The Sanskrit terms Vaśyāṃjana and Vaśyāñjana can be transliterated into English as Vasyamjana or Vashyamjana or Vasyanjana or Vashyanjana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)

Vaśyāñjana (वश्याञ्जन) refers to an “ointment used for the subjugation of elephants”, according to the 15th century Mātaṅgalīlā composed by Nīlakaṇṭha in 263 Sanskrit verses, dealing with elephantology in ancient India, focusing on the science of management and treatment of elephants.—[Cf. chapter 10, “on the catching of elephants”]: “10. He shall apply (to the cows) a subjugating ointment (vaśyāñjana) made of [various] things; with Celosia cristata, māleya (cardamoms?), collyrium, nāgapuṣpa (name of various plants), and honey.

Source: archive.org: The Elephant Lore of the Hindus

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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

Kannada-English dictionary

Vaśyāṃjana (ವಶ್ಯಾಂಜನ):—[noun] an ointment supposed to have magical power to bring a person under a spell.

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Vashya, Anjana.

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