Shleshmala, Śleṣmala: 8 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Śleṣmala can be transliterated into English as Slesmala or Shleshmala, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Śleṣmala (श्लेष्मल) refers to “phlegmatogenic”, as mentioned in verse 5.20 of the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā (Sūtrasthāna) by Vāgbhaṭa.—Accordingly, “[...] of sweet digestion and taste, unctuous, vitalizing, augmentative of the elements, eliminative of wind and choler, viriligenic, phlegmatogenic [viz., śleṣmala], heavy, (and) cooling as a rule (is) milk. [...]”.
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
Śleṣmala (श्लेष्मल).—a. Phlegmatic.
Śleṣmala (श्लेष्मल).—mfn.
(-laḥ-lā-laṃ) Phlegmatic, abounding or affected with phlegm, &c. m.
(-laḥ) A plant, (Cordia latifolia.) E. śleṣma phlegm, lac aff.
Śleṣmala (श्लेष्मल).—i. e. śleṣman + a (with l for n), adj. Phlegmatic.
1) Śleṣmala (श्लेष्मल):—[from śliṣ] mf(ā)n. phlegmatic, abounding with phlegm or mucus (with yoni f. ‘discharging mucus’), [Suśruta; Caraka] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] m. the plant Cordia Myxa or Latifolia, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Śleṣmala (श्लेष्मल):—[(laḥ-lā-laṃ) a.] Phlegmatic. m. A plant, Cordia latifolia.
[Sanskrit to German]
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
Ślēṣmala (ಶ್ಲೇಷ್ಮಲ):—[noun] = ಶ್ಲೇಷ್ಮಣ [shleshmana]2.
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Ślēṣmaḷa (ಶ್ಲೇಷ್ಮಳ):—[noun] = ಶ್ಲೇಷ್ಮಣ [shleshmana]2.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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