Udararoga, Udara-roga: 8 definitions

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Udararoga 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)

Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)

Udararoga (उदररोग) refers to “diseases of abdomen” and is one of the various diseases mentioned in the 15th-century Yogasārasaṅgraha (Yogasara-saṅgraha) by Vāsudeva: an unpublished Keralite work representing an Ayurvedic compendium of medicinal recipes. The Yogasārasaṃgraha [mentioning udararoga] deals with entire recipes in the route of administration, and thus deals with the knowledge of pharmacy (bhaiṣajya-kalpanā) which is a branch of pharmacology (dravyaguṇa).

Source: Shodhganga: Edition translation and critical study of yogasarasamgraha

Udararoga (उदररोग) or Udararogacikitsā refers to one of the topics discussed in the Madhumatī, a Sanskrit manuscript ascribed to Nṛsiṃha Kavirāja collected in volume 12 of the catalogue “Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (second series)” by Mahamahopadhyaya Haraprasad Shastri.—The Madhumatī manuscript, consisting of 5,586 ślokas (metrical verses), is housed in Dhaka with Babu Bhagavancandra Dasa Kaviraja. It seemingly addresses topics related to Medicinal, Herbal, and Iatrochemical preparations. The catalogue includes the term Udararoga-cikitsā in its ‘subject-matter list’ or Viṣaya (which lists topics, chapters and technical terms). The complete entry reads—atha udararogacikitsā.

Source: Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts: Volume 12 (1898) (ay)

Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)

Udararoga (उदररोग) refers to “diseases affecting the belly” according to the fourth volume of the Rasajalanidhi (chapter 6). Accordingly, “slowness of the digesting heat is the cause of all sorts of diseases and especially of those affecting the belly [i.e., udararoga]. The latter arise out of indigestion, eating of dirty food, and accumulation of stool in the intestines. What happens just before the appearance of these diseases is this:—abnormal excess of the three doshas, accumulated for a long time, block the passages carrying sweats and other fluids, and thereby pollute the prana-vayu, the apana-vayu, and the digesting heat. The following are the common symptoms characterising all sorts of diseases affecting the belly [i.e., udararoga]:—flatulence, difficulty experienced in movement, weakness, weakness of the digesting heat, swelling of some of the limbs, lethargy felt in the movement of the limbs, difficulty in passing wind and stool, heating sensation, and drowsiness”.

There are eight (plus one) different kinds of Udararogas defined:

Vātodara (formation of gas in the stomach),
Pittodara (stomach affected by an abnormal excess of pitta),
Kaphodara stomach affected by an abnormal excess of kapha),
Tridoṣodara or Dūṣyodora (stomach affected by an abnormal excess of the three dosas),
Plīhodara and Jakṛdudara (enlargement of spleen and liver),
Baddhodara (malignant constipation),
Kṣatodara (ulcer in the belly),
Jalodara (dropsy),
Mahodara (combination of more than one udararoga)

Source: Wisdom Library: Rasa-śāstra

Unclassified Ayurveda definitions

Udararoga (उदररोग) refers to “disease of abdomen”. Medicinal formulations in the management of this condition include 19 references of Vatsanābha usages. Guṭikā is maximum (16) dosage form in the management of Udararoga. Vatsanābha (Aconitum ferox), although categorized as sthāvara-viṣa (vegetable poisons), has been extensively used in ayurvedic pharmacopoeia.

Source: Research Gate: Internal applications of Vatsanabha (Aconitum ferox wall)

Udararoga (उदररोग) refers to “ascites”, and is dealt with in the 17th-century Vaidyavallabha (chapter 6) written by Hastiruci.—The Vaidyavallabha is a work which deals with the treatment and useful for all 8 branches of Ayurveda. The text Vaidyavallabha has been designed based on the need of the period of the author, availability of drugs during that time, disease (viz., udararoga) manifesting in that era, socio-economical-cultural-familial-spiritual-aspects of that period Vaidyavallabha.

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

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

Udararoga (उदररोग):—[=udara-roga] [from udara] m. disease of the stomach or bowels, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]

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

Udararoga (उदररोग):—m. Unterleibskrankheit [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 79, 29. 104, 10.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Udararoga (उदररोग):—m. Unterleibskrankheit.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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