Shvitra, Śvitra: 12 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Śvitra can be transliterated into English as Svitra or Shvitra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Cosmetics, Perfumery, Skin care and other Ayurvedic Beauty treatments
Source: Ancient Science of Life: Critical review of Ayurvedic Varṇya herbsŚvitra (श्वित्र) refers to “leucoderma” (a type of skin disease).—In Ayurveda, pitta and rakta vitiation are held responsible for impairment of skin health, lustre, colour as well as complexion and skin diseases such as visarpa (erysipelas), vyaṅga (melasma), śvitra (leucoderma), dadru (urticaria), pippalu (moles) to name a few, therefore herbs alleviating these two will act as skin lightening agents. [...] A few among them act indirectly as varṇya by alleviating rakta and pitta doṣa
Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)
Source: Shodhganga: Edition translation and critical study of yogasarasamgrahaŚvitra (श्वित्र) refers to “leucoderma” and is one of the various diseases mentioned in the 15th-century Yogasārasaṅgraha (Yogasara-saṅgraha) by Vāsudeva: an unpublished Keralite work representing an Ayurvedic compendium of medicinal recipes. The Yogasārasaṃgraha [mentioning śvitra] deals with entire recipes in the route of administration, and thus deals with the knowledge of pharmacy (bhaiṣajya-kalpanā) which is a branch of pharmacology (dravyaguṇa).
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botanyŚvitra (श्वित्र) refers to the “Vitiligo”, a chronic skin condition where the skin loses its pigment cells. The term is used throughout Ayurvedic literature such as the Suśruta-saṃhitā and the Caraka-saṃhitā.
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.
General definition (in Hinduism)
Source: archive.org: Vedic index of Names and Subjects1) Śvitra (श्वित्र, ‘white’) is the name of a species of serpent in the Atharvaveda and the later Saṃhitās.
2) Śvitra (श्वित्र) is found as an adjective in the Pañcaviṃśa-brāhmaṇa (xii. ii, 11) in the sense of ‘afflicted with white leprosy’.
3) Śvitrā (श्वित्रा) possibly corresponds to the progenitor (predecessor) of Śvaitreya.—Śvaitreya occurs in two passages of the Ṛgveda, where Sāyaṇa sees in the word the name of a man, a “descendant of Śvitrā” The first passage is almost identical with one in the sixth Maṇḍala of the Ṛgveda, where, however, Daśadyu appears alone without Śvaitreya. Ludwig identifies Daśadyu with Śvaitreya (‘son of Śvitrī’), and considers him a son of Kutsa. Bergaigne and Baunack think he is really Bhuyu. Geldner considers that he was a bull used for fighting, the son of a Śvitrā cow, but this is very doubtful, though the term śvaitreya is elsewhere applied to a bull. Śvitrya seems to have the same sense as Śvaitreya.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryŚvitra (श्वित्र).—[śvit-rak Uṇādi-sūtra 2.13]
1) White leprosy.
2) A leprous spot (on the skin); तदल्पमपि नोपेक्ष्यं काव्ये दुष्टं कथंचन । स्याद्वपुः सुन्दरमपि श्वित्रेणैकेन दुर्भगम् (tadalpamapi nopekṣyaṃ kāvye duṣṭaṃ kathaṃcana | syādvapuḥ sundaramapi śvitreṇaikena durbhagam) Kāv.1.7.
Derivable forms: śvitram (श्वित्रम्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚvitra (श्वित्र).—n.
(-traṃ) Whiteness of the skin, vitiligo. E. śvit to be white, Unadi aff. rak .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚvitra (श्वित्र).— (perhaps better śvittra, i. e. śvit + tra, or from the lost vb. śvi [cf. śvit], with tra, as ci + tra from ci), n. White leprosy (Atharva-V. iii. 27, 6).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚvitra (श्वित्र).—[adjective] whitish, white, leprous. [masculine] a cert. (domestic) white animal; [neuter] white leprosy.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Śvitra (श्वित्र):—[from śvit] mfn. whitish, white, [Atharva-veda; Taittirīya-saṃhitā]
2) [v.s. ...] having white leprosy, [Pañcaviṃśa-brāhmaṇa]
3) [v.s. ...] m. a [particular] wh° domestic animal or any wh° an°, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā]
4) [v.s. ...] m. n. morbid whiteness of the skin, white leprosy, vitiligo, [Suśruta; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
5) [v.s. ...] m. = antarikṣa, [Sāyaṇa on Ṛg-veda v, 19, 3]
6) Śvitrā (श्वित्रा):—[from śvitra > śvit] f. Name of a woman, [Sāyaṇa on Ṛg-veda i, 13, 14.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚvitra (श्वित्र):—(traṃ) 1. n. Leprosy.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusŚvitra (ಶ್ವಿತ್ರ):—[noun] = ಶ್ವೇತಕುಷ್ಠ [shvetakushtha].
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Shvitraghni, Shvitrahara, Shvitraka, Shvitraputra, Shvitraroga.
Full-text: Shvitraghni, Shvitrahara, Shvaitreya, Shvitrin, Shvaitrya, Shvitrya, Shvitri, Shvitropakasha, Shvetra, Shvaitra, Shvitraka, Shvaitari, Dashadyu, Balukakasisa, Seta, Dadru, Pippalu, Visarpa, Vyanga, Shipibishta.
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Sushruta Samhita, volume 4: Cikitsasthana (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)
Chapter IX - The medical treatment of cutaneous affections
Atharvaveda and Charaka Samhita (by Laxmi Maji)
4b. Leprosy (Kuṣṭha) in the Caraka-saṃhitā < [Chapter 5 - Diseases and Remedies in Atharvaveda and Caraka-Saṃhitā]
4a. Kuṣṭha-roga (leprosy) in the Atharvaveda < [Chapter 5 - Diseases and Remedies in Atharvaveda and Caraka-Saṃhitā]
Rasendrasāra Saṅgraha (Āyurveda book) < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Jivanandana of Anandaraya Makhin (Study) (by G. D. Jayalakshmi)
Rasa and Gandhaka—The Base of all Medicines < [Chapter 4 - Āyurvedic principles in Jīvanandana Nāṭaka]
Diseases and treatments related to skin < [Chapter 4 - Āyurvedic principles in Jīvanandana Nāṭaka]
International Ayurvedic Medical Journal
Role of prachhan karma in the management of shvitra (vitiligo) < [2017, Issue IV April]
Clinical evolution of “aragvadhadya taila” in the management of shvitra roga, w.s.r. to vitiligo < [2022, Issue 1, January]
Shvitra and its management through ayurveda: correlation with modern science < [2024, Issue 09. September]
Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 1.33.14 < [Sukta 33]