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Ayurveda (science of life)

Toxicology (Study and Treatment of poison)

Source: Shodhganga: Kasyapa Samhita—Text on Visha Chikitsa

1) Vivarṇatā (विवर्णता) refers to “discolourisation” (of a snake) and represents one of the characteristics of the appearance of a snake before biting, as taught in 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).—The Kāśyapasaṃhitā (verse VI.65) details the appearance of a snake before biting: The sarpas when desirous of biting display certain change of bodily features in their body like—stiffness of the neck, the contraction of the hood, discolourisation (vivarṇatā) and rising up with the desire to bite.

2) Vivarṇatā (विवर्णता) refers to “discolourisation of limbs” and is a symptom of a snake-bite caused by the Kuṣṭhamaṇḍalī snakes, according to the Kāśyapa Saṃhitā.—[Cf. kuṣṭhamaṇḍalinaḥ kuṣṭhavraṇāni tvag vivarṇatā]

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

1) Vivarṇatā (विवर्णता):—[=vi-varṇa-tā] [from vi-varṇa > vi] f. loss of colour, paleness, [Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa; Rāmāyaṇa] etc.

2) [v.s. ...] a low condition of life, [Dharmaśarmābhyudaya]

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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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Partial matches: Vivarna, Ta.

Full-text: Vivarna, Kushthavrana.

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