The Sanskrit term Śvāsakuṭhāra can be transliterated into English as Svasakuthara or Shvasakuthara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)

Source: Wisdom Library: Rasa-śāstra

Śvāsakuṭhāra (श्वासकुठार) or Śvāsakuṭhārarasa is the name of an Ayurvedic recipe defined in the fifth volume of the Rasajalanidhi (chapter 4, Hikkā: hiccough and Śvāsa: asthma). These remedies are classified as Iatrochemistry and form part of the ancient Indian science known as Rasaśāstra (medical alchemy). However, since it is an ayurveda treatment it should be taken with caution and in accordance with rules laid down in the texts.

Accordingly, when using such recipes (e.g., śvāsakuṭhāra-lauha): “the minerals (uparasa), poisons (viṣa), and other drugs (except herbs), referred to as ingredients of medicines, are to be duly purified and incinerated, as the case may be, in accordance with the processes laid out in the texts.” (see introduction to Iatro chemical medicines)

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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.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

śvāsakuṭhāra (श्वासकुठार).—m S A particular medicinal preparation.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śvāsakuṭhāra (श्वासकुठार).—a drug used to cure asthma.

Derivable forms: śvāsakuṭhāraḥ (श्वासकुठारः).

Śvāsakuṭhāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śvāsa and kuṭhāra (कुठार).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śvāsakuṭhāra (श्वासकुठार):—[=śvāsa-kuṭhāra] [from śvāsa > śvas] m. Name of a drug used as a remedy for asthma, [Bhāvaprakāśa]

[Sanskrit to German]

Shvasakuthara in German

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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: Shvasa, Kuthara.

Starts with: Shvasakutharacurna.

Ends with: Mahashvasakuthara.

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