Pustastri, Pustastrī, Pusta-stri: 1 definition
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Ayurveda (science of life)
Source: archive.org: Vagbhata’s Ashtanga Hridaya Samhita (first 5 chapters)Pustastrī (पुस्तस्त्री) refers to the “heat of the sun”, mentioned in verse 3.34-36 of the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā (Sūtrasthāna) by Vāgbhaṭa.—Accordingly, “[...] In groves in which the hot-rayed one is darkened by cloud-grazing huge Sal trees and Palmyra palms, [...] (there) one shall sleep at noon when pained by the heat of the sun; or in a bath-house which cuscus-water is flowing from the breasts, hands, and mouth of a modelled woman [viz., pustastrī]. And on a moonbeam-flooded palace-roof garden (one shall fix) at night”.
Note: Pustastrī (“modelled woman”) has been translated by bud-med bcos gzugs—“a woman’s artificial body, female effigy”. What is meant here is a kind of gargoyle given the shape of a female statue.—bces (for bcos) in C is a mistake.
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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