Shariracinta, Śarīracintā, Sharira-cinta: 3 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Śarīracintā can be transliterated into English as Sariracinta or Shariracinta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Sharirachinta.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Śarīracintā (शरीरचिन्ता) refers to the “care of the body”, and is mentioned in verse 2.1 of the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā (Sūtrasthāna) by Vāgbhaṭa.—Instead of śarīracintā (“care of the body”) the translation has lus-kyi bya-ba, which rather corresponds to śarīrakārya (“affairs of the body”). This expression seems more relevant inasmuch as it more clearly implies, besides the idea of making toilet, that of relieving nature, for which activity the rite of purification is meant in the first place.
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
Śarīracintā (शरीरचिन्ता).—care of the body (like washing etc.).
Śarīracintā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śarīra and cintā (चिन्ता).
Śarīracintā (शरीरचिन्ता):—[=śarīra-cintā] [from śarīra] f. care of the body (washing one’s self etc.), [Pañcadaṇḍacchattra-prabandha]
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.
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Partial matches: Sharira, Cinta.
Full-text: Sharirakarya.
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