Tamrabhasma, Tāmrabhasma, Tamra-bhasma: 4 definitions

Introduction
In Hinduism
1. Ayurveda
Languages
1. Marathi
2. Kannada
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Introduction:

Tamrabhasma means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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)

Source: Ancient Science of Life: Vaidyavallabha: An Authoritative Work on Ayurveda Therapeutics

Tāmrabhasma (ताम्रभस्म) refers to “calcified copper” and is mentioned as an ingredient of metallic drugs for the treatment of Kṣaya, as mentioned in the 17th-century Vaidyavallabha (chapter 3) written by Hastiruci.—The Vaidyavallabha is a work which deals with the treatment and useful for all 8 branches of Ayurveda. The text Vaidyavallabha (mentioning tāmrabhasma) has been designed based on the need of the period of the author, availability of drugs during that time, disease manifesting in that era, socio-economical-cultural-familial-spiritual-aspects of that period Vaidyavallabha.

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

tāmrabhasma (ताम्रभस्म).—n (S) Calx of copper. Much used medicinally. 2 Allusively and facetiously. A name for the stuffed cake called puraṇapōḷī.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

tāmrabhasma (ताम्रभस्म).—n Calx of copper.

context information

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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Tāmrabhasma (ತಾಮ್ರಭಸ್ಮ):—[noun] an oxide of copper.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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