Raktapitta, Rakta-pitta: 20 definitions

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Raktapitta means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)

Source: Wisdom Library: Rasa-śāstra

Raktapitta (रक्तपित्त) refers to “hemoptysis” and represents one of the eight types of udararoga (“diseases affecting the belly”) according to the fifth volume of the Rasajalanidhi (chapter 1). Accordingly, “an excessive indulgence in exposure to the sun’s rays, physical exercise, grief, walking, sexual, intercourse; and eating in excess of food, acrid in taste or hot, alkalis, salt, sours, and pungents cause an abnormal excess of pitta (animal heat), which, by its nature, causes an immediate heating and putrefaction of blood, which forces its way upwards through the nostrils, eyes, ears, and the mouth, or downwards, through the penice, vagina, and the rectum, or even through the pores in the skin, if the causes are excessively strong. The upward tendency of hemoptysis (raktapitta) is due to the blood being mixed with an excess of kapha (phlegm). The downward tendency is due to the blood being mixed with an excess of vayu (wind), whereas combination of an excess of kapha and vayu is followed by blood flowing upwards and downwards”.

Source: archive.org: Rasa-Jala-Nidhi: Or Ocean of indian chemistry and alchemy

Raktapitta (रक्तपित्त) refers to hemorrhage from the stomach though mouth, rectum, nostrils, penice, vagina or from the pores in the skin. (see the Rasajalanidhi by Bhudeb Mookerji volume 3)

Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)

Source: Ancient Science of Life: Yogaśataka of Pandita Vararuci

Raktapitta (रक्तपित्त) refers to “bleeding disorder”, and is mentioned in the 10th century Yogaśataka written by Pandita Vararuci.—The Yogaśataka of Pandita Vararuci is an example of this category. This book attracts reader by its very easy language and formulations which can be easily prepared and have small number of herbs. It describes only those formulations which are the most common and can be used in majority conditions of diseases (viz., Raktapitta).

Source: Shodhganga: Edition translation and critical study of yogasarasamgraha

Raktapitta (रक्तपित्त) refers to “haemorrhagic disease” and is one of the various diseases mentioned in the 15th-century Yogasārasaṅgraha (Yogasara-saṅgraha) by Vāsudeva: an unpublished Keralite work representing an Ayurvedic compendium of medicinal recipes. The Yogasārasaṃgraha [mentioning raktapitta] deals with entire recipes in the route of administration, and thus deals with the knowledge of pharmacy (bhaiṣajya-kalpanā) which is a branch of pharmacology (dravyaguṇa).

Source: Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts: Volume 1 (1871) (ay)

Raktapitta (रक्तपित्त) or Raktapittacikitsā refers to one of the topics discussed in the Madhumatī, a Sanskrit manuscript ascribed to Nṛsiṃha Kavirāja collected in volume 12 of the catalogue “Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (second series)” by Mahamahopadhyaya Haraprasad Shastri.—The Madhumatī manuscript, consisting of 5,586 ślokas (metrical verses), is housed in Dhaka with Babu Bhagavancandra Dasa Kaviraja. It seemingly addresses topics related to Medicinal, Herbal, and Iatrochemical preparations. The catalogue includes the term Raktapitta-cikitsā in its ‘subject-matter list’ or Viṣaya (which lists topics, chapters and technical terms). The complete entry reads—atha raktapittacikitsā.

Unclassified Ayurveda definitions

Source: Google Books: Ṣoḍaśāṅgahṛdayam: Essentials of Ayurveda

Raktapitta (रक्तपित्त, “innate haemorrhage”).—Exposure to sun, exertion, anger, excessive sexual intercourse; intake of irritant, hot, alkaline, sour, salty and pungent food items—Pitta being burnt (aggravated) by these causes further burns the blood and thus gives rise to the disease known as ‘raktapitta’ which is characterized by outflow of blod (haemorrhage) associated with pitta upwards from mouth, nose, eyes, ear etc., downwards from anus, penis or vagina and universally from all the hair-follicles.

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

Raktapitta (रक्तपित्त) refers to “strangury”, as mentioned in verse 5.21-23, 36 of the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā (Sūtrasthāna) by Vāgbhaṭa.—Accordingly, “[...] among the (different kinds of milk [viz., payas]), cow’s milk [viz., gavya] (is) a vitalizer (and) elixir; (it is) wholesome for pulmonary rupture and pulmonary consumption, intellectualizing, invigorative, productive of breast-milk, (and) purgative, (and) destroys fatigue, giddiness, intoxication, unbeautifulness, dyspnea, cough, excessive thirst, hunger, old fever, strangury, and hemorrhage [viz., raktapitta] [...]”.

