Urdhvashvasa, Ūrdhvaśvāsa, Urdhva-shvasa: 5 definitions
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Urdhvashvasa 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.
The Sanskrit term Ūrdhvaśvāsa can be transliterated into English as Urdhvasvasa or Urdhvashvasa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)
Source: Shodhganga: Edition translation and critical study of yogasarasamgrahaŪrdhvaśvāsa (ऊर्ध्वश्वास) refers to “stertorous breathing” and is one of the various diseases mentioned in the 15th-century Yogasārasaṅgraha (Yogasara-saṅgraha) by Vāsudeva: an unpublished Keralite work representing an Ayurvedic compendium of medicinal recipes.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 ūrdhvaśvāsa] 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).
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
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryŪrdhvaśvāsa (ऊर्ध्वश्वास).—expiration; a kind of asthma.
Derivable forms: ūrdhvaśvāsaḥ (ऊर्ध्वश्वासः).
Ūrdhvaśvāsa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ūrdhva and śvāsa (श्वास).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryŪrdhvaśvāsa (ऊर्ध्वश्वास):—[=ūrdhva-śvāsa] [from ūrdhva] m. ‘breathing above’, shortness of breath, a kind of asthma, [Suśruta; Bhāvaprakāśa]
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusŪrdhvaśvāsa (ಊರ್ಧ್ವಶ್ವಾಸ):—
1) [noun] the breath taken in, frequently but not deep; a shallow breath.
2) [noun] a kind of breath-controlling yogic exercise.
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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