The Sanskrit term Vṛṣatā can be transliterated into English as Vrsata or Vrishata, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: archive.org: Vagbhata’s Ashtanga Hridaya Samhita (first 5 chapters)

Vṛṣatā (वृषता) refers to “potency”, as mentioned in verse 4.29-31 of the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā (Sūtrasthāna) by Vāgbhaṭa.—Accordingly, “[...] If (a patient) has been debilitated by medicine, strengthening (him) gradually by food such as rice, sixty-day-old rice, wheat, mung-beans, meat, and ghee—(which), in combination with cardiac and stomachic remedies, (is) promotive of appetite and digestion—as well as by inunctions, massages, baths, and purgative and lubricant enemas (is) wholesome. Thus he recovers comfort, intensity of all the fires, faultlessness of intellect, colour, and senses, potency [viz., vṛṣatā], (and) longness of life”.

Note: Vṛṣatā (“potency”) has been rendered by ro-tsa (“carnal desire”) (cf. v. 28) and interchanged with dairghyam āyuṣaḥ (“longness of life”), which again has been translated by thse riṅ (“long life”).

Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

Vṛṣatā (वृषता):—Virility, generative power, ability to reproduce.

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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

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

Vṛṣatā (वृषता):—[=vṛṣa-tā] [from vṛṣa > vṛṣ] f. virility generative power, [Caraka]

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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: Vrisha, Ta.

Starts with: Vrishatapa-shasana.

Full-text: Vrishadanji.

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