Vishanashin, Viṣanāśin, Viṣanāśī: 5 definitions

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Vishanashin 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.

The Sanskrit terms Viṣanāśin and Viṣanāśī can be transliterated into English as Visanasin or Vishanashin or Visanasi or Vishanashi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

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Toxicology (Study and Treatment of poison)

Source: Shodhganga: Kasyapa Samhita—Text on Visha Chikitsa

Viṣanāśin (विषनाशिन्) (=Viṣanāśinī) refers to “that which extirpates (rat) poison”, according to 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 (Viṣavidyā or Sarpavidyā).—Kāśyapa has recommended a slew of generic formulae that successfully neutralise rat poison.—According to Kāśyapasaṃhitā (verse 11.46cd-47): “Mustā, dipped in honey or ghee, also extirpates rat poison (viṣanāśinī). Unhusked, powdered sesame dipped in salt-water must be eaten with ginger and jaggery”.

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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

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Viṣanāśin (विषनाशिन्).—mfn. (-śī-śinī-śi) Antidote. f. (-nī) A plant: see viṣadaṃṣṭrā. E. viṣa venom, nāśin destroying.

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

Viṣanāśin (विषनाशिन्):—[=viṣa-nāśin] [from viṣa > viṣ] mfn. p°-destroying, any antidote, [Horace H. Wilson]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Viṣanāśin (विषनाशिन्):—[viṣa-nāśin] (śī-śinī-śi) a. Antidotic. f. See viṣadaṃṣṭrā.

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Vishanashin 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.

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