Shodashanga, Ṣoḍaśāṅga, Shodashan-anga: 4 definitions
Introduction:
Shodashanga means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Ṣoḍaśāṅga can be transliterated into English as Sodasanga or Shodashanga, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Source: Google Books: Essentials of AyurvedaṢoḍaśāṅga (षोडशाङ्ग, “sixteen parts”).—Presently Āyurveda is ṣoḍaśāṅga instead of the traditional aṣṭāṅga (‘eight parts’). Bhūtavidyā has become obsolete now thus deleting it and adding new nine subjects the total number comes to sixteen.
- Kāyacikitsā (‘general medicine’),
- Kaumārabhṛtya (‘pediatrics’),
- Agadatantra (‘toxicology’),
- Śalyatantra (‘surgery’),
- Śālākyatantra (‘medico-surgery dealing with supraclavicular diseases’),
- Rasāyana (‘promotive therapy’),
- Vājīkaraṇa (‘dealing with aphrodisiacs’),
- Maulikasiddhānta (‘basic principles’),
- Śārīra (‘anatomy-physiology’),
- Dravyaguṇa (‘pharmacology’),
- Bheṣajakalpanā (‘pharmacy’),
- Rasaśāstra (‘science of mercurials’),
- Rogavijñāna (‘pathology’),
- Svasthavṛtta (‘preventive and social medicine’),
- Mānasaroga (‘psychiatry’),
- Prasūtitantra and Strīroga (‘obstetrics and gynecology’).
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
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryṢoḍaśāṅga (षोडशाङ्ग).—a. having 16 parts or ingredients.
-ṅgaḥ a kind of perfume.
Ṣoḍaśāṅga is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ṣoḍaśan and aṅga (अङ्ग).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Ṣoḍaśāṅga (षोडशाङ्ग):—[from ṣoḍaśa > ṣaṣ] mfn. having 16 parts or ingredients
2) [v.s. ...] m. a [particular] perfume, [Tantrasāra]
[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.
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