Essentials of Panchakarma Therapy
author: Pulak Kanti Kar
edition: 2013, Chaukhamba Sanskrit Pratishthan
pages: 1445
Topic: Ayurveda
Atiyoga Lakshana of Virechana karma
This chapter describes Atiyoga Lakshana of Virechana karma located on page 487 from volume Volume 4 in the book Essentials of Panchakarma Therapy compiled by Pulak Kanti Kar. This book presents a Comprehensive view of Panchakarma and includes therapeutic modules and references for the Ayurvedic practitioners. Panchakarma registers the mechanism of the action of Ayurvedic drug..
Volume 4 deals with the principles and Practice of Panchakarma:—The subject is presented in such a way that Ayurvedic people can realise the matter with a ration vision and can perform the therapy in daily practice.
This book fully covers every detail related to Panchakarma (methods for eliminating toxic elements from the body). For example, this chapter describes Atiyoga Lakshana of Virechana karma. The five methods are known as Vamana (‘emesis’), Virecana (‘purgation’), Asthapana (‘non-unctuous enema’), Anuvasana (‘unctuous enema’) and Shiro-Virechana (‘head-evacuation’ or ‘snuffing’).
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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Atiyoga Lakshana of Virechana karma” according to 218 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana [by Gaurapada Dasa]
yatha—agni-manavakayoh (Sahitya-darpana 2. 10). (* 10) tena upadana-lakshana, lakshana-lakshana vety arthah. upacarenamishratvat shuddhe....
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Siddhanta Sangraha of Sri Sailacharya [by E. Sowmya Narayanan]
The function, namely, lakshita lakshana also included in lakshana....
Read full contents: Chapter 34 - The Definition of Lakshana
Philosophy of Charaka-samhita [by Asokan. G]
Even though karma isdefined in the sense of motion, he does not go further into the details giving its general divisions or the laws governing it. On the contrary, his further explanation is mainly centered on actions of the five physical elements which are relevant in the therapeutic context. The five peculiar types of actions are: emesis (vamana), purgation (virecana), corrective enemata (asthapana/niruhabasti), unctuous enema (anuvasana-basti), head-purging (shirsha-virecana)....
Read full contents: Action (karma) [in Charaka philosophy]
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[Essentials of Panchakarma Therapy: index]
[About the Author (Pulak Kanti Kar)]
[Introduction vol 1 (essentials of Panchakarma)]
[Introduction vol 2 (applied Instruments in Panchakarma)]
[Introduction vol 3 (mechanism of Panchakarma)]
[Introduction vol 4 (practice of Panchakarma)]