अकर्मशीलता (akarmaśīlatā) Lack of interest to do any work
अकामतः छर्दि (akāmataḥ chardi) Vomiting without specific reason
अकामा (akāmā) Loss of Libido, Lack of interest in sex
अकारुण्यं (akāruṇyaṁ) Mercilessness
अकाल मृत्यु (akāla mṛtyu) Untimely death.
अकृत (akṛta) The food articles without seasoning i.e. without addition of oil, mustard etc.
अकृतसंज्ञता (akṛtasaṁjñatā) Feeling of urge even after defecation
अकृतसंज्ञता मूत्रे (akṛtasaṁjñatā mūtre) Feeling of urge even after micturition
अकृत्रिम विष (akṛtrima viṣa) Poison from natural source.
अकोपनं (akopanaṁ) Habit of not getting angry
अक्रोधव्रतः (akrodhavrataḥ) Habit of not getting angry
अक्षः (akṣaḥ) Eye, Sense organs
अक्षः (akṣaḥ) A unit of Measurement; & synonym of Fruit of beleric mayrobalan & Synonym of karsa= synonym of karsha equivalent to 12 g of metric units
अक्षः (akṣaḥ) Clavicle - the collar bone that articulates with the sternum and the scapula.
अक्षकः (akṣakaḥ) Clavicle - the collar bone that articulates with the sternum and the scapula.
अक्षकसन्धि (akṣakasandhi) Sterno-clavicular joint - the joint formed between manubrium of the sternum and the medial end of clavicle.
अक्षमत्वं (akṣamatvaṁ) Intolerance
अक्षाणि (akṣāṇi) Special senses, perceptive faculties, receptors various sensory nerve endings
अक्षान्ति हितोपदेशेषु (akṣānti hitopadeśeṣu) Intolerance to advices
अक्षि (akṣi) Eye - the organ of vision
अक्षि गोलकम् (akṣi golakam) Eye-ball - the globe of the eye.
अक्षि घर्षणं (akṣi gharṣaṇaṁ) Sense of friction in the eye
अक्षि बन्धानि (akṣi bandhāni) Eye lids - the movable protective fold that when closed cover the anterior surface of the eyeball.
अक्षि विशन्ति पक्ष्माणि (akṣi viśanti pakṣmāṇi) Inward bending of eyelashes
अक्षि हुण्डनं (akṣi huṇḍanaṁ) Intrusion of the eye
अक्षिकनीनिका (akṣikanīnikā) Inner canthus, Medial angle of eye. The angle at medial side of the slit between the eyelids.
अक्षिकूट (akṣikūṭa) Orbital or Ocular margin, Eye ball or oculas. Superciliary ridge. The bony pyramid-shaped cavity of the skull that contains and protects the eyeball.
अक्षिकोष (akṣikoṣa) Eye lid - the movable protective fold that when closed cover the anterior surface of the eyeball.
अक्षितारका (akṣitārakā) Iris -the colored contractile membrane suspended between the lens and the cornea in the aqueous humor of the eye
अक्षिपक्ष्माणि (akṣipakṣmāṇi) Eye -lashes - stiff hair on the margin of the eyelid.
अक्षिपुट (akṣipuṭa) Eye lid - the movable protective fold that when closed cover the anterior surface of the eyeball.
अक्षिमर्दन (akṣimardana) Rubbing of the eye
अक्षिराजी (akṣirājī) Appearance of lines in the eye because of conjunctival vessels.
अक्षिरोधः (akṣirodhaḥ) Blurred vision
अक्षिवर्त्म (akṣivartma) Eye lid - the movable protective fold that when closed cover the anterior surface of the eyeball.
अक्षिवर्त्मकोषः (akṣivartmakoṣaḥ) Eye lid - the movable protective fold that when closed cover the anterior surface of the eyeball.
अक्षिवैराग्य (akṣivairāgya) Loss of color of eyes.
अक्षिव्युदासः (akṣivyudāsaḥ) Spasmodic movement of the eye
अक्षुत् (akṣut) Loss of hunger
अक्ष्ण्यां रक्तं (akṣṇyāṁ raktaṁ) Bleeding through eye
अक्ष्युपरोधः (akṣyuparodhaḥ) Blurred vision
अगद (agada) Antitoxic medication.
अगदानां हि संयोगो विषजुष्टस्य युज्यते (agadānāṁ hi saṁyogo viṣajuṣṭasya yujyate) Agadas should be used only in cases of poisoning.
अंगार (aṁgāra) smokeless red hot coal
अंगारवर्ण (aṁgāravarṇa) property to be observed as an end point in case of Putapaka swarasa
अंगुलयः (aṁgulayaḥ) Fingers. Toes(Digits)
अंगुलास्थि (aṁgulāsthi) Phalanges -any one of the bones of toes or fingers
अंगुलिग्रन्थयः (aṁguligranthayaḥ) Knuckles-digital nodes or joints- The prominence of the dorsal aspect of any of the phalangeal joints.
अंगुलिपर्वाणि (aṁguliparvāṇi) (1) Digital nodes. (2) Inter nodal lengths of the digits
अंगुल्यग्रम् (aṁgulyagram) Tip of the finger.
अंगुष्ठ (aṁguṣṭha) Thumb. First toe
अंगुष्ठमुलम् (aṁguṣṭhamulam) First metacarpal - Root of the thumb. Outer end of the wrist in front.
अंगुष्ठोदरम् (aṁguṣṭhodaram) length of the thumb, above the distal crease, area where thumb impression is taken
अग्नि (agni) 1. Fire, the phenomenon of combustion manifested in light, flame, and heat 2. One of the five basic elements (Paṅcamahābhūtas) that make up all matter in the universe. 3. All factors responsible for digestion and metabolism / transformation. This is of three classes: Jaṭharāgni, Bhūtāgni and Dhātvagni. 4. Physiologically, the intensity of Agni is influenced by Doṣas and is of four types: Viṣama (irregular, due to the dominance of Vāta), Tīkṣṇa (intense, due to the dominance of Pitta), Manda (depressed due to the dominance of Kapha) and Sama (normal, due to the balanced state of all three Doṣas).
अग्नि उपहति (agni upahati) Loss of digestive power
अग्नि कर्म (agni karma) Cauterization
अग्नि बलनाशं (agni balanāśaṁ) Loss of digestive power
अग्नि विरुद्ध (agni viruddha) Intake of heavy food when the power of digestion is mild (mandagni): intake of light food when the power of digestion is sharp (tiksnagni). Similarly intake of food at variance with irregular and normal power of digestion comes under this category.
अग्निकृशता (agnikṛśatā) Loss of digestive power
अग्निक्षयं (agnikṣayaṁ) Loss of digestive power
अग्निक्षाम (agnikṣāma) Loss of digestive power
अग्निदग्धनिभं (agnidagdhanibhaṁ) Color of burnt scar
अग्निदौर्बल्यम् (agnidaurbalyam) Loss of digestive power
अग्निनाशं (agnināśaṁ) Loss of digestive power
अग्निनिभं दिक् दर्शनं (agninibhaṁ dik darśanaṁ) Sees fire like objects in all directions
अग्निपरिक्षीणं (agniparikṣīṇaṁ) Loss of digestive power
अग्निप्रनष्टं (agnipranaṣṭaṁ) Loss of digestive power
अग्निभ्रंश (agnibhraṁśa) Loss of digestive power
अग्निमान्द्य (agnimāndya) Lack of digestive power
अग्निमार्दव (agnimārdava) Lack of digestive power
अग्निलापहरं (agnilāpaharaṁ) Loss of digestive power
अग्निवध (agnivadha) Loss of digestive power
अग्निवैषम्य (agnivaiṣamya) Improper digestive power
अग्निसदन (agnisadana) Impairment of digestive power
अग्निसन्निकर्ष (agnisannikarṣa) Modulation of properties of food articles by cooking process. Here the raw food articles made to come in contact with fire directly or indirectly.
