Shoshapaha, Śoṣāpahā, Śoṣāpaha, Shosha-apaha: 3 definitions
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Shoshapaha 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 terms Śoṣāpahā and Śoṣāpaha can be transliterated into English as Sosapaha or Shoshapaha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Śoṣāpaha (शोषापह) refers to that which is “dispersive of desiccation”, as mentioned in verse 5.37-39 of the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā (Sūtrasthāna) by Vāgbhaṭa.—Accordingly, “[...] [ghee is] recommended for [...] (and) those exhausted from pulmonary rupture, pulmonary consumption, erysipelas, scalpel, and fire; dispersive of wind, choler, poison, frenzy, desiccation [viz., śoṣāpaha], unbeautifulness, and fever, [...]: ghee [viz., ghṛta] (is) possessed of a thousand powers (and), by its (many) ways of application, productive of a thousand effects”.
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
Śoṣāpahā (शोषापहा):—[from śoṣa] f. ‘removing consumption’, a kind of plant (= klītanaka), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Śoṣāpahā (शोषापहा):—(śoṣa + a) f. eine best. Pflanze, = klītanaka [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma]
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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