Yavashaka, Yavaśāka, Yava-shaka, Yavāṣaka: 7 definitions
Introduction:
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The Sanskrit terms Yavaśāka and Yavāṣaka can be transliterated into English as Yavasaka or Yavashaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)
Source: Shodhganga: Edition translation and critical study of yogasarasamgrahaYavāṣaka (यवाषक) is another name for “Yavāṣa” and is dealt with in the 15th-century Yogasārasaṅgraha (Yogasara-saṅgraha) by Vāsudeva: an unpublished Keralite work representing an Ayurvedic compendium of medicinal recipes. The Yogasārasaṃgraha [mentioning yavāṣaka] deals with entire recipes in the route of administration, and thus deals with the knowledge of pharmacy (bhaiṣajya-kalpanā) which is a branch of pharmacology (dravyaguṇa).
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botanyYavaśāka (यवशाक) is a Sanskrit word referring to Chenopodium giganteum (purple goosefoot), in the Amaranthaceae family. Certain plant parts of Yavaśāka are eaten as a vegetable (śāka), according to Caraka in his Carakasaṃhitā sūtrasthāna (chapter 27), a classical Ayurvedic work. The plant is therefore part of the Śākavarga group of medicinal plants, referring to the “group of vegetables/pot-herbs”. Caraka defined such groups (vargas) based on the dietic value of the plant. Other botanical names include: Chenopodium purpurascens.
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)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Yavasaka in India is the name of a plant defined with Alhagi maurorum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Alhagi camelorum Fischer (among others).
2) Yavasaka is also identified with Alhagi pseudalhagi It has the synonym Alhagi pseudalhagi Fisch. (etc.).
3) Yavasaka is also identified with Chenopodium album It has the synonym Atriplex alba (L.) Crantz (etc.).
4) Yavasaka is also identified with Chenopodium hederiforme It has the synonym Atriplex alba Scop. (etc.).
5) Yavasaka is also identified with Chenopodium olukondae It has the synonym Chenopodium mucronatum subsp. olukondae Murray (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Systema Vegetabilium (1820)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Opera Botanica a Societate Botanica Lundensi (1999)
· Acta Helvetica, Physico-Mathematico-Anatomico-Botanico-Medica (1755)
· American Midland Naturalist (1943)
· Cytologia (1980)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Yavasaka, for example pregnancy safety, side effects, extract dosage, chemical composition, diet and recipes, health benefits, 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
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryYavāsaka (यवासक).—[masculine] the manna-plant.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryYavāsaka (यवासक):—[from yava] m. Alhagi Maurorum, [Suśruta; Caraka etc.]
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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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