अग्निसाद (agnisāda) Lack of digestive power
अग्निसिद्धं (agnisiddhaṁ) Processed by heating
अग्निस्थानं (agnisthānaṁ) Duodenum - Place of complete digestion, small intestine. The alimentary canal extending form duodenum to ileum.
अग्निहानि (agnihāni) Loss of digestive power
अग्निहोत्रं (agnihotraṁ) A vedic ritual in which an oblation is offered particularly to agni, The god of Fire
अग्नौ प्रक्षिप्तं चिटचिटायत् इन्द्रधनुर्वणं वा (agnau prakṣiptaṁ ciṭaciṭāyat indradhanurvaṇaṁ vā) In cases of poisoning, a piece taken from the heart and thrown in fire produces a crackling sound and becomes rainbow colored, he should hold that as poisoned.
अग्न्याधिष्ठान (agnyādhiṣṭhāna) Gastro-intestinal place of digestion
अग्न्याशयः (agnyāśayaḥ) Pancreas - A compound acinotubular gland situated behind the stomach in front of the first and second lumbar vertebrae in horizontal position.
अग्रनासिका (agranāsikā) tip of the nose
अग्रपर्व (agraparva) Distal part of the finger.
अग्लानिः (aglāniḥ) slight peace
अघ्रष्य (aghraṣya) Shyness or does not tolerate with abusing words.
अघ्राणं (aghrāṇaṁ) Anosmia or Absence of the sense of smell
अङ्कुरः (aṅkuraḥ) Polypus or A small vascular growth on the surface of a mucous membrane
अङ्कुशिकः (aṅkuśikaḥ) Pain resembling with the pulling by a hook
अङ्ग (aṅga) (1) Body (2) Part of the body. (3) Organ. (4) the physical part of man as distinguished from mind spirit, A part of the body having special function
अङ्गगन्धं (aṅgagandhaṁ) Indistinct bad smell of body
अङ्गग्रह (aṅgagraha) Pressing pain or restricted movement of the body
अङ्गग्लानि (aṅgaglāni) Exhaustion
अङ्गचिमिचिमा (aṅgacimicimā) Tingling sensation.
अङ्गजम् (aṅgajam) Hair
अङ्गप्रग्रह (aṅgapragraha) Pressing pain or restricted movement of the body
अङ्गप्रदेश (aṅgapradeśa) different spots or areas of the body
अङ्गभंग (aṅgabhaṁga) Loss of power of limbs.
अङ्गमर्द (aṅgamarda) Pressing pain
अङ्गमर्दप्रशमन (aṅgamardapraśamana) Anti-malaise; substances relieving malaise & body ache;
अङ्गशूल (aṅgaśūla) Stabbing pain
अङ्गहर्ष (aṅgaharṣa) Horrification
अङ्गावमर्द (aṅgāvamarda) Pressing pain on body
अङ्गावसादनं (aṅgāvasādanaṁ) Exhaustion
अङ्गि (aṅgi) Foot
अचिन्ता स्वधर्मेषु (acintā svadharmeṣu) Indifference towards own routine work
अचिन्तितारम्भ (acintitārambha) Initiation without thinking
अचिन्त्यवीर्य (acintyavīrya) Of inconceivable potency
अजल्पन (ajalpana) During meal one should indulge in talking which may lead to passage of food in to wrong tract.
अजस्रं (ajasraṁ) Continuous
अजिघ्रत्वं (ajighratvaṁ) Anosmia or absence of the Sense of smell
अजीर्ण (ajīrṇa) Indigestion
अज्ञान (ajñāna) Ignorance, Illusion
अञ्जन (añjana) It’s a process of anointing, smearing, mixing, collyrium or black pigment used to paint the root of eye lashes. Anointment is done with a stick or pencil called as añjana shalaka. There are two types of añjana which are used by healthy individuals, one is Savira añjana should be applied to eyes daily and other is Rasanjana which is applied once in every five or eight days for stimulating secretion.
अञ्जनत्रितय (añjanatritaya) Three Metallic sulphides; Kalanjan, Pushpanjan, Rasanjan.
अञ्जनाभं (añjanābhaṁ) Color of collyrium.
अञ्जलि (añjali) Indicating measure Synonym of one kudava=192 g of metric units
अञ्जलि (añjali) A measure sufficient to fill both hands when placed side by side
अटनं (aṭanaṁ) Wandering
अणिमा (aṇimā) T he power of becoming extremely minute; one of the supra normal psychic power derivable from the practice of Yoga.
अणुद्वार (aṇudvāra) Tiny or narrow opening
अणुबहुविदारित (aṇubahuvidārita) Multiple fracture with tiny bone pieces
अणुमार्ग (aṇumārga) Narrow pathways
अणुमुखच्छिद्र (aṇumukhacchidra) Tiny openings faced towards internal
अण्डकोषः (aṇḍakoṣaḥ) Scrotam - the double pouch of the male which contains the testicles and part of the spermatic cord found in most mammals.
अण्डज (aṇḍaja) living beings originated from eggs
अण्वस्थीनि (aṇvasthīni) Short bones.
अतसी कुसुमच्छवि (atasī kusumacchavi) Color of linseed flower
अतसी गन्धं (atasī gandhaṁ) Smell of Linseed
अतसी फल सन्निभं (atasī phala sannibhaṁ) Resembles of Linseed
अति (ati) Excessive or Hyperactive
अति तीक्ष्ण पुरिषं (ati tīkṣṇa puriṣaṁ) Stool with excessive pungent smell
अतिकृश (atikṛśa) Too emaciated- Hyperactivity of thyroid causes wasting of muscles and develops wasting.
अतिक्रान्तता (atikrāntatā) Dislocation
अतिगौर (atigaura) Being too fair or whitish skin.
अतिग्रथितं (atigrathitaṁ) Excessive nodular or Hard
अतिदग्धं (atidagdhaṁ) Excessive burns during cauterization.
अतिदीर्घ (atidīrgha) Gigantism is one among the eight undesirable conditions, in this condition person become abnormally healthy and gain excessive height. He also become impotent and cannot resist disease. Gigantism – associated with the disturbance in the anterior pituitary which produce gigantism.
अतिदेशः (atideśaḥ) such statements of the author permitting incorporation of useful knowledge from elsewhere not described by him
अतिनिद्रा (atinidrā) Excessive sleep
अतिप्रवृत्ति (atipravṛtti) Hyperactive
अतिप्रसक्तं (atiprasaktaṁ) Continuous
अतिप्रादुर्भावं (atiprādurbhāvaṁ) Hyperactive
अतिबद्धं (atibaddhaṁ) More obstructive
अतिमहान (atimahāna) Hyperactive
अतिमात्रं (atimātraṁ) Excess
अतिमानुषं (atimānuṣaṁ) Unprecedent or Super power
अतियोगः (atiyogaḥ) Extreme contact of sense organ with their respective objects and time
अतिलोम (atiloma) Excessive hairs/ hirrsutism- excessive hair over the body associated with dysfunction of the pituitary, adrenal cortex and gonads, also indicates the abnormalities like PCOD,PCOS etc.
अतिवर्तनं (ativartanaṁ) Hyperactive, Hard
अतिवाहिक शरीर (ativāhika śarīra) the subtle body which consist of manas, indriya and atma , devoid of gross body
अतिविरेचनं (ativirecanaṁ) Hyperactive
अतिविसर्ग (ativisarga) Hyperactive
अतिवृत्तं (ativṛttaṁ) Hyperactive
अतिवेगं (ativegaṁ) Hyperactive
अतिसारः (atisāraḥ) Diarrhea
अतिसृष्टं (atisṛṣṭaṁ) Hyperactive
अतिस्थूल (atisthūla) Overweight; Obese
अतिह्रस्वं (atihrasvaṁ) Dwarfism is one among the eight undesirable conditions, in this condition person become abnormally healthy and become dwarf. Dwarfism- is associated with disturbance in the pituitary. In this condition such as frolich’s syndrome and Cushing syndrome such dwarf constitution is produced.