Source: archive.org: Science And Technology In Medievel India (Ayurveda)

Raktapitta (रक्तपित्त) refers to “hemorrhage” 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., Raktapitta]. The word pathyāpathya classifies those elements as either beneficial or hurtful in disease.

Source: eJournal of Indian Medicine: Memoirs of Vaidyas (3)

The disease called “blood-bile” (Raktapitta) does not fit into any modern medical concept. It comprises all disorders in which loss of blood, or matter supposed to be “blood-bile”, occurs through the openings of the body (the eyes and the pores of the hairs are also regarded as openings of the body).

Source: Research Gate: Internal applications of Vatsanabha (Aconitum ferox wall)

Raktapitta (रक्तपित्त) refers to “hemorrhage disorders”. Vatsanābha (Aconitum ferox), although categorized as sthāvara-viṣa (vegetable poisons), has been extensively used in ayurvedic pharmacopoeia.

Source: Ancient Science of Life: Vaidyavallabha: An Authoritative Work on Ayurveda Therapeutics

Raktapitta (रक्तपित्त) refers to a “bleeding tendency disorder”, which is dealt with in the 17th-century Vaidyavallabha written by Hastiruci.—The Vaidyavallabha is a work which deals with the treatment and useful for all 8 branches of Ayurveda. The text Vaidyavallabha has been designed based on the need (viz., raktapitta) of the period of the author, availability of drugs during that time, disease manifesting in that era, socio-economical-cultural-familial-spiritual-aspects of that period Vaidyavallabha.

Raktapitta is mentioned as a disease that can be treated with metallic drugs including ingredients such as Haratālabhasma (calcified orpiment), as mentioned in chapter 3.

context information

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

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

raktapitta (रक्तपित्त).—m n S Spontaneous hemorrhages from the mouth, nose, rectum, and cuticle, with fever and evacuations.

context information

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 dictionary

Raktapitta (रक्तपित्त).—derangement of the blood produced by bile; संयोगाद् दूषणात् तत् तु सामान्याद् गन्धवर्णयोः । रक्तं च पित्तमाख्यातं रक्तपित्त मनीषिभिः (saṃyogād dūṣaṇāt tat tu sāmānyād gandhavarṇayoḥ | raktaṃ ca pittamākhyātaṃ raktapitta manīṣibhiḥ) Bhāva P.

Derivable forms: raktapittam (रक्तपित्तम्).

Raktapitta is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms rakta and pitta (पित्त).

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

Raktapitta (रक्तपित्त).—m.

(-ttaḥ) Plethora, spontaneous hæmorrhages from the mouth, nose, rectum and cuticle, accompanied with fever and headache, vomiting, purging, &c. E. rakta red, and pitta bile, the bile being of that colour; or rakta blood and pitta bile, it being supposed to be an affection of both fluids or humours.

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

Raktapitta (रक्तपित्त):—[=rakta-pitta] [from rakta > raj] n. ‘bile-blood’, a [particular] disturbance of the blood caused by bile, plethora, spontaneous hemorrhage from the mouth or nose, [Suśruta] etc.

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

Raktapitta (रक्तपित्त):—[rakta-pitta] (ttaḥ) 1. m. Plethora.

[Sanskrit to German]

Raktapitta in German

context information

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

Raktapitta (ರಕ್ತಪಿತ್ತ):—[noun] a kind of disease, in which the blood circulation is afected by malfunctioning of liver.

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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.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Raktapitta (रक्तपित्त):—n. hemorrhage from the liver; mouth; nose; ear and rectum;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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A conceptual study on rakta pitta w.s.r to brihat thrayees < [2016, Issue X October]

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Role of kushmand avaleha (ash gourd porridge) in the management of raktapitta w.s.r to haemophilia: a review < [2022, Issue 07 July]

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Kayachikitsa management of raktapitta: a review on bleeding disorders. < [2021: Volume 10, April issue 4]

A critical review on synonyms mentioned in samhita w.s.r to rakta dhatu < [2018: Volume 7, January issue 1]

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Chapter 1 - Symptoms and treatment of Raktapitta (Hemoptysis)

Chapter 13 - Symptoms and treatment of Pandu (anemia) and Kamala (jaundice)

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