Vimanasthana, Vimānasthāna, Vimana-sthana: 3 definitions
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Vimanasthana 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)
Dietetics and Culinary Art (such as household cooking)
Source: Shodhganga: Dietetics and culinary art in ancient and medieval IndiaVimānasthāna (विमानस्थान) refers to the third of the eight sections of the Carakasaṃhitā which enjoys a prime position among Ayurvedic treatises and is written in the form of advices of the sage Ātreya to the sage Agniveśa. The Carakasaṃhitā contains eight sections [viz., vimānasthāna]. Sūtrasthāna contains 30 chapters.
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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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumVimānasthāna (विमानस्थान) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—med. by Cakrapāṇidatta. NW. 586. Perhaps, Nidānasthāna.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVimānasthāna (विमानस्थान):—[=vi-māna-sthāna] [from vi-māna > vi-mā] 3. vi-māna-sthāna n. Name of a [work] on medicine.
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.
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Partial matches: Sthana, Vimana.
Full-text: Rasavahasrotas, Cakrapanidatta, Caraka-samhita, Samyoga, Srotas.
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Charaka Samhita (English translation) (by Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurvedic Society)
Charaka Samhita and Sushruta Samhita (by Nayana Sharma)
Epidemics (maraka) < [Chapter 6]
The Student of Āyurveda (3b): Methodology of Teaching and Study < [Chapter 3]
The Saṃhitās (Introduction) < [Chapter 1]
Philosophy of Charaka-samhita (by Asokan. G)
Knowledge (pramāṇa) [in Charaka philosophy] < [Chapter 6 - Source of Knowledge (pramāṇa)]
Dialectical terms (20): Defective statement (vākyadoṣa) < [Chapter 7 - Logic and Dialectical Speculations]
Time and space [in Charaka philosophy] < [Chapter 3 - Fundamental Theories]
Atharvaveda and Charaka Samhita (by Laxmi Maji)
Bhela and Bhela Saṃhitā < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
5b. Kṛmi (Worms) in the Atharvaveda < [Chapter 5 - Diseases and Remedies in Atharvaveda and Caraka-Saṃhitā]
Caraka-Saṃhitā (Āyurveda book) < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
History of Indian Medicine (and Ayurveda) (by Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurvedic Society)
Chapter 9 - The Students Life and Discipline < [Part 2-3 - Medical Institutions in Ancient India]
Chapter 9b - Pathological Conditions or Processes in Ayurveda < [Part 6 - The Science of the Triumvirate (Tridosha) Pathogenesis]
Chapter 10 - The Method of Theoretical and Practical Study < [Part 2-3 - Medical Institutions in Ancient India]
Bhesajjakkhandhaka (Chapter on Medicine) (by Hin-tak Sik)
Medicines (i): Salts (Loṇa/Lavaṇa) < [Chapter 4 - Medicinal Substances in the Chapter on Medicine]
(b) Basic Principles of Āyurveda < [Chapter 2 - Background Information]
Medicines (f): Gum-Resins (Jatu) < [Chapter 4 - Medicinal Substances in the Chapter on Medicine]