Yakshma, Yakṣma: 16 definitions
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Yakshma means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi. 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 Yakṣma can be transliterated into English as Yaksma or Yakshma, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Yakṣmā (यक्ष्मा).—(RĀJAYAKṢMĀ). The disease of consumption (Tuberculosis). There is a story in Mahābhārata which says that this disease was created by Dakṣa Prajāpati. (For more details see under Candra).
Yakṣma (यक्ष्म).—Phthisis which afflicted Soma as a result of Dakṣa's curse.*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa VI. 6. 23.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)
Yakṣma (यक्ष्म) refers to one of the topics discussed in the Rasakaumudī, a Sanskrit manuscript collected in volume 1 of the catalogue “Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (first series)” by Rajendralal Mitra (1822–1891), who was one of the first English-writing historians dealing with Indian culture and heritage.—The Rasakaumudī by Mādhavakara represents a treatise on practice of medicine and therapeutics. It is a leading work on Hindu medicine, very largely studied in Bengal containing causes and symptoms of diseases. It contains 3,092 ślokas.—The catalogue includes the term—Yakṣma-adhikāra in its ‘subject-matter list’ or Viṣaya (which lists topics, chapters and technical terms). The complete entry reads: (1) yakṣmādhikāre,—lokanātharasaḥ (2) yakṣmakeśarī.
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.
General definition (in Hinduism)
Yakṣma (यक्ष्म) in the Rigveda and the Atharvaveda frequently denotes ‘illness’, in general, perhaps as rendering the body emaciated. A hundred kinds of Yakṣma are referred to in the Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā, and ayakṣma in the Kāṭhaka-saṃhitā, denotes ‘free from disease’.
In the Yajurveda-saṃhitās an account is given of the origin of Yakṣma, which is distinguished as of three kinds—
- Rāja-yakṣma, ‘royal Yakṣma’,
- Pāpa-yakṣma, ‘evil Yakṣma’
- and Jāyenya, most probably ‘syphilis’.
The second of the series is elsewhere unknown, and can hardly be defined, for it merely means ‘serious or deadly disease’. Cf. also Ajñātayakṣma.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
yakṣmā (यक्ष्मा).—m S Pulmonary consumption.
yakṣmā (यक्ष्मा).—m Pulmonary consumption.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Yakṣma (यक्ष्म).—m. [yakṣ-manin] Pulmonary disease in general; वेगरोधात् क्षयाच्चैव साहसाद् विषमाशनात् । त्रिदोषो जायते यक्ष्मा गदो हेतुचतुष्टयात् (vegarodhāt kṣayāccaiva sāhasād viṣamāśanāt | tridoṣo jāyate yakṣmā gado hetucatuṣṭayāt) || Charaka.
Derivable forms: yakṣmaḥ (यक्ष्मः).
See also (synonyms): yakṣpan.
Yakṣma (यक्ष्म).—and yakṣman yakṣman, i. e. jakṣ + man, m. Pulmonary consumption.
Yakṣma (यक्ष्म).—[masculine] disease, [especially] consumption.
1) Yakṣma (यक्ष्म):—[from yakṣ] 1. yakṣma m. sickness, disease in general or Name of a large class of diseases ([probably] of a consumptive nature), [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā]
2) [v.s. ...] pulmonary disease, consumption, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Kāṭhaka etc.]
3) [from yakṣ] 2. yakṣma in [compound] for man.
Yakṣma (यक्ष्म):—ghnī (ghnī) 3. f. A raisin of dried grape.
Yakṣma (यक्ष्म):—
Yakṣma (यक्ष्म):—m. Krankheit überh. oder Bez. einer ganzen Klassen von Krankheiten , etwa der mit Abmagerung verbundenen ; später Auszehrung.
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.
Hindi dictionary
Yakṣmā (यक्ष्मा):—(nm) tuberculosis; ~[grasta] tubercular; suffering from tuberculosis.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Yakṣma (ಯಕ್ಷ್ಮ):—[noun] an infectious disease, caused by the organism Mycobacterium tuberculosis, that affects the lungs, and characterised by abnormal hard nodule or swelling; tuberculosis of the lungs.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Yakṣmā (यक्ष्मा):—n. 1. tuberculosis; 2. rickets;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+0): Yakshmadhikara, Yakshmadhikara, Yakshmaghni, Yakshmagraha, Yakshmagrasta, Yakshmagrihita, Yakshmakeshari, Yakshman, Yakshmanashana, Yakshmantaka, Yakshmantakalauha, Yakshmari, Yakshmaroga, Yakshmarogacikitsa, Yakshmarogadhikara, Yakshmarogashanti.
Full-text (+22): Rajayakshma, Yakshmaghni, Ayakshma, Yakshmagraha, Ajnatayakshma, Yakshmagrihita, Papayakshma, Yakshmanashana, Yakshmagrasta, Yakshmaroga, Yakshmantaka, Yakshpan, Yakshmadhikara, Yakshmakeshari, Yakshmari, Yakshmodha, Ayakshmatva, Ayakshmatati, Papayakshmagrihita, Ayakshmamkarana.
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Atharvaveda and Charaka Samhita (by Laxmi Maji)
2a. Tuberculosis (Yakṣmā or Rājayakṣmā) in the Atharvaveda < [Chapter 5 - Diseases and Remedies in Atharvaveda and Caraka-Saṃhitā]
Medical Science in the Vedas < [Chapter 2 - The nature of treatment for diseases in the Ancient era]
2b. Tuberculosis (Yakṣmā or Rājayakṣmā) in the Caraka-Saṃhita < [Chapter 5 - Diseases and Remedies in Atharvaveda and Caraka-Saṃhitā]
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Jivanandana of Anandaraya Makhin (Study) (by G. D. Jayalakshmi)
Analysis of Karuṇa-rasa < [Chapter 6 - Dramatic aspects of the Jīvanandana Nāṭaka]
Analysis of Hāsya-rasa < [Chapter 6 - Dramatic aspects of the Jīvanandana Nāṭaka]
Analysis of Rajayakṣmā (Pratināyaka) < [Chapter 6 - Dramatic aspects of the Jīvanandana Nāṭaka]
Journal of the European Ayurvedic Society (by Inge Wezler)
Indo-Iranian Concepts of Disease and Cure < [Volume 3 (1993)]
On Varttika 1 on Panini's Astadhyayi 6.4.24 < [Volume 4 (1995)]
Charaka Samhita (English translation) (by Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurvedic Society)
Chapter 1 - The Pathology of Fever (jvara-nidana) < [Nidanasthana (Nidana Sthana) — Section on Pathology]
Chapter 8 - The therapeutics of Consumption (raja-yakshma-cikitsa) < [Cikitsasthana (Cikitsa Sthana) — Section on Therapeutics]