitsa bidhane tantrasastra”—a Bengali work authored by ‘Krishna Chaitanya Thakur’ in three volumes dealing with the treatments for diseases and disorders collected from Tantric and Ayurvedic texts.—Eastern India is one of the major strongholds of Tantrism in South Asia, and this region, particularly Bengal, has played and still plays a prominent role in the development of Āyurveda. It is indeed a fact that much medically relevant material is to be found in [the Prayogacintāmaṇi, or other] Tantric texts. The “cikitsā bidhāne tantraśāstra” (by Kṛṣṇacaitanya Ṭhākur) contains wealth of medicines and remedies for a large variety of diseases and disorders, arranged according to the individual diseases or disorders. The material presented is culled from a variety of texts [e.g., prayogacintāmaṇi], [most of which] seem to be classed as Tantric, but some are quite obviously not so, though their material may be related to that to be found in Tantric texts.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
1) Prayogacintāmaṇi (प्रयोगचिन्तामणि) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—[dharma] B. 1, 230.
—a part of the Rāmakalpadruma by Ananta. Ben. 129. Np. X, 10. Proceed. Asb. 1869, 137. 140.
2) Prayogacintāmaṇi (प्रयोगचिन्तामणि):—[grammatical] by Maheśa. K. 84.
3) Prayogacintāmaṇi (प्रयोगचिन्तामणि):—from the Rāmakalpadruma of Ananta. As p. 111 (inc.).
Prayogacintāmaṇi (प्रयोगचिन्तामणि):—[=prayoga-cintāmaṇi] [from prayoga > pra-yuj] m. Name of [work]
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Prayoga, Cintamani.
Full-text: Shraddhaprayogacintamani, Prayogacandrika, Ramakalpadruma, Mahisha, Anantabhatta.
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Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
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Journal of the European Ayurvedic Society (by Inge Wezler)
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