Vatapitta, Vātapitta, Vata-pitta: 7 definitions
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Vatapitta 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)
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
Source: Asian Agri-History: Paśu Āyurvēda (Veterinary Medicine) in GaruḍapurāṇaVātapitta (वातपित्त) refers to a type of disorder, according to sections on Horses (Gajāyurveda or Aśvāyurveda) in the Garuḍapurāṇa.—[Management of miscellaneous disorders]—The drugs along with decoction of triphalā are advised if the horse is affected by vraṇa (ulcers)/kuṣṭha/khañja (lameness). The medicines should be administered with gomūtra (cow’s-urine) in mandāgni (impaired digestion), śotharoga (swelling/oedema). If they are affected by vātapitta, vraṇa (ulcers) the ghṛtasaṃyukta-gokṣīra (cow's milk along with ghee) is advised. If the horse is kṛṣa (emaciated), the diet shall be supplemented by māṃsa (meat) for puṣṭyārtha (to improve the body).
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
Source: archive.org: Vagbhata’s Ashtanga Hridaya Samhita (first 5 chapters)Vātapitta (वातपित्त) refers to the “wind and choler”, 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 and choler [viz., vātapitta-hara], viriligenic, phlegmatogenic, heavy, (and) cooling as a rule (is) milk. [...]”.
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.
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
Source: SOAS University of London: Protective Rites in the Netra TantraVātapitta (वातपित्त) refers to “rheumatism”, according to the Netratantra of Kṣemarāja: a Śaiva text from the 9th century in which Śiva (Bhairava) teaches Pārvatī topics such as metaphysics, cosmology, and soteriology.—Accordingly, [verse 19.121-128, while describing the prevention of natural disasters]—“[...] [He performs the ritual when people are afflicted by] skin diseases, etc., fevers, untimely death or various sorts of pain, past faults or seizing spirits. Diseases from snake poison, etc., insect bites, etc., rheumatism (vātapitta), change in form, phlegm, hemorrhoids, eye diseases, skin diseases, etc., internal disease, and sickness caused by wounds, etc., by the thousands [can occur] if various sorts of evils touch the Maṇḍala, a defect arises from offense [occurs]. [...]”.
Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVātapitta (वातपित्त).—a form of gout.
Derivable forms: vātapittam (वातपित्तम्).
Vātapitta is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vāta and pitta (पित्त).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVātapitta (वातपित्त).—n.
(-ttaṃ) Rheumatism attended with fever. E. vāta, pitta bile.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVātapitta (वातपित्त):—[=vāta-pitta] [from vāta > vā] n. ‘wind-bile’, a form of rheumatism, [Horace H. Wilson]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryVātapitta (वातपित्त):—[vāta-pitta] (ttaṃ) 1. n. Rheumatic fever.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Vata-pittaculai, Vatapittahara, Vatapittaja, Vatapittajashula, Vatapittajvara, Vatapittaka, Vatapittam, Vatapittantaka.
Full-text (+71): Dosha, Vatapittajvara, Tridosha, Doshatraya, Vata-pittaculai, Vatapittajashula, Vatapittaja, Doshajvara, Doshaja, Vyadhi, Dvamdvajvara, Iratta-vata-pittakunmam, Carmakila, Trividhakukshi, Doshatisara, Manasadosha, Hysteria, Hypochondriasis, Arocaka, Epilepsy.
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Philosophy of Charaka-samhita (by Asokan. G)
The theory of three faults (tridoṣa-siddhānta) < [Chapter 3 - Fundamental Theories]
The importance of the philosophy of Carakasaṃhitā < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Man as a constitution of six elements (ṣaḍdhātja-puruṣa) < [Chapter 5 - The Complete Man]
Jivanandana of Anandaraya Makhin (Study) (by G. D. Jayalakshmi)
Other Diseases < [Chapter 4 - Āyurvedic principles in Jīvanandana Nāṭaka]
The diseases of the Mulādhāra < [Chapter 4 - Āyurvedic principles in Jīvanandana Nāṭaka]
Diseases related to Sapta-dhātus and their cure < [Chapter 4 - Āyurvedic principles in Jīvanandana Nāṭaka]
Atharvaveda and Charaka Samhita (by Laxmi Maji)
Vāta-śoṇita (gout) and Vāta-rakta (arthritis) < [Chapter 4 - Diseases and Remedial measures (described in Caraka-saṃhitā)]
Fever according to Caraka—Synopsis < [Chapter 4 - Diseases and Remedial measures (described in Caraka-saṃhitā)]
Chardi (vomiting) according to Caraka < [Chapter 4 - Diseases and Remedial measures (described in Caraka-saṃhitā)]
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 2 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 8 - Vāyu, Pitta and Kapha < [Chapter XIII - Speculations in the Medical Schools]
Part 10 - The Circulatory and the Nervous System < [Chapter XIII - Speculations in the Medical Schools]
Part 6 - Foetal Development < [Chapter XIII - Speculations in the Medical Schools]
Vedic influence on the Sun-worship in the Puranas (by Goswami Mitali)
Sun-worship Vratas (44) Viṣṇutrimūrti < [Chapter 5 - Rituals Related to the Sun-Worship in the Purāṇas]
History of Indian Medicine (and Ayurveda) (by Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurvedic Society)
Chapter 6 - Method of Nomenclature < [Part 6 - The Science of the Triumvirate (Tridosha) Pathogenesis]
Chapter 7 - The Nature and Functions of the Body Triumvirate < [Part 6 - The Science of the Triumvirate (Tridosha) Pathogenesis]
Chapter 12 - Nosology and the Triumvirate < [Part 6 - The Science of the Triumvirate (Tridosha) Pathogenesis]
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