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Ayurveda (science of life)

Toxicology (Study and Treatment of poison)

Source: Shodhganga: Kasyapa Samhita—Text on Visha Chikitsa

Vikaṭatā (विकटता) refers to an “ungainly appearance” (of lips and teeth), as taught in the Ceṣṭita (“symptoms of snake-bites”) section of the Kāśyapa Saṃhitā: an ancient Sanskrit text from the Pāñcarātra tradition dealing with both Tantra and Viṣacikitsā—an important topic from Āyurveda which deals with the study of Toxicology (Agadatantra or Sarpavidyā).—Sage Kāśyapa adds a graphic description of the features of a fatally bitten victim. Blackish-blue coloured blood oozing from the site of a fatal snake-bite, thirst, sweat, stiffness of limbs, horripilation, trembling of organs, ungainly appearance (vikaṭatā) of lips and teeth [dantoṣṭānāmatha vikaṭatā], nasal speech, loss of consciousness and disfigurement—all these are surefire signs of a fatally bitten person.

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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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Partial matches: Vikata, Ta.

Starts with: Vikatatanta, Vikatatantra.

Ends with: Devikatata.

Full-text: Vikata, Ushta, Danta, Dantoshta.

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