Tilvaka: 7 definitions
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Tilvaka means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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)
Cikitsa (natural therapy and treatment for medical conditions)
Tilvaka (तिल्वक):—Another name for Lodhra (Symplocos racemosa), a species of medicinal plant and used in the treatment of fever (jvara), as described in the Jvaracikitsā (or “the treatment of fever”) which is part of the 7th-century Mādhavacikitsā, a Sanskrit classical work on Āyurveda.
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)
Tilvaka (तिल्वक) is mentioned in the Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa as a tree (Symplocos racemosa), near which it is inauspicious to construct a grave. The adjectival derivative tailvaka, ‘made of the wood of the Tilvaka,’ is found in the Maitrāyaṇī-saṃhitā, and is employed to describe the yūpa, or sacrificial post, in the Ṣaḍviṃśa-brāhmaṇa.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Tilvaka (तिल्वक).—m. A tree, Symplocos racemosa Roxb., [Suśruta] 1, 32, 15.
Tilvaka (तिल्वक).—[masculine] names of plants.
1) Tilvaka (तिल्वक):—[from tilva] m. Symplocos racemosa, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa xiii; Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra xxi, 3, 20; Gobhila-śrāddha-kalpa] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] Terminalia Catappa, [Nighaṇṭuprakāśa]
Tilvaka (तिल्वक):—m.
1) Name eines Baumes, Symplocos racemosa Roxb. Er gilt im Ritual für unheilig. [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 13, 8, 1, 16.] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 21, 3, 20] (= tiṇisa nach dem [Scholiast][?). ĀŚV. GṚHY. 2, 7. GOBH. 1, 5, 17. Suśruta 1, 32, 15. 139, 18. 144, 17. 20. 160, 16. 166, 5. 2, 35, 10.] Vgl. tailvaka . —
2) = iṅgudī Terminalia Catappa [NIGH. PR.]
Tilvaka (तिल्वक):—m. —
1) Symplocos racemosa. —
2) *Terminalia Catappa.
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See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+0): Tilvaka-bedha.
Full-text (+0): Tilva, Tailvaka, Tilvaka-bedha, Tilavakam, Tillakam, Shyamadi, Lodhra.
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Charaka Samhita (English translation) (by Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurvedic Society)
Chapter 9 - The Pharmaceutics of Tilwaka (tilvaka-kalpa) < [Kalpasthana (Kalpa Sthana) — Section on Pharmaceutics]
Chapter 1 - The Quest for Longevity (dirgha-jivita) < [Sutrasthana (Sutra Sthana) — General Principles]
Chapter 25 - The Origin of Man and Disease (Purusha-samjnaka) < [Sutrasthana (Sutra Sthana) — General Principles]
Journal of Ayurveda and Integrated Medical Sciences
Study of some important Virechak (Purgative) Drugs < [Vol. 5 No. 02 (2020)]
Preparation of Apamarga Pratisaraneeya Kshara and its Physico-chemical Analysis < [Vol. 2 No. 03 (2017)]
Review of Trivrit (Operculina turpethum) in Brihatrayi < [Vol. 8 No. 6 (2023)]
Sushruta Samhita, volume 4: Cikitsasthana (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)
Chapter IV - The medical treatment of nervous disorders
Chapter XVI - The medical treatment of Abscesses and Tumours
Sushruta Samhita, Volume 6: Uttara-tantra (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)
Chapter X - Treatment of Pittaja Ophthalmia < [Canto I - Shalakya-tantra (ears, eyes, nose, mouth and throat)]
Chapter XXIV - Symptoms and treatment of Catarrh < [Canto I - Shalakya-tantra (ears, eyes, nose, mouth and throat)]
Chapter XLIV - Symptoms and Treatment of Jaundice (Pandu-roga) < [Canto III - Kaya-chikitsa-tantra (internal medicine)]
Sushruta Samhita, volume 1: Sutrasthana (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)
Journal of Ayurveda and Holistic Medicine
Scientific review on Virechana Dravya (Purgative Drugs) of Charaka Samhita < [Volume 11, issue 11 (2023)]
Acharya Sushrutokta Gana and their Pharmacological actions- A review < [Volume 11, issue 2 (2023)]
Understanding of arditavata w.s.r.to bell’s palsy < [Volume 4, issue 2 (2016)]