Protphullakamala, Protphulla-kamala: 1 definition

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

Protphullakamala (प्रोत्फुल्लकमल) refers to “full-blown lotuses”, mentioned in verse 3.41 of the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā (Sūtrasthāna) by Vāgbhaṭa.—Accordingly, “from him whose mind is at ease, (who is) moist with sandal [...]—(and) [...] beautiful women (who), possessed of lotus-fibre bracelets (and) radiant with full-blown lotuses [viz., protphullakamala-ujjvala], (are) like moving water-lilies: (these) take away the weariness”.

Note: The phrase “mṛṇālavalayāḥ kāntāḥ protphullakamalojjvalāḥ”—“beautiful women possessed, of lotus-fibre bracelets (and) radiant with full-blown lotuses” has been rendered freely by “chuṅ-ma gdu-bu pad-rtsa ’dra padma rgyas-pa lta-bur mdzes”—“women beautiful as full-blown lotuses in their lotus-fibre-like bracelets”, with the simile of the second line having been extended to the whole stanza.—bde-rtsa (for pad-rtsa) in C is a corruption.

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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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