Satushara, Satuṣāra: 1 definition

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The Sanskrit term Satuṣāra can be transliterated into English as Satusara or Satushara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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

Satuṣāra (सतुषार) refers to “accompanied with water-drops”, mentioned in verse 3.43 of the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā (Sūtrasthāna) by Vāgbhaṭa.—Accordingly, “[...] These get irritated when the sky is covered with clouds banging down because of their water, (and that) by wind accompanied with drizzle [viz., satuṣāra] and suddenly (turned) cold, ground vapour, water liable to sour digestion and polluted”.

Note: Satuṣāra has been rendered by chu-thigs bcas-pa, which literally means (“accompanied with water-drops”) and precisely agrees with the explanation offered by the commentators (sajalakaṇa, Aruṇadatta & Candranandana; sajalabindu, Indu). The word tuṣāra as such denotes anything from frost to cold, snow, fog, dew, and drizzle (cf. MW p. 452).

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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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