Purishajati, Puriṣajāti, Purisha-jati: 1 definition

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Purishajati 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.

The Sanskrit term Puriṣajāti can be transliterated into English as Purisajati or Purishajati, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

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Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I (ayurveda)

Puriṣajāti (पुरिषजाति) refers to one of the sections of the Kokasāra by Ānanda Kavi (dealing with Poetics and Erotics), which is included in the collection of manuscripts at the ‘Vincenzo Joppi’ library, collected by Luigi Pio Tessitori during his visit to Rajasthan between 1914 and 1919.—The Kokasāra is a Hindi rewriting of the Kokaśāstra, a famous Sanskrit work of the Kāmaśāstra tradition. [...] In this manuscript [of the Kokasāra] the sections are distributed as follows: [e.g., dvitīya ṣaṃḍa puriṣajāti-v. (186r)] [...].

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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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