Sour: 3 definitions
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Sour means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, biology. 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.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
Source: archive.org: The Elephant Lore of the HindusA Sour (smell) can be denoted by the Sanskrit term Śukta (and resembles the odor of certain elephants), according to the 15th century Matangalila composed by Nilakantha in 263 Sanskrit verses, dealing with elephantology in ancient India, focusing on the science of management and treatment of elephants.—[Cf. chapter 8, “on marks of character”]: “12. Delighted with leavings (of food), right easily frightened, having a sour (śukta), acrid odor or that of a goat, of bones, or of a crab [śuktāmlabastāsthikulīragandhaḥ], wrathful, treacherous (changeable, ‘easy to be parted’), cowardly, ungrateful, this base elephant is a Śudra (serf) in character”.
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): (ayurveda)The Sour taste is denoted by the Sanskrit term Amla-Rasa, according to the Kāśyapasaṃhitā (Khilasthāna, verse 9.43-45ab) in a chapter on abdominal swelling caused by vitiation of the blood.—Accordingly, “Listen to the cause of that which produces the cravings [of a seemingly pregnant woman with raktagulma]. Generally, there is desire for those tastes which cause an increase of the bodily constituents because of the true similarity of their origin. [When] the vitiated blood has a Vāta or Pitta [imbalance] and is accumulating, it fuels desire for tastes such as [those which are] acrid, sour (amla), salty and so on”.
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.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Sour in India is the name of a plant defined with Betula alnoides in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Betulaster acuminata Spach (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Plantae Asiaticae Rariores, or ‘Descriptions and figures of a select number of unpublished East Indian plants’ (Wallich) (1830)
· Das Pflanzenreich (1904)
· Linnaea (1832)
· Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou (1861)
· Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, (1841)
· Prodromus Florae Nepalensis (1825)
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See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+16): Sour cherry, Sour crown grass, Sour dock, Sour fig, Sour grass, Sour greens, Sour gruel, Sour lime, Sour milk, Sour orange, Sour paspalum, Sour plum, Sour plum of the bushveld, Sour thorn, Sour top, Sour tumbla, Sour weed, Sour-gum, Sour-sour, Soura.
Full-text (+775): Amla, Kanjika, Shukta, Kulmasha, Dadhi, Mastu, Amlarasa, Kunjala, Dhanyamla, Shrighana, Sauvira, Abhishuta, Unnaha, Aranala, Suviramla, Shuktaka, Madhuramla, Amlodgara, Siddhajala, Atyamla.
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Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 4: Iatrochemistry (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)
Part 3 - Unwholesome diet and deeds < [Chapter I - General health prescriptions]
Treatment for fever (147): Vidya-vallabha rasa < [Chapter II - Fever (jvara)]
Part 27 - Diet in diarrhoea < [Chapter III - Jvaratisara fever with diarrhoea]
Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 3: Metals, Gems and other substances (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)
Part 14 - Dietary presecriptions and prohibitions when taking iron < [Chapter IV - Metals (4): Lauha (iron)]
Part 24 - Usage of poisons < [Chapter XXX - Visha (poisons)]
Part 1 - Characteristics of Varta-loha < [Chapter X - Mixed metals (3): Varta-loha]
Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 5: Treatment of various afflictions (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)
Chapter 8 - Symptoms and treatment of Amlapitta (acidity and biliousness)
Chapter 14 - Symptoms and treatment of Arochaka (aversion to food)
Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 2: Minerals (uparasa) (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)
Part 2 - Purification of shilajatu < [Chapter IV - Uparasa (4): Shilajatu or Shilajit (bitumen)]
Part 6 - Using haritala < [Chapter XII - Uparasa (13): Haritala (orpiment)]
Part 1 - Characteristics of Kasisa (sulphate of iron) < [Chapter X - Uparasa (11): Kasisa (sulphate of iron)]
International Ayurvedic Medical Journal
Holoptelia integrifolia roxb- birds eye view < [2016, Issue VIII August]
Classification of twenty types prameha - a conceptual study < [2022, Issue 09 September]
An ayurvedic approach to diabetes mellitus- a review article < [2016, Issue III March]
The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda (by Srila Narayana Maharaja)
Xlvii margot < [Epistles - Third Series]
Ccxxvii christine < [Letters (Fifth Series)]
Xxiv blessed and beloved < [Epistles - First Series]
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