अतीतकालम् (atītakālam) When the matter which actually to be said earlier but is said later, and because of delayed presentation become unacceptable
अतीतावेक्षणं (atītāvekṣaṇaṁ) methods of referring back to the earlier portion of the book for information on a particular subject without which the present topic cannot be understood properly
अत्यन्ते लघ्वल्पा भोजनैः अपि (atyante laghvalpā bhojanaiḥ api) Fullness of abdomen even taking less food.
अत्यर्थं (atyarthaṁ) Excessive
अत्यर्थशङ्कितः (atyarthaśaṅkitaḥ) Paranoid.
अत्याग्नि (atyāgni) Excessive digestive power
अत्यात्म वाक् (atyātma vāk) Speaks more than his natural capacity
अथर्वाण (atharvāṇa) Men, learned in the lore of the Atharva Veda.
अदर्शनं (adarśanaṁ) Loss of vision
अदृढसौहृदः (adṛḍhasauhṛdaḥ) Unsteady in friendship
अदृश्य (adṛśya) Invisible / unperceivable
अदृष्टम् (adṛṣṭam) The invisible result of works done in former states of embodied existence; unseen consequences of an act.
अदृष्टि (adṛṣṭi) Blurred vision
अधः कायः (adhaḥ kāyaḥ) (1) Part of body below the waist. (2) part of body below the head
अधः शयन (adhaḥ śayana) Inclination to lie always on prone position
अधः स्रोतः (adhaḥ srotaḥ) anal or urethral passage
अधःपातन (adhaḥpātana) a process in which material especially mercury is displaced Downwards
अधरः (adharaḥ) (1) Lower lip. (2) Lower or inferior in position. Soft external structure that forms the boundary of the mouth.
अधरगुदं (adharagudaṁ) Rectum & anal canal - (1) Lower part of the rectum. (2) Anus
अधरमार्गः (adharamārgaḥ) anal or urethral passage
अधरोष्ठ (adharoṣṭha) Lower lip or Labium. Lower half of soft external structure that forms the boundary of the mouth.
अधस्तात् स्त्रिया सिराश्चोत्तिष्ठन्ति ललाटे (adhastāt striyā sirāścottiṣṭhanti lalāṭe) A bite by a female serpent exhibits such symptoms as downcast eyes and appearance of veins on the forehead of the victim.
अधारणीय वेग (adhāraṇīya vega) Non- suppressible urges-Suppression of natural urges which may end up with acute and chronic diseases. Natural urges are viz urge of flatus,faeces,urine,yawning,tears,eruction,vomiting,semen,hunger,thir st,dyspnoea sleep.
अधिकमात्रावत् आहार (adhikamātrāvat āhāra) Food intake which is more than required quantity. It depends upon the individual capacity. Excessive intake of food end up in gastro-intestinal disorders, like indigestion, abdominal colic, heaviness of abdomen etc.
अधिकरण (adhikaraṇa) Seat of drug action.
अधिकरणम् (adhikaraṇam) the main theme on which the entire science is build; or context of elucidation or discussion
अधिकाङ्गदर्शन (adhikāṅgadarśana) Seeing body parts in excessive
अधिक्षिप्त (adhikṣipta) Displacement
अधिजिह्विका (adhijihvikā) 1. Epiglottis- A thin leaf shaped structure located immediately posterior to root of the tongue. 2. (Adenoids)-a mass of lymphatic tissue located in depressions of mucous membranes of pharynx.
अधिदन्त (adhidanta) Excessive growth of teeth
अधिमांस (adhimāṁsa) Fleshy growth
अधिरोहणरति (adhirohaṇarati) Fond of climbing on heap of stones etc.
अधिष्ठानम् (adhiṣṭhānam) seat (of poison)
अधिष्ठानम् (adhiṣṭhānam) Substratum or place of action
अधीरता (adhīratā) Lack of retaining capacity
अधृति (adhṛti) Lack of retaining capacity, Cowardliness
अधो भागं तु मूलजम् (adho bhāgaṁ tu mūlajam) Gangadhar commentary on charak samhita says the tendency of poisons of plant origin is to move downwards in the body.
अधोगुरुत्व नाभेः (adhogurutva nābheḥ) Heaviness below the umbilicus.
अधोदर्शन (adhodarśana) Looking downwards
अधोभक्त (adhobhakta) Administration of oral medication immediately after taking food. Such administration of medicine is advised for strengthening the body and to make person stout.
अधोभागः (adhobhāgaḥ) lower abdomen – Lower part of the portion of the trunk located between chest and pelvis
अधोमुखी (adhomukhī) keeping mouth of the vessel downwards/Upside down
अधोवक्त्रः (adhovaktraḥ) Drooping of head, symptom of a rabid dog.
अधोवदनशयन (adhovadanaśayana) Inclination to lie always on prone position
अध्यशन (adhyaśana) Taking food over and again the previous meal (before it digested) which may end up with metabolic disorders.
अध्यस्थि (adhyasthi) Hypertrophy of bone
अध्यात्मिक कर्म (adhyātmika karma) Different virtuous activities like scarifying etc are included here. Bhagavat gita a holy book of Hindu describes that type of karma as act of scarify, gift and austerity or penance should not be relinquished but should be performed. Scarify gift and austerity purifies the intelligence.
अंध्रण (aṁdhraṇa) Sealing / cementing all joints etc using specified materials to make air-tight
अननुयोज्यम् (ananuyojyam) The statement which does not leave any scope of question
अनभिकांक्षा (anabhikāṁkṣā) Lack of desire
अनभिनन्दन (anabhinandana) Lack of desire
अनभिलाष (anabhilāṣa) Lack of desire
अनल द्वेष (anala dveṣa) Aversion to fire (Pyrophobia)
अनलप्रभ दृष्टिमण्डल (analaprabha dṛṣṭimaṇḍala) The color of pupil become glowing fire
अनलव्याप्तलोकदर्शन (analavyāptalokadarśana) Sees surrounding objects in fire
अनलेक्षणः (analekṣaṇaḥ) Fiery, dreadful eyes.
अनल्पं (analpaṁ) Excessive
अनवस्थितरूपदर्शन (anavasthitarūpadarśana) Objects look as unstable
अनागत (anāgata) Partially manifestation or no manifestation of the diseases. Diseases may be communicable or non-communicable or lifestyle related.
अनागतवेक्षणम (anāgatavekṣaṇama) the statement that points to prospective reference
अनागताबाद प्रतिषेद (anāgatābāda pratiṣeda) Prevention of partially or not manifested diseases. This preventive measure are applied by following the Dincharya, Ritucharya, etc
अनादि (anādi) a process or state whose beginning cannot be ascertained
अनुकार स्वर (anukāra svara) Imitation of other's speech.
अनुग्रह (anugraha) A Favor, kindness, obligation, Assistance
अनुपदेहः (anupadehaḥ) Lack of mucus
अनुपान (anupāna) Any liquid which is taken soon after food. Drink should have properties opposite to that of food, but should not be incompatible with the particular food. It helps in easy movement, digestion and assimilation of the food particles.
अनुबद्ध (anubaddha) Continuous
अनुबद्धरुक् (anubaddharuk) Continuous pain
अनुबन्ध (anubandha) 1. One of the synonym of life span 2. Receive or subordinate disease 3. continuity of result
अनुभूत स्वप्न (anubhūta svapna) Dream based on the previous experiences
अनुमतः (anumataḥ) statements of agreement with the opinion of others
अनुमानम् (anumānam) the process through which the knowledge of the unseen facts is inferred on the basis of direct observation
अनुमिति (anumiti) conclusion from given premises
अनुयोगः (anuyogaḥ) enquire something relating to a scripture or a part, a question or a part with a view to testing the knowledge, power of comprehension and expression and capacity to reply to the later
अनुयोग इच्छा (anuyoga icchā) Found of questioning others
अनुयोज्यम् (anuyojyam) The statement which is beset with defects of speech and which requires clarification.
