The Sanskrit term Rūkṣaṇa can be transliterated into English as Ruksana or Rukshana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Rūkṣaṇa (रूक्षण, “drying”).—One of the six Upakramas, or ‘therapeutic measures’.—It is a Sanskrit technical term used through Ayurvedic (Indian medicine) literature such as the Carakasaṃhitā. The six Upakramas represent basic Ayurvedic therapies. The Rūkṣaṇa treatment refers to a “drying treatment” and aims to fight disease and nourish the tissue by introducing dryness, roughness and clarity.

Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

Rukṣaṇa (रुक्षण):—[rukṣaṇaṃ] To cause dryness ; emaciation

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Rūkṣaṇa (रूक्षण).—

1) Making dry or thin.

2) (In Medic.) A treatment for reducing fat (of the body).

Derivable forms: rūkṣaṇam (रूक्षणम्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Rūkṣaṇa (रूक्षण).—n.

(-ṇaṃ) 1. The act of making dry or thin. 2. Treatment for reducing fat.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Rūkṣaṇa (रूक्षण).—[adjective] & [neuter] attenuating, emaciating.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Rūkṣaṇa (रूक्षण):—[from rūkṣ] mfn. making thin, attenuating, [Śārṅgadhara-saṃhitā]

2) [v.s. ...] n. the act of making thin, ([especially]) medical treatment for reducing fat or corpulence, [Suśruta]

[Sanskrit to German]

Rukshana in German

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Rūkṣaṇa (ರೂಕ್ಷಣ):—[adjective] hard to learn, comprehend, accomplish, etc.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Rukshanatmika.

Ends with: Marukshana, Virukshana.

Full-text: Virukshana, Virukshaniya, Virukshita, Upakrama, Snehana, Sneha.

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