Sudhasrava, Sudhāsravā, Sudha-srava, Sudhashrava: 6 definitions

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Ayurveda (science of life)

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Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Sudhāsravā (सुधास्रवा) is another name for Rudantī, a medicinal plant identified with two possibly species, according to verse 5.60-62 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fifth chapter (parpaṭādi-varga) of this book enumerates sixty varieties of smaller plants (kṣudra-kṣupa). Together with the names Sudhāsravā and Rudantī, there are a total of sixteen Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant. Note: Chopra and Bāpālāl identify Rudantī with  Cressa cretica Linn. having support from Nāḍkarṇī, while P.V.S. identifies Rudantī with Capparis moonii.

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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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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Sudhāsravā (सुधास्रवा).—uvula or soft palate.

Sudhāsravā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sudhā and sravā (स्रवा).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sudhāsravā (सुधास्रवा).—f.

(-vā) Uvula or soft palate. E. sudhā nectar or honey. sru to distil, ap and ṭāp affs.

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

1) Sudhāśravā (सुधाश्रवा):—[=su-dhā-śravā] [from su-dhā] incorrect for -sravā.

2) Sudhāsravā (सुधास्रवा):—[=su-dhā-sravā] [from su-dhā] f. ‘water-distilling’, the uvula or soft palate, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] the shrub Rudantī, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sudhāśravā (सुधाश्रवा):—[sudhā-śravā] (vā) 1. f. The uvula or soft palate.

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Sudhasrava in German

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