अनुरस (anurasa) Rasa(Taste) of a substance which is perceived towards the end or with less intensity or which is latent;
अनुलेपन (anulepana) Applying cosmetics, Coating
अनुलेपन (anulepana) Mode of administration of poison through an ointment.
अनुलोमनं (anulomanaṁ) Substances which restores & facilitates the physiological direction of various flows within the body like flatus and stool.
अनुवासन द्रव्य (anuvāsana dravya) substances having unctuous property used in BASTI ;
अनुवासनोपग (anuvāsanopaga) substances which are helpful to induce ANUVASANA BASTI ;
अनुष्णं (anuṣṇaṁ) Lukewarm
अनूप (anūpa) marshy lands
अनेकवर्ण (anekavarṇa) Multiple color
अनेकान्तः (anekāntaḥ) statements which are not absolute or conclusive and vary from context to context
अनेकान्तवाद (anekāntavāda) concepts in which invariable causes are given for one effect
अनौजस्य (anaujasya) Loss of enthusiasm
अन्तः करण (antaḥ karaṇa) internal means of acquiring knowledge which includes manas, buddhi, indriya, ahankara
अन्तःकुक्षि (antaḥkukṣi) Abdominal or uterine cavity. 1. Cavity of the portion of the trunk located between chest and pelvis, 2. Cavity within the muscular hollow pear shaped structure of female reproductive system.
अन्तःपुष्पम् (antaḥpuṣpam) Ovum -the female reproductive or germ cell capable of developing into a new organism of same species.
अन्तप्रवेश (antapraveśa) Indrawing
अन्तर भक्त (antara bhakta) Administration of medicine in the mid day after the morning food has been digested, similarly taking afternoon medicine after the mid day meal has been digested is known as Antara bhakta. This method is useful in person who has good digestive capacity.
अन्तराधिः (antarādhiḥ) Trunk - the body exclusive of head and limbs.
अन्तरिक्ष जल (antarikṣa jala) Antariksha is intermediate sphere between earth and sky. Water which is originated from clouds between intermediate spheres is Rain water.
अन्तर्गलस्वर (antargalasvara) Muffled sound
अन्तर्बहिर्विभागः (antarbahirvibhāgaḥ) medial (internal) lateral (inward or external)
अन्तर्मुखत्वं रोम्णां (antarmukhatvaṁ romṇāṁ) Inward bending of eyelashes
अन्तश्चेतन (antaścetana) living beings having internal consciousness i.e. their consciousness is not externally manifested; e.g. plants
अन्तौ (antau) Canthi, outer and inner angels of the eye. The angle at either side of the slit between the eyelids.
अन्त्राशयः (antrāśayaḥ) Lumen of Intestine -cavity of the alimentary canal extending from the pylorus to the anus.
अन्धमूषा (andhamūṣā) it is a type of crucible where mouth is closed/ sealed
अन्धाहिक (andhāhika) Blind snake (non poisonous)
अन्नपान (annapāna) Mode of administration of poison through beverages.
अन्नपीडितपुरीषं (annapīḍitapurīṣaṁ) Stool mixed with food articles
अन्नप्रक्रिया (annaprakriyā) A process of making food/cooking rice
अन्नप्रद्वेष (annapradveṣa) Aversion to food
अन्नमद (annamada) Dissatisfaction in food
अन्नमार्गः (annamārgaḥ) Gullet, Esophagus. A muscular canal extending from the pharynx to the stomach.
अन्नमार्गरोध (annamārgarodha) Obstruction to the path of food
अन्नरसखेद (annarasakheda) Lack of interest to take food
अन्नविकृति द्वेष (annavikṛti dveṣa) Aversion to the derivatives of food
अन्नविद्वेष (annavidveṣa) Aversion to food
अन्नसम्पुट (annasampuṭa) Stomach. A dilated sac like distensible portion of alimentary canal between the esophagus and the duodenum.
अन्नावरोध (annāvarodha) Obstruction to food
अन्नाशयः (annāśayaḥ) Gastro-intestinal tract pertaining to the stomach
अन्नाश्रद्धा (annāśraddhā) Dislike to take food
अन्यनेयौ पाद (anyaneyau pāda) Feels as pulling by others, Feels as others
अन्येन इव (anyena iva) Feels as others
अन्योन्याभाव (anyonyābhāva) mutual non-existence
अपकर्तनं (apakartanaṁ) Cutting pain
अपकर्षणं (apakarṣaṇaṁ) Stretching pain
अपक्ति शक्ति (apakti śakti) Loss of digestive power or Indigestion
अपगमनं (apagamanaṁ) Falling
अपगमस्मृति (apagamasmṛti) Loss of memory
अपचय (apacaya) Emaciation
अपतर्पन (apatarpana) Under - nutrition-Regimen which leads to emaciation of the body, viz purification measures (Purgative , emesis, bloodletting and decoction enema treatments),fasting, basking, excessive exercise and even by taking negative calorie food. It is contrast to over-nutrition( Santarpana).
अपत्यपथः (apatyapathaḥ) Vagina. Genital passage. A musculo membranous tube that forms the passage way between cervix uteri and the vulva.
अपत्यमार्गः (apatyamārgaḥ) Vagina. Genital passage. A musculo membranous tube that forms the passage way between cervix uteri and the vulva.
अपथ्य (apathya) Food and behaviors which are not conducive or not wholesome to body and mind is called as apathy. Contrast to Pathya.
अपदेशः (apadeśaḥ) statements which point out the definite cause for an effect and that such a cause as indispensable
अपध्वंसन (apadhvaṁsana) Falling
अपरत्व (aparatva) Inferior Quality; one among 10 Paradi gunas;
अपरा (aparā) Placenta - The oval or discoid spongy structure in the uterus through which the fetus derives its nourishment.
अपवर्गः (apavargaḥ) Statements which indicate or include an exception to a general rule.
अपवर्गः (apavargaḥ) Final beatitude, the final deliverance of the soul from bondage of matter
अपवर्तनं (apavartanaṁ) Twisting
अपश्यन् (apaśyan) Does not look forwards or Introvert
अपसरण (apasaraṇa) Protrusion
अपसव्यपरिधान (apasavyaparidhāna) Upper garment worn in a fashion so as fall on his left arm.
अपहरण (apaharaṇa) Wasting with discoloration
अपाक (apāka) Indigestion
अपाङ्गः (apāṅgaḥ) Outer Canthus. The angle at lateral side of the slit between the eyelids.
अपाङ्गपुत्रिका (apāṅgaputrikā) Tragus - cartilagenous portion in front of external meatus of the ear.
अपाङ्गसन्धि (apāṅgasandhi) Outer junction of the eye lids. The angle at lateral side of the slit between the eyelids.
अपानः (apānaḥ) Rectum
अपान वायु (apāna vāyu) One of the five subtypes of Vāyu (Vāta), situated in the pelvic region. It performs the functions like defecation, micturition, parturition, menstruation, and ejaculation.
अपास्तबुद्धि (apāstabuddhi) Loss of intelligence
अपास्तसंज्ञा (apāstasaṁjñā) Unconsciousness
अपास्तस्मृति (apāstasmṛti) Loss of memory
अपिच्छिलं (apicchilaṁ) Rough
अपुनर्भव (apunarbhava) One of the bhasma test -the bhasma shouldn’t reverse to its original elemental state when heated with prescribed material
अपुरीषं पुरीषं (apurīṣaṁ purīṣaṁ) Watery stool
अपूपा (apūpā) Which is made out of Barley, it removes ailments such as Udāvarta, Pratishaya( coryza), Kasa (Cough), Gala Roga (Throat diseases) etc.
