Shariraguna, Śārīraguṇa, Sharira-guna: 3 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Śārīraguṇa can be transliterated into English as Sariraguna or Shariraguna, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Śārīraguṇa (शारीरगुण):—Synonym of gurvadi-gunas; Properties of substances that relates with the body and used for therapeutics.
Śārīraguṇa (शारीरगुण) (or Śārīrakaguṇa, Śarīrakaguṇa) refers to the “twenty qualities of the body” where guṇa (property) represents one of the six divisions of dravya (drugs).—Śārīraka-guṇas are twenty in number. There are ten guṇas with their opposite guṇas which are mentioned below:
- Guru-Laghu — heavy-light;
- Manda-Tīkṣṇa — dull-sharp;
- Hima-Uṣṇa — cold-hot;
- Snigdha-Rūkṣa — oily-dry;
- Ślakṣṇa-Khara — smooth-rough;
- Sāndra-Drava — dense-liquid;
- Mṛdu - Kaṭhina — soft-hard;
- Sthira-Cala — static-mobile;
- Sūkṣma-Sthūla — subtle-gross;
- Viśada-Picchila — clear-cloudy.
These śārīraguṇas are also pāñcabhautika and they have specified action on the body:
Guṇa — Bhūtas (predominant) — Actions:
Guru — earth, water — building/bṛṃhaṇa;
Laghu — fire, air, ether, space — reducing/laṅghana;
Śīta — water — Cooling/stambha [stambhana?];
Uṣṇa — agni — healing/svedana;
Snigdha — water — Moistening/kledana;
Rūkṣa — earth, fire, air — absorbing/śoṣaṇa;
Manda — earth, water — slowing/pacifying/śamana;
Tīkṣṇa — fire — penetrating/purifying/śodhana;
Sthira — earth — stabilising/dharṇā [dhāraṇa?];
Cala — air — stimulating/preraṇa;
Mṛdu — water — loosening/ślathana;
Kaṭhina — earth — hardening/dried/dṛḍhīkaraṇa;
Viśada — fire, air, ether (space) — Cleansing/kṣālana;
Picchila — earth, water — Adhering/lepana;
Ślakṣṇa — earth, water — healing/ropaṇa;
Khara — air — scraping/lekhana;
Sūkṣma — air, space — pervading/vivaraṇa;
Sthūla — earth — covering/saṃvaraṇa;
Sāndra — earth, water — solidifying/prasādana;
Drava — water — liquifying/viloḍana;
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
Kannada-English dictionary
Śarīraguṇa (ಶರೀರಗುಣ):—[noun] = ಶರೀರಪ್ರಕೃತಿ [shariraprakriti].
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: Sharira, Guna.
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