Vrishya, Vṛṣya: 14 definitions
Introduction:
Vrishya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, biology. 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 term Vṛṣya can be transliterated into English as Vrsya or Vrishya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)
Vṛṣya (वृष्य, “aphrodisiac”) is a Sanskrit technical term used throughout Rasaśāstra literature, such as the Rasaprakāśasudhākara.
Dietetics and Culinary Art (such as household cooking)
Vṛṣya (वृष्य) refers to “aphrodisiac” and represents a particular dietetic effect according to the 17th century Bhojanakutūhala (dravyaguṇāguṇa-kathana), and is commonly found in literature dealing with the topics of dietetics and culinary art, also known as Pākaśāstra or Pākakalā.—Accordingly, the dietetic effect vṛṣya is associated with the following conditions: Food utensils made of Rambhāpatra (plantain leaf), Kumudapatra (white water-lilly leaf), Raktotpalapatra (red lotus leaf) or Utpalapatra (blue lotus leaf).
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
1) Vṛṣyā (वृष्या) is another name for Bhūmyāmalakī, a medicinal plant identified with Phyllanthus urinaria Linn. (synonym Phyllanthus niruri Hook f.) or “chamber bitter” from the Phyllanthaceae family of flowering plants, according to verse 5.91-93 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fifth chapter (parpaṭādi-varga) of this book enumerates sixty varieties of smaller plants (kṣudra-kṣupa). Together with the names Vṛṣyā and Bhūmyāmalakī, there are a total of nineteen Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
2) Vṛṣyā (वृष्या) is another name for Dravantī an unidentified medicinal plant, possibly identified with either (1) Jaipal—Croton tiglium, (2) Baliospermum sinuatum Muell or (3) Ratanjota—Jatropha glandulifera Roxb., according to verse 5.134-136. Together with the names Vṛṣyā and Dravantī, there are a total of fifteen Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
1) Vṛṣya (वृष्य) refers to “viriligenic”, and is mentioned in verse 2.15 of the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā (Sūtrasthāna) by Vāgbhaṭa.—Vṛṣya (“viriligenic”), āyuṣya (“vitalizing”), and ūrjābalaprada (“generative of vigour and strength”) have been combined to rotsa daṅ thse daṅ mdaṅs daṅ stobs rah (b)skyed (“generates virility, life, vigour, and strength”).
2) Vṛṣya (वृष्य) refers to “aphrodisiacs”, as mentioned in verse 4.28 of the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā .—Accordingly, “[...] he who knows the right time (for administering remedies) shall thereafter apply perfect elixirs and aphrodisiac preparations [viz., vṛṣya-yoga] according to the (prescribed) order (and the attendant) circumstances”.
Note: vṛṣya-yoga, lit. (“a preparation productive of sexual vigour”), has been turned ro-tsai sbyor-ba, lit. “a preparation for sexual desire”. The cognate accusative has for once been retained in Tibetan.
Vṛṣya (वृष्य) refers to “aphrodisiac”. Vatsanābha (Aconitum ferox), although categorized as sthāvara-viṣa (vegetable poisons), has been extensively used in ayurvedic pharmacopoeia.
Vṛṣya (वृष्य):—[vṛṣyaṃ] Eugenics; aphrodisiacs; substances that enhance the sexual power like that of bull
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.
Biology (plants and animals)
1) Vrishya in India is the name of a plant defined with Asparagus racemosus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Asparagopsis javanica Kunth (among others).
2) Vrishya is also identified with Saccharum officinarum It has the synonym Saccharum officinarum var. rubrumaltum Hassk. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Enum. Pl. (1850)
· Plantae Javanicae Rariores (1848)
· Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany (1991)
· Mémoires de l’Institut Égyptien (1901)
· Species Plantarum. (1799)
· Annalen des Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte (1836)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Vrishya, for example health benefits, pregnancy safety, side effects, chemical composition, diet and recipes, extract dosage, have a look at these references.
This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Vṛṣya (वृष्य).—a.
1) To be rained or showered down.
2) Stimulating amorous desire, provocative of sexual vigour, aphrodisiac.
-ṣyaḥ A kind of kidney-bean.
-ṣyam Stimulating amorous desires (vājīkaraṇam).
Vṛṣya (वृष्य).—mfn.
(-ṣyaḥ-ṣyā-ṣyaṃ) 1. Errhine, aphrodisiac, provocative, (food or medicine.) 2. Provocative of sexual vigour. 3. To be sprinkled or aspersed. m.
(-ṣyaḥ) Kidney-bean, (Phaseolus radiatus.) f.
(-ṣyā) A drug, commonly Rid'dhi. E. vṛṣ to sprinkle, aff. kyap .
Vṛṣya (वृष्य).—[adjective] causing manliness; [masculine] [Epithet] of Śiva, [neuter] an aphrodisiac.
1) Vṛṣya (वृष्य):—[from vṛṣ] mfn. = varṣya, [Pāṇini 3-1, 120]
2) [v.s. ...] productive of sexual vigour, stimulating, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā; Suśruta]
3) [v.s. ...] m. Name of Śiva, [Mahābhārata 10372] ([Nīlakaṇṭha] ‘increasing merit’; rather ‘most manly or vigorous’)
4) [v.s. ...] Phaseolus Radiatus, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) Vṛṣyā (वृष्या):—[from vṛṣya > vṛṣ] f. Asparagus Racemosus, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) [v.s. ...] the myrobalan-tree, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
7) [v.s. ...] a kind of bulbous plant, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
8) Vṛṣya (वृष्य):—[from vṛṣ] n. an aphrodisiac, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Vṛṣya (वृष्य):—[(ṣyaḥ-ṣyā-ṣyaṃ)] 1. m. Kidney bean. f. A drug. a. Provocative.
Vṛṣya (वृष्य):—1. (von varṣ) adj. = varṣya [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 1, 120.] [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 26, 19.]
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Vṛṣya (वृष्य):—2. (von vṛṣan, vṛṣa)
1) adj. (f. ā) auf die Potenz wirkend, der Potenz zuträglich (n. Aphrodisiacum [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma]) [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 1, 7] nebst Vārtt. [Suśruta 1, 167, 2. 174, 13. 175, 8. 205, 6. 2, 228, 12.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 16, 28] (wo nach [KERN] mit der v.l. vṛṣyānna st. mṛṣṭānna zu lesen ist). [?104,63. Oxforder Handschriften 216,a,10. Kullūka zu Manu’s Gesetzbuch.3,49. Bhāvaprakāśa] (s. u. kuṇḍalin
3) b). ati [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 76, 9.] a [Suśruta 1, 179, 3. 187, 13.] vṛṣya als Beiw. Śiva’s [Mahābhārata 12, 10372] wird von [Nīlakaṇṭha] durch dharmavṛddhikartar (vṛṣo dharmastatra hitaḥ) erklärt. —
2) m. Phaseolus radiatus Roxb. [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1171.] —
3) f. ā = ṛddhināmauṣadha [Ratnamālā im Śabdakalpadruma] = śatāvarī und āmalakī [Rājanirghaṇṭa] ebend.
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Vṛṣya (ವೃಷ್ಯ):—[adjective] exciting sexual desire.
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Vṛṣya (ವೃಷ್ಯ):—
1) [noun] that whch excites sexual desire.
2) [noun] that which increaes, causes to increase virility in the body.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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