Shitalata, Sita-lata, Sitalatā, Śītalatā, Sitālatā: 8 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Śītalatā can be transliterated into English as Sitalata or Shitalata, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Sitalatā (सितलता) is another name for Amṛtasravā, an unidentified medicinal plant, according to verse 3.141-142 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The third chapter (guḍūcyādi-varga) of this book contains climbers and creepers (vīrudh). Vaidyaka Śabda Sindhu informs that Amṛtasravā is a creeper found by its name in the surroundings of Citrakūṭa. Together with the names Sitalatā and Amṛtasravā, there are a total of five Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
Śītalatā (शीतलता, “coolness”) refers to one of the attributes of vāta (one of the three biological humors, or tridoṣa). Śītalatā is characterised by the inability to tolerate cold substances, disliking towards cold climate and colds hands and feet. Vāta represents the “airy element” of the human body and is situated in the basti (pelvic region). It is also known as Vāyu.
Śītalatā also refers to one of the attributes of pitta (one of the three biological humors, or tridoṣa). Śītalatā is characterised by low appetite and reduced thirst, low perspiration and reduced feeling of heat. Kapha represents the “water element” of the human body and is situated in the śiras (head).
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
Sitālatā (सितालता).—white Dūrvā grass.
Sitālatā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sitā and latā (लता).
Śītalatā (शीतलता).—f.
(-tā) Coldness, coolness. E. śītala, tal aff.; also with tva, śītalatvaṃ .
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Sitālatā (सितालता).—f.
(-tā) Durba grass with white blossoms. E. sita, latā a creeper.
Śītalatā (शीतलता).—[feminine] tva [neuter] coldness, cold.
1) Śītalatā (शीतलता):—[=śītala-tā] [from śītala > śīta] f. coldness, [Śārṅgadhara-paddhati]
2) [v.s. ...] insensibility, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
3) Sitalatā (सितलता):—[=sita-latā] [from sita] f. a kind of plant, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) Sitālatā (सितालता):—[=sitā-latā] [from sitā > sita] f. wh° Dūrvā grass, [Caraka]
1) Śītalatā (शीतलता):—(tā) 1. f. Coolness.
2) Sitālatā (सितालता):—(tā) 1. f. Durba grass with white blossoms.
Śītalatā (शीतलता):—(von śītala) f. Kälte: vahniḥ śītalatāmāyāti yasyecchayā [Spr. (II) 545.]
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Sitalatā (सितलता):—f. = amṛtasravā [Rājanirghaṇṭa 3, 129.]
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Sitālatā (सितालता):—f. weisses Dūrvā-Gras [Ratnamālā 180.]
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Shitala, Luo, Sita, Da, Lata, Ta.
Starts with (+0): Shitalatara.
Full-text (+0): Amritasrava.
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