Rajayakshma, Rajan-yakshma, Rājayakṣma, Rājayakṣmā: 14 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Rājayakṣma and Rājayakṣmā can be transliterated into English as Rajayaksma or Rajayakshma, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1) Rājayakṣma (राजयक्ष्म).—Smitten by this, Soma was relieved by his father, Atri.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 65. 46-8.
2) Rājayakṣmā (राजयक्ष्मा).—To be worshipped in house-building.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 253. 30, 42; 268. 23.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Source: Google Books: Ṣoḍaśāṅgahṛdayam: Essentials of AyurvedaRājayakṣmā (राजयक्ष्मा, “consumption”) is produced by tridoṣa vitiated by suppression of urges, loss of dhātus, excessive exertion and irregular diet. In this vāta produces hoarseness of voice, contraction and pain in chest and shoulder; pitta gives rise to burning sensation, fever, diarrhoea and haemorrhage and kapha contributes to heaviness in head, anorexia, cough and choking of throat. Thus all these symptoms collectively characterize rājayakṣmā.
Source: archive.org: Science And Technology In Medievel India (Ayurveda)Rājayakṣmā (राजयक्ष्मा) refers to “phthisis” and is one of the various diseases dealt with in the Dhanvantarīyapathyāpathya, as is mentioned in A. Rahman’s Science and Technology in Medievel India: A bibliography of source materials in Sanskrit, Arabic and Persian.—Ancient and medieval India produced a wide range of scientific manuscripts and major contributions lie in the field of medicine, astronomy and mathematics, besides covering encyclopedic glossaries and technical dictionaries.—The Dhanvantarīyapathyāpathya deals with the treatment of various diseases [e.g., Rājayakṣmā]. The word pathyāpathya classifies those elements as either beneficial or hurtful in disease.
Source: Research Gate: Internal applications of Vatsanabha (Aconitum ferox wall)Rājayakṣmā (राजयक्ष्मा) refers to “tuberculosis” (an infectious disease usually caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis). Medicinal formulations in the management of this condition include 49 references of Vatsanābha usages. Guṭikā is maximum (28) dosage form in the management of Rājayakṣmā. Vatsanābha (Aconitum ferox), although categorized as sthāvara-viṣa (vegetable poisons), has been extensively used in ayurvedic pharmacopoeia.
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.
Rasashastra (chemistry and alchemy)
Source: Wisdom Library: Rasa-śāstraRājayakṣma (राजयक्ष्म) refers to “phthisis” or “consumption” according to the fifth volume of the Rasajalanidhi (chapter 2). Accordingly, “this disease (rajayakshma) is due to waste, caused by an excess of loss of semen, grief, senility, physical exercise, diseases affecting the belly, carbuncles or boils, suppression of calls of nature, rupture or wound in the lungs, and fool-hardiness. In this disease, the passages through which the chyle passes, are blocked by the three dosas, dominated by phlegm, with the result that the dhatus or the constituent parts of the body undergo waste (sometimes slowly and sometimes rapidly)”.
Rasashastra (रसशास्त्र, rasaśāstra) is an important branch of Ayurveda, specialising in chemical interactions with herbs, metals and minerals. Some texts combine yogic and tantric practices with various alchemical operations. The ultimate goal of Rasashastra is not only to preserve and prolong life, but also to bestow wealth upon humankind.
General definition (in Hinduism)
Source: archive.org: Vedic index of Names and SubjectsRājayakṣma (राजयक्ष्म, “royal sickness”) is mentioned in the Rigveda and several times later on. Zimmer identifies it with consumption: this identification seems certain, being supported by the later view of the disease. Bloomfield suggests “king’s evil”, or syphilis, as the sense, but this is not probable.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryrājayakṣmā (राजयक्ष्मा).—m S Pulmonary consumption.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryRājayakṣma (राजयक्ष्म).—m. 'consumption of the moon', pulmonary consumption, consumption in general; राजयक्ष्मपरिहानिराययौ कामयानसमवस्थया तुलाम् (rājayakṣmaparihānirāyayau kāmayānasamavasthayā tulām) R.19.5; राजयक्ष्मेव रोगाणां समूहः स महीभृताम् (rājayakṣmeva rogāṇāṃ samūhaḥ sa mahībhṛtām) Śiśupālavadha 2.96; (for explanation of the word see Malli. thereon, as well as on Śi. 13.29).
Derivable forms: rājayakṣmaḥ (राजयक्ष्मः).
Rājayakṣma is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms rājan and yakṣma (यक्ष्म). See also (synonyms): rājayakṣman.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryRājayakṣma (राजयक्ष्म).—m. the same.
Rājayakṣma is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms rājan and yakṣma (यक्ष्म).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryRājayakṣma (राजयक्ष्म).—[masculine] a kind of disease.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryRājayakṣma (राजयक्ष्म):—[=rāja-yakṣma] [from rāja > rāj] m. a [particular] kind of dangerous disease (later ‘pulmonary consumption, a trophy’), [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc. (-yakṣman, also ‘Name of a divine being’ [Hemādri’s Caturvarga-cintāmaṇi])
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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 corpusRājayakṣma (ರಾಜಯಕ್ಷ್ಮ):—[noun] a kind of highly infectious disease of lungs; a dangerous pulmonary consumption.
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)
Partial matches: Yakshma, Rajan, Raja.
Starts with: Rajayakshmagrihita, Rajayakshman, Rajayakshmanaman, Rajayakshmannaman.
Ends with: Palatha Rajayakshma.
Full-text (+31): Rajayakshmanaman, Yakshma, Rajayakshmin, Maharoga, Palatha Rajayakshma, Rajayakshmagrihita, Angajvara, Svarna, Rajayakshman, Ajnatayakshma, Sarvangasundara, Prananatha, Kshayakeshari, Kalyanasundarabhra, Kshemendrarasa, Lokeshvararasa, Bhuvaneshvaraparpati, Sureshvara, Lokapala, Kanakashekhara.
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The Garuda Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter CLII - The Nidanam of pulmonary consumption < [Dhanvantari Samhita]
Chapter XLVI - Adoration of the deity presiding over homesteads (Vastu) < [Agastya Samhita]
Chapter CXLIX - The Nidanam of Cough < [Dhanvantari Samhita]
Expiatory Rites in Keralite Tantra (by T. S. Syamkumar)
4.2. Diseases and Expiatory Rites < [Chapter 1 - Expiatory Rites: Concept and Evolution]
Jivanandana of Anadaraya Makhin (Study) (by G. D. Jayalakshmi)
Rajayakṣmā-Pratināyaka < [Chapter 4 - Āyurvedic principles in Jīvanandana Nāṭaka]
Analysis of Rajayakṣmā (Pratināyaka) < [Chapter 6 - Dramatic aspects of the Jīvanandana Nāṭaka]
Āyurvedic aspects of Act I < [Chapter 4 - Āyurvedic principles in Jīvanandana Nāṭaka]
Charaka Samhita (English translation) (by Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurvedic Society)
Chapter 8 - The therapeutics of Consumption (raja-yakshma-cikitsa) < [Cikitsasthana (Cikitsa Sthana) — Section on Therapeutics]
Sushruta Samhita, Volume 6: Uttara-tantra (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)
Chapter XLI - Symptoms and Treatment of Phthisis (Shosha) < [Canto III - Kaya-chikitsa-tantra (internal medicine)]
Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 5: Treatment of various afflictions (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)
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