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Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: archive.org: Vagbhata’s Ashtanga Hridaya Samhita (first 5 chapters)

Vātahara (वातहर) refers to that which is “eliminative of wind (vāta)”, as mentioned in verse 5.20 of the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā (Sūtrasthāna) by Vāgbhaṭa.—Accordingly, “[...] of sweet digestion and taste, unctuous, vitalizing, augmentative of the elements, eliminative of wind [viz., vātahara: vātapittaharaṃ] and choler, viriligenic, phlegmatogenic, heavy, (and) cooling as a rule (is) milk. [...]”.

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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

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vātāhāra (वाताहार).—a. one who feeds only on air.

Vātāhāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vāta and āhāra (आहार).

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

1) Vātahara (वातहर):—[=vāta-hara] [from vāta > vā] mfn. = -ghna, [Suśruta]

2) Vātāhāra (वाताहार):—[from vāta > vā] mfn. one who feeding only on air, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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Vatahara in German

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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 corpus

Vātāhāra (ವಾತಾಹಾರ):—[noun] = ವಾತಾಶನ [vatashana].

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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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Partial matches: Hara, Vata, Ahara.

Ends with: Matravatahara.

Full-text: Bhringavriksha, Hara.

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