अपूर्वध्वनि (apūrvadhvani) Unprecedented sound
अपृथकभाव (apṛthakabhāva) Inseparable relationship
अपौरुष (apauruṣa) More than one's natural capacity
अप्चर (apcara) Animals which have made water as primary habitat or animals which resides in water comes under apacara category, it Includes those which swim about in water. Exp- Swan, Pheasant, Crane, Kingfisher etc.
अप्रधृष्यं (apradhṛṣyaṁ) Invincible or cannot be defeated
अप्रवर्तनं (apravartanaṁ) Retention
अप्रवृत्तिः (apravṛttiḥ) Retention
अप्रशान्त (apraśānta) Agitated.
अप्रसन्नदर्शन (aprasannadarśana) Unpleasant look
अप्रसाद इन्द्रिय (aprasāda indriya) Weakness of sense organs
अप्रसिद्धि (aprasiddhi) Loss of activities
अप्रहर्ष (apraharṣa) Loss of Libido, Lack of interest in sex
अप्रीति (aprīti) Dislike or aversion
अप्सु अवसीदति (apsu avasīdati) Sinking in water.
अप्सु उपप्लवति (apsu upaplavati) Floating in water
अप्सु निमज्जति (apsu nimajjati) Sinking in water.
अप्सु प्लवति (apsu plavati) Floating in water
अप्सु मज्जति (apsu majjati) Sinking in water.
अप्सु मज्जति (apsu majjati) one of the test of avaleha or gudapaka indicating relative density
अबद्धवाक् (abaddhavāk) Incoherent speech
अबलत्व (abalatva) Loss of physical strength.
अबहलं (abahalaṁ) Thinness
अंबु (aṁbu) Water, the watery element of the body
अबुद्धित्व (abuddhitva) Lack of intelligence
अबुभुक्षा (abubhukṣā) Loss of Appetite
अभक्त (abhakta) On empty stomach; Before taking any food or drinks.
अभक्तच्छन्द (abhaktacchanda) Lack of interest to take food.
अभक्तरुक् (abhaktaruk) Loss of appetite
अभिकाङ्क्षा (abhikāṅkṣā) Desire
अभिकाम (abhikāma) Desire
अभिक्ष्ण (abhikṣṇa) Frequently
अभिताप (abhitāpa) Heat
अभिद्रवण (abhidravaṇa) Harass, trouble and annoy others continually or repeatedly.
अभिधा (abhidhā) literal power of a word
अभिध्या (abhidhyā) having a desire to get other’s wealth
अभिनन्दन (abhinandana) Desire, Fond of
अभिनिवेश (abhiniveśa) Desire, Found of
अभिनिस्सरण (abhinissaraṇa) Excessive
अभिप्रायता (abhiprāyatā) Desire, Fond of
अभिप्रेत (abhipreta) Aimed at, intended, desired, to have in mind as a purpose, wished
अभिमान (abhimāna) Pride (in a good sense), the quality or state of being proud, Selfrespect
अभिरत (abhirata) Desire, Fond of
अभिलाष (abhilāṣa) Desire, Fond of
अभिवृद्धि (abhivṛddhi) Enlargement
अभिवोढा (abhivoḍhā) One that carries or transports
अभिषङ्ग (abhiṣaṅga) Desire, Fond of
अभिष्यन्द (abhiṣyanda) Discharge
अभिष्यन्दि (abhiṣyandi) substances which cause obstruction to srotas and are slimy & heavy in nature; e.g. Curd
अभिहनन (abhihanana) Harass, trouble and annoy others continually or repeatedly.
अभुभुक्षा (abhubhukṣā) Loss of appetite.
अभूतदर्शन (abhūtadarśana) Sight of non-existing things
अभेषजम् (abheṣajam) Drugs having adverse effects
अभोजन (abhojana) Loss of appetite
अभोजनाभिलाषी (abhojanābhilāṣī) Loss of appetite
अभ्यङ्ग (abhyaṅga) Manually manipulating technique in which oil is applied over various part of body to get desired effect. It’s a part of daily regimen which is adopted for preservation and promotion of health. It includes massage over the head (shiro abhyamga), massage over feet (pāda abhyamga) & oiling of ears (Karna Purana).
अभ्यवहरण शक्ति (abhyavaharaṇa śakti) Power of ingestion - Capacity of food intake. Quantity of the food which does not disturb the physiological function of an individual. This cannot be generalized. It always differs from person to person and time to time, it directly depends on the digestive fire, taste of the prepared food and present psychological status.
अभ्यास (abhyāsa) repetitive or habitual use
अभ्युन्नत (abhyunnata) Elevated
अभ्रदर्शन (abhradarśana) Sight of cloud before eyes
अभ्रसंप्लवं व्यभ्रे दर्शन (abhrasaṁplavaṁ vyabhre darśana) Sight of un-existed moving clouds
अमर्त्य (amartya) More than one's natural capacity, Imperishable, Immortal
अमर्ष (amarṣa) Intolerance
अमलं (amalaṁ) Clear
अमात्रावत् आहार (amātrāvat āhāra) Taking inappropriate quantity of food is of two types - deficient and excessive. Food in deficient quantity is said to be causing loss of strength, complexion & development, unsaturation, upward movement of vayu, harms the lifespan, virility, immunity etc food in excessive vitiating all dosa's. fainting, giddiness, irregularity of digestion, stiffness of flanks etc.
अमानुष (amānuṣa) Unprecedented, Unmaly or Super power
अमृत (amṛta) Ambrosia
अमृतीकरण (amṛtīkaraṇa) A process adopted for the removal of remnant impurities/ toxicity
अम्बर (ambara) Synonym of mica, agnijar and also denotes cloth
अम्बरपीयुष (ambarapīyuṣa) A nectar-like vital entity present in the atmosphere, indicative of oxygen
अम्बु इच्छा (ambu icchā) Desire for drinking water
अम्बुतुल्यं (ambutulyaṁ) Resembling water
अम्बुदेन्द्रधनुस (ambudendradhanusa) Colors like that of rain bow – fire - property of diamond
अम्बुमार्गाः (ambumārgāḥ) Paths of circulating fluid.
अम्बुवाहीनि स्रोतांसि (ambuvāhīni srotāṁsi) Tubes for fluid circulation.
अम्बुसम्भवम् (ambusambhavam) Poison having its origin from jala mahabhoota.
अम्भोनिभ (ambhonibha) Color of cloud
अम्ल (amla) Sour; One among six Rasa;
अम्ल (amla) Acids- medium used for various processes including purification etc
अम्ल इच्छा (amla icchā) Fond of sour taste
अम्ल गन्ध (amla gandha) Sour smell
अम्ल पञ्चक (amla pañcaka) Combination of following five sour plants viz., Amlavetas (Garcinia pedunculata), Jambeer (Citrus limon), Matulunga (Citrus medica), Narang (Citrus reticulata), Nimbuk (Citrus aurantifolia).
अम्ल रस (amla rasa) Sour taste, having the acid taste
अम्ल स्कन्ध (amla skandha) Group of sour substances;
अम्लभक्षणाक्षम (amlabhakṣaṇākṣama) Intolerance to sour taste
अम्लरसता (amlarasatā) Sour taste
अम्लस्पर्शासहत्व (amlasparśāsahatva) Intolerance to sour taste
अयानै गमनोद्यम (ayānai gamanodyama) Riding on undesirable vehicles.
अयोग (ayoga) Non employment , non use, non application, non performance
अयोदण्ड (ayodaṇḍa) Iron ladle/ rod used for different processes of medicines
अरण्यगोमय (araṇyagomaya) Cow dung obtained from forest
अरण्योपल (araṇyopala) Natural form of dried cow dung cakes obtained from forest used in graded heating system
अरति (arati) Restlessness due to dissatisfaction
अरत्नि (aratni) Forearm, Anti-brachium. The portion of the arm between elbow and the wrist.
