Surasadi, Surasa-adi, Surasādi: 3 definitions

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In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)

Surasādi refers to a medicinal recipe mentioned in the Tailakhaṇḍa (verse 3.146) of the 15th-century Yogasārasaṅgraha (Yogasara-saṅgraha) by Vāsudeva: an unpublished Keralite work representing an Ayurvedic compendium of medicinal recipes. The Tailakhaṇḍa [mentioning surasādi] contains recipes and medicated oils (taila) that treat the patients on such conditions as fever, dyspnoea, cough, asthma, etc.

Source: Shodhganga: Edition translation and critical study of yogasarasamgraha

Unclassified Ayurveda definitions

Surasādi (सुरसादि) is the Sanskrit name for a group of medicinal plants, classified as acting similair to the Arkādi group (acts as a vermifuge, and a specific asceptic agent amongst other properties). Besisdes these characteristics, the plants from this group also proves beneficial in “catarrh, non-relish for food, asthma and cough”. It was originally composed by Suśruta in his Suśrutasaṃhitā sūtrasthāna XXXVIII, a classic work on Āyurveda. The name is derived from the words Surasā (Ocimum sanctum) and ādi, translating to “first” or “commencement”. Examples of plants pertaining to this category include Surasā, Bhustriṅga, Sugandhaka, Viḍaṅga, Kākamāci and Nirguṇḍī, etc. The collection of herbs named Surasādi is but one of the thirty-seven gaṇas (‘sections’) of such groups.

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

The drugs known as

Surasā,
white Surasā,
Fainjjhaka,
Arjaka,
Bhustrina,
Sugandhaka,
Sumukha,
Kālamāla,
Kāshamarda,
Kshavaka,
Kharpushpā,
Vidanga,
Katphala,
Surasi,
Nirgundi,
Kulāhala,
Indurakarnikā,
Phanji,
Prāchivala,
Kākamāchi
and Vishamushtika

form the group known as the Surasādi Gana.

The group acts as a vermifuge and is an aseptic agent. It subdues the deranged Kapham and proves beneficial in catarrh, non-relish for food, asthma and cough.

Source: archive.org: Sushruta samhita, Volume I

context information

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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