Visphotaka, Visphoṭaka: 6 definitions
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Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
Source: SOAS University of London: Protective Rites in the Netra TantraVisphoṭaka (विस्फोटक) refers to “(insect) bites”, 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. (visphoṭaka—kīṭavisphoṭakādayaḥ), rheumatism, 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.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVisphoṭaka (विस्फोटक).—
1) A blister, boil; (also visphoṭikā).
2) A kind of leprosy.
3) Small-pox.
Derivable forms: visphoṭakaḥ (विस्फोटकः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryVisphoṭaka (विस्फोटक).—name of a nāga: Mahāvyutpatti 3345.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Visphoṭaka (विस्फोटक):—[=vi-sphoṭaka] [from vi-sphoṭa > vi-sphuṭ] m. a blister, boil, [Suśruta]
2) [v.s. ...] a kind of leprosy, [Agni-purāṇa; Śārṅgadhara-saṃhitā]
3) [v.s. ...] small-pox, [Horace H. Wilson]
4) [v.s. ...] Name of a serpent-demon, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Visphoṭaka (विस्फोटक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Vipphoḍaa.
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Sphotaka, Vi.
Ends with: Kitavisphotaka.
Full-text: Visphotika, Vipphodaa, Visphota, Haratalabhasma, Haratala, Tuttha.
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The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 241 - Greatness of Śeṣa < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]
Atharvaveda and Charaka Samhita (by Laxmi Maji)
4b. Leprosy (Kuṣṭha) in the Caraka-saṃhitā < [Chapter 5 - Diseases and Remedies in Atharvaveda and Caraka-Saṃhitā]
Charaka Samhita (English translation) (by Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurvedic Society)
Chapter 7 - The therapeutics of Dermatosis (kushtha-cikitsa) < [Cikitsasthana (Cikitsa Sthana) — Section on Therapeutics]
Chapter 12 - The therapeutics of Pectoral Edema (shvayathu-cikitsa) < [Cikitsasthana (Cikitsa Sthana) — Section on Therapeutics]
Sushruta Samhita, volume 4: Cikitsasthana (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)