अरसग्राहिता (arasagrāhitā) loss of gustatory sensation
अरसज्ञता (arasajñatā) Loss of gustatory sensation
अरसज्ञान (arasajñāna) Loss of gustatory sensation
अरसवेदिनी (arasavedinī) It is symptom produced when poisoned food partaken produces loss of taste sensation (ageusia).
अरुणाभदर्शनं (aruṇābhadarśanaṁ) Objects look like downy red.
अरुस् (arus) Impetigo.
अरूंषिका (arūṁṣikā) Ulceration
अरोचक (arocaka) Loss of appetite
अरोम (aroma) Absence of hair
अर्कपयोलेश निचित इव (arkapayoleśa nicita iva) Looks as coated with juice of Arka (Calotropis gigentea)
अर्कपरिवेषदर्शन (arkapariveṣadarśana) Looks circle of sun
अर्ति (arti) Pain
अर्थ (artha) objects of sensory perception
अर्थः (arthaḥ) (1) Heart - a hollow muscular contractile organ, the centre of circulatory system.
अर्थप्राप्ति (arthaprāpti) Where another unsaid idea is conveyed by the said one.
अर्थान्तरम् (arthāntaram) varying statement or false statement
अर्थापत्ति (arthāpatti) Statements made in such a manner which gives room for inferences of a different meaning.
अर्थाश्रय (arthāśraya) the word or the part of sentence where the actual meaning is lying
अर्थिता (arthitā) Desire, Fond of
अर्धपल (ardhapala) A unit of Measurement; Synonym of one sukti=24 g of metric units
अर्धमासिक प्राणहर योग (ardhamāsika prāṇahara yoga) Harmful preparation made up of moderately toxic substances which prove to be fatal in a period of 15 days.
अर्धशराव (ardhaśarāva) indicating measure ; Synonym of one kudava=192 g of metric units
अर्धोभक पुट (ardhobhaka puṭa) A graded heating system used for preparation of medicines which is equivalent to Half Gajaputa
अर्बुद (arbuda) Tumor
अर्श (arśa) Piles or polypus
अर्शोघ्न (arśoghna) antihaemorrhoidals; drugs useful in treatment of piles;
अलक्ष्यपद (alakṣyapada) Indistinguishable voice
अलङ्कारः अनलङ्कारैः (alaṅkāraḥ analaṅkāraiḥ) Decorate with undecorable articles
अलिकं (alikaṁ) Fore-head- The anterior part of the head below the hairline and above the eyes.
अलोभ (alobha) Free from undue desire
अलोम (aloma) Absence of hair; It is one among the eight un-desirable conditions. Absence of generalized body hairs is associated with dysfunction of the pituitary, adrenal cortex and gonads.
अल्प (alpa) Less, Scanty, Diminished
अल्पनिद्रता (alpanidratā) Loss of sleep
अल्पप्राणता (alpaprāṇatā) Loss of mental strength
अल्पबल (alpabala) Loss of physical strength or weakness
अल्पबुद्धि (alpabuddhi) Lack of intelligence
अल्परुजः (alparujaḥ) Light pain
अल्पवह्नि (alpavahni) Certain pharmaceutical process are to be carried out over mild heat
अल्पवाक् (alpavāk) Closemouthed, in conversable.
अल्पशः (alpaśaḥ) Frequent and scanty
अल्पाग्नि (alpāgni) Diminished digestive power
अल्पाल्प (alpālpa) Frequent and scanty
अल्पाहार (alpāhāra) Intake of less quantity of food
अवकूजनं (avakūjanaṁ) Voice resembles the sound of pigeon
अवक्रम (avakrama) indicating property of material which is straight
अवक्षिप्त (avakṣipta) Hurled down from a height.
अवगाढं (avagāḍhaṁ) Hard
अवगाहन (avagāhana) Immersion of anointed body in to a tub of warm water. It is one among the daily regimen which nourishes whole body, bestows strength, gives stability and enhances physical resistance power.
अवगुण्ठन (avaguṇṭhana) Likes to cover the head with hands
अवग्रह (avagraha) Restricted movement
अवघर्षणं (avagharṣaṇaṁ) Frequent rubbing
अवच्छिन्नं (avacchinnaṁ) Continuous
अवज्ञा (avajñā) Contempt
अवटुः (avaṭuḥ) Nape of the neck - back of the neck.
अवतरणं (avataraṇaṁ) Putrefaction
अवदरणं (avadaraṇaṁ) Cracks of fissure
अवदातः (avadātaḥ) a normal complexion of man , bright white in nature
अवधमन (avadhamana) Frequent shaking movement of the body or pain in chest or irritation in the throat
अवनुन्नत्वं (avanunnatvaṁ) Twisting pain in chest.
अवपाटन (avapāṭana) Uprooting pain in local area.
अवपीडकः (avapīḍakaḥ) The use of a particular drug in excess amount.
अवपीडन (avapīḍana) Pressing pain
अवपीडन (avapīḍana) massaging the body parts by applying pressure. This method is used for relaxation therapy.
अवबन्धः (avabandhaḥ) Inactive
अवभङ्ग (avabhaṅga) Injured nose which is elicited by voice.
अवभञ्जन (avabhañjana) Breaking pain
अवभेदक (avabhedaka) Breaking pain
अवमर्द (avamarda) Pressing type of pain
अवमान लब्धेषु (avamāna labdheṣu) Disgust for food articles.
अवमोटन (avamoṭana) Cramps
अवयवः (avayavaḥ) Body
अवर सत्व (avara satva) Person having poor mental tolerance/Inferior mind. They can sustain neither by themselves nor by others, although having big stature they are unable to endure even mild pain. They are associated with fear, grief, greed, confusion.
अवरोध (avarodha) Retention or stiffness
अवरोधः (avarodhaḥ) Shoulder - the junction of the clavicle and scapula where the arm meets the trunk.
अवरोपितम् (avaropitam) Impaled
अवलंबक (avalaṁbaka) One of the five subtypes of Kapha that supports and sustains the heart and other sites of Kapha.
अवलुप्यत इव (avalupyata iva) Cutting pain
अवलुप्यते (avalupyate) Disgust for food articles.
अवलेखन (avalekhana) Modes of administration of poison through comb.
अवलेह (avaleha) A pharmaceutical dosage form- confectionery the decoctions are further concentrated to semisolid consistency after adding sweetening and other substances over fire
अवशातनं (avaśātanaṁ) Putrefaction
अवष्टम्भ (avaṣṭambha) Resting upon; holing of body
अवस्था पाक (avasthā pāka) Different three phase of Digestion that takes place within the GIT i.e. stomach, small intestine & large intestine, each stage correspondingly producing Kapha, Pitta & Vata.
अवस्था विरुद्ध (avasthā viruddha) Regimens which are unwholesome to health status. Intake of Vata aggravating food by a person after exhaustion, sexual act and physical exercise or intake of kapha aggravating food by a person after sleep or drowsiness.
अवस्थिक काल (avasthika kala) Conditionally moving time is that which is concerned with the various stages diseases manifestation. Like Acute or Chronic stages.
अवस्रंसनं (avasraṁsanaṁ) Flabbiness
अवाङ्मुख (avāṅmukha) Downward looking face
अवाञ्ची (avāñcī) Face looking downwards.
अवाञ्छा (avāñchā) Lack of desire
अवामि (avāmi) Doesn’t produce nausea/vomiting- one of the test for copper containing bhasma
अविक्वं (avikvaṁ) Indigested
अवितथ (avitatha) Tells truth
अविद्या (avidyā) ignorance and illusion
अविपाक (avipāka) Impairment of digestion or metabolism
अविपाकी (avipākī) Indigestible.
अविमलेन्द्रियत्वं (avimalendriyatvaṁ) Weakness of sense organs
अविमुक्त (avimukta) Incomplete
अविवर्ण (avivarṇa) Colorless
अविशुद्ध (aviśuddha) Bad
अविष/ निर्विष् (aviṣa/ nirviṣ) Detoxified state
अविषलिंगम् (aviṣaliṁgam) Absence of sign of poison, a bite a non- venomous serpent is marked by the absence of any of the specific symptoms of poisoning.
अविसर्ग (avisarga) Retention
अवेक्षा पाण्योओः (avekṣā pāṇyooḥ) Looks towards palms frequently without any specific cause
अवेगं (avegaṁ) Involuntary or without reflex
अव्यक्त (avyakta) Unmanifestated state, unapparent, indistinct, invisible, imperceptible. A feature of Vāta.
अव्यक्त दर्शनं (avyakta darśanaṁ) Blurred vision
अव्यक्तवाक् (avyaktavāk) Indistinct Speech
अव्यय (avyaya) Not liable to change; Imperishable, A synonym of Ātmā
अव्यवस्थित (avyavasthita) Irregular
अशक्ति (aśakti) Lack of capacity to do properly
अशक्ति क्रियासु (aśakti kriyāsu) Loss of motor function
अशन (aśana) eatables;
अशन इच्छा (aśana icchā) Desire to take food
अशब्दं (aśabdaṁ) Soundless
अशब्दश्रवणम् (aśabdaśravaṇam) Acousma or hearing non existing sound
अशीतोष्ण (aśītoṣṇa) Neither hot nor cold
अशुचि (aśuci) Absence of cleanliness; Impure
अशुद्धि (aśuddhi) Dirty
अशुद्धि हृदयस्य (aśuddhi hṛdayasya) Feeling of fullness in the epigastric region.
अशुभ (aśubha) Ominous; Harmful for health
अशैत्य (aśaitya) Heat generating property of poison.
अश्मगर्भं इव (aśmagarbhaṁ iva) Stony hardness
अश्मगर्भाभ (aśmagarbhābha) Stony hardness
अश्मरीघ्न (aśmarīghna) litholyptic; substances useful in treatment of calculi;
अश्मावृतोपं (aśmāvṛtopaṁ) Feeling of heaviness like bearing of stone
अश्रद्धा (aśraddhā) Lack of interest, especially to take food
अश्रवणं (aśravaṇaṁ) Loss of hearing
अश्रु (aśru) Lacrimal fluids (Tears) - The liquid excreted into the eyes by the lacrimal glands
अश्रु वाहिण्यौ (aśru vāhiṇyau) Lacrimal Canaliculi - small canals concerned with conduction of tears from the lacrimal puncta to the lacrimal sac.
अश्रुति (aśruti) Loss of hearing
अश्रुमार्गः (aśrumārgaḥ) Lacrimal apparatus - structures concerned with secretion and conduction of tears
अष्ट गिरिण्ड (aṣṭa giriṇḍa) 8 dried cow dung cakes obtained from forest used in graded heating system
अष्ट निन्दित पुरुस्ह (aṣṭa nindita purusha) Eight types of undesirable constitutions are there, those are as fallows Too tall, too short, too hairy, hairless, too white, too black, too corpulent and too emaciated. These constitutions are considered as undesirable because they do not possess sufficient resistance power against diseases. The qualitative and quantitative proportions of the tissues are not proper in them. The measurement by finger (Anguli Pramana) of the body and compactness of the tissue is also abnormal. Some opines that 8 types of undesirable constitutions are mainly related to some sort of hormonal dysfunction of the body. Dysfunction of thyroid, gonads, adrenal cortex and pituitary etc.
अष्टमांस (aṣṭamāṁsa) indicating to quantity of material equivalent to 1/8th part
अष्टवेगम् (aṣṭavegam) The action of poison is manifested in eight virulent stages or impulses (vega).
अष्ठीला इव (aṣṭhīlā iva) Stone like excessive hardness
अष्ठीलावत जिव्हा (aṣṭhīlāvata jivhā) Stone like swelling and numbness of the tongue.
अष्ठीलावत् (aṣṭhīlāvat) Stony hard
अंसः (aṁsaḥ) Shoulder
अंसfअलकः (aṁsafalakaḥ) Scapula - the large flat triangular bone that forms the posterior part of shoulder.
अंसकूट (aṁsakūṭa) Acromion - the lateral triangular projection of the spine of the scapula.
असकृत निद्रता (asakṛta nidratā) Improper sleep
असंज्ञकल्पं (asaṁjñakalpaṁ) Unconsciousness
असंज्ञिता (asaṁjñitā) Unconsciousness.
असंतोष (asaṁtoṣa) Dissatisfaction
असत् ज्वलनज्वालदर्शनं (asat jvalanajvāladarśanaṁ) Sees non-existing flames
असत् तारका दर्शनं (asat tārakā darśanaṁ) Sees the non-existing stars
असत् दीपदर्शनं (asat dīpadarśanaṁ) Sees non-existing light in
असत् रुपदर्शनं (asat rupadarśanaṁ) Sees non-existing objects
असत्कार्यवाद (asatkāryavāda) the ideology which believes that the effect is not present in the cause
अंसदेशः (aṁsadeśaḥ) Shoulder - the junction of the clavicle and scapula where the arm meets the trunk.
अंसपिण्डः (aṁsapiṇḍaḥ) Deltoid Prominence
अंसपिण्डिका (aṁsapiṇḍikā) deltoid tuberosity
अंसपीठ (aṁsapīṭha) Top of the shoulder (glenoid cavity)
असंबद्धवचनं (asaṁbaddhavacanaṁ) Incoherent speech
अंसबन्धनम् (aṁsabandhanam) Ligaments (and Muscles) of the shoulder.
असमवायि (asamavāyi) the cause which is innate for the production of effect
अंसमुलम् (aṁsamulam) apex of the Scapula
असम्प्राप्ति (asamprāpti) Loss of power of sense organs
असंवृतगुदं (asaṁvṛtagudaṁ) Prolapsed anus.
असंवृतमुखं (asaṁvṛtamukhaṁ) Wide opening
असंवेदनं (asaṁvedanaṁ) Loss of power of sense organs
अंससन्धिः (aṁsasaṅdhiḥ) Shoulder Joint - the joint formed by humerus and glenoid cavity of scapula
असंहत (asaṁhata) Disunited, unconnected, not formed into a mass
असहत्व (asahatva) Intolerance
असहिष्णुत्व (asahiṣṇutva) Intolerance
असात्म्येन्द्रियार्थसंय् ओग?? (asātmyendriyārthasaṁyoga) Incompatible contact of the sense organs with their objects
असाधारण हेतु (asādhāraṇa hetu) Factors of the disease which are not generalized to all peoples but they are specific to specific individuals. Impact of these factors depends on age, strength, constitution etc.
अंसाभिताप (aṁsābhitāpa) Warmth in shoulder
असामर्थ्यं (asāmarthyaṁ) Incapability
असार (asāra) Undernourished
असित (asita) Black color
असिद्धिः (asiddhiḥ) consequence of having no practical result
असुखम् (asukham) Discomfort or unpleasantness, If agadas (antitoxic medicines) are used in healthy, non poisoned persons it would produce all kinds of discomfort.
असुखी (asukhī) Unhappy disposition
असूयन वाक् (asūyana vāk) Interrupted speaking
असृकष्ठीव (asṛkaṣṭhīva) Spitting of blood (Haemoptysis)
असृक् इच्छा (asṛk icchā) Desire for blood
असृक् गन्ध (asṛk gandha) Smell of blood
असृक् छर्दि (asṛk chardi) Vomiting of blood (Haemetemesis)
असृक् निमग्नारिष्टाभ दर्शन (asṛk nimagnāriṣṭābha darśana) Objects look as if dipped in blood.
असृक् पूर्णता (asṛk pūrṇatā) Intra abdominal bleeding
असृग (asṛga) Blood
अस्कन्दी रक्त (askandī rakta) Uncoagulable blood
अस्थान वाक् (asthāna vāk) Speaking at inappropriate place
अस्थि (asthi) Bone - specialized form of dense connective tissue consisting of bone cells embedded in a matrix made of calcified intercellular substance.
अस्थि धातु (asthi dhātu) Fifth of the seven basic Dhātus, whose function is to provide stability to the body. It is predominant of Pṛthvi and Ākāśa Mahābhūtas. Designative of Bone Tissue.
अस्थिनिभ (asthinibha) Color of bone
अस्थिपर्वाणि (asthiparvāṇi) Bony Nodes, joints - an articulation, the point of juncture between two bones.
अस्थिपिञ्जर (asthipiñjara) Bony skeleton - the bone framework of the body.
अस्थिविवरम् (asthivivaram) Medullary canal - cavity within the bone containing marrow
अस्थिसङ्घाताः (asthisaṅghātāḥ) Clumps of the bones.
अस्थिसन्धयः (asthisandhayaḥ) Articulation, joints - the point of juncture between two bones.
अस्थिसारम् (asthisāram) Bone marrow - the soft organic material that fills the cavities of the bones.
अस्थिस्नेहः (asthisnehaḥ) Bone marrow - the soft organic material that fills the cavities of the bones.
अस्पर्शसह (asparśasaha) Intolerance with touch.
अस्र (asra) indicating the borders of materials
अस्रकल्पं (asrakalpaṁ) Color of normal blood
अस्रग्वहाः (asragvahāḥ) Blood Vessels - the veins, arteries and capillaries.
अस्रवणं (asravaṇaṁ) Loss of recreation
अस्राक्षि (asrākṣi) Lacrimation
अस्वप्न (asvapna) Sleeplessness
अस्वप्न इच्छा (asvapna icchā) Desire to awaking
अस्वस्थचित्त (asvasthacitta) disturbed mind
अस्वास्थ्य (asvāsthya) Discomfort, Disease
अस्वेदनं (asvedanaṁ) Loss of Sweating
अहङ्कारः (ahaṅkāraḥ) The material principle of egoist or existence having three inherent properties of sattva, raja and tama; one of the principles of the evolution as per classical indian philosophy
अहर्ष (aharṣa) Loss of Libido; Erectile dysfunction, Impotent.
अहसन (ahasana) During meal one should not indulging in laugh, it may lead to passage of food in to wrong tract.
अहित आहार (ahita āhāra) Non - conductive food- Food which disturbs the Tri-dosha's and physiological functions of the body. It is contrary t to Hita.
अहितायु (ahitāyu) the kind of human life which is not beneficial for the self or the society
अहेतु (ahetu) fallacious semblance of an argument
अहोरात्र (ahorātra) 1 Day and 1 night = 24 hours
आकाङ्क्षा (ākāṅkṣā) Desire
आकाश (ākāśa) 1. A free or open space, the subtle and ethereal fluid (supposed to fill and pervade the universe and to be the peculiar vehicle of life and of sound). 2. One of the five basic elements (Paṅcamahābhūtas) that make up all matter in the universe.
आकाशीय द्रव्य (ākāśīya dravya) substances having akaśa as the predominant mahabhuta;
आकुञ्चनं (ākuñcanaṁ) Contraction : a shortening or tensing of a part or organ
आकुलता (ākulatā) Perplexity or confusion
आकृष्ट (ākṛṣṭa) collection / procurement of raw materials
आकृष्य (ākṛṣya) A process of extraction through which specified component may be extracted
आक्ῡजनं (ākῡjanaṁ) Cooing (voice resembles the sound of pigeon), Lament
आक्रोशनं (ākrośanaṁ) Wailing
आक्षेप (ākṣepa) Convulsion, Harassing.
आगङ्तुः व्रणः (āgaṅtuḥ vraṇaḥ) traumatic wound
आगङ्तुजरोग (āgaṅtujaroga) Exogenous diseases caused by trauma, infections and other external factors
आगम (āgama) time tested expert opinions in concerned classical texts or authoritative testimony
आगारध्ῡमाभं (āgāradhῡmābhaṁ) Smoky color
आगारसन्निभं (āgārasannibhaṁ) Smoky color
आंगिरसी (āṁgirasī) one among four categories of medicines described in Atharva Veda
आग्न्ēय?? (āgnēya) Predominance of the fire-element : Fiery
आचमन (ācamana) Sipping of water - It’s a part of daily regimen to maintain personal hygiene, in which clean water is held in the palm of the hand with the thumb closely bent towards the center and water is sipped. It’s usually done after cleaning hand and feet, after the act of excretion, before and after food, after chariot ride, etc.
आचार (ācāra) A customary conduct which is to be followed in accordance with various prescribed rules in various contexts.
आचार रसायन (ācāra rasāyana) Conductible virility -Customary law, codes and conducts/ behavior which prevents the psychosomatic ailments. It includes principles explained in the context of dhāraṇīya Vega & Sad vritta Pālana.
आचार विभ्रमं (ācāra vibhramaṁ) Improper manner and conduct
आतता त्वक् (ātatā tvak) Stretched skin
आतनता (ātanatā) Stretched skin
आतोप (ātopa) Painful distension of abdomen accompanied by rumbling noise
आतोप सन्धि (ātopa sandhi) Crackling sound in joints
आत्मा (ātmā) Soul or spirit: principle of life and sensation ,the individual self; the only conscious element in the human body
आत्मानमाभिसमीक्ष्य (ātmānamābhisamīkṣya) After due consideration to the self-one should indulge in taking food. Individual should keenly assess quantity and quality of the food with respect to his constitution and self. This helps to yield the healthy effect over the body.
आथर्वनी (ātharvanī) one among four categories of medicines described in Atharva Veda
आदंश (ādaṁśa) Area near a bite or sting.
आदंशशोफः (ādaṁśaśophaḥ) Swelling around the site of bite
आदान (ādāna) Period of time when moisture, unctuousness and strength of the body gets depleted and absorbed by environment by virtue of climate; includes 6 months of winter, spring and summer seasons.
आदाय (ādāya) Collection of drugs
आदीप्तगुणदर्सनं (ādīptaguṇadarsanaṁ) Looks of sun like objects
आदीप्तरूपदर्शनं (ādīptarūpadarśanaṁ) Looks of glowing things
आद्यपुष्प (ādyapuṣpa) A Group of flowers containing one part each of Chandan (Santalum album) and Vari/sugandhabala (Juniperus communis) and three parts of Kumkum (Crocus sativus).
आधक (ādhaka) A unit of Measurement; -Four prastha are equal to one adhak= 3.073 kg of metric units - used for both solids & liquids
आधमातकङ्धरा (ādhamātakaṅdharā) Feeling of fullness in neck.
आधमानं (ādhamānaṁ) Distention of abdomen due to gas.
आधाराः (ādhārāḥ) Base - Some particular organs, or group of organs which are container of some biological matter
आधिदैविकः (तापः) (ādhidaivikaḥ (tāpaḥ)) One of the three kinds of miseries, that which is caused by rain, sun and other such natural inanimate cause and agencies
आधिभौतिकः (तापः) (ādhibhautikaḥ (tāpaḥ)) One of the three kinds of miseries, which are caused by various sorts of living creatures.
आध्मातं इव (ādhmātaṁ iva) Feeling of fullness
आध्मातग्रीवं (ādhmātagrīvaṁ) Feeling of fullness in neck.
आध्यात्म (ādhyātma) the psycho-spiritual
आध्यात्मिकः (तापः) (ādhyātmikaḥ (tāpaḥ)) One of the three kinds of miseries, being that which is intrinsic and consist of mental and spiritual ailing.
आनति ग्रीवा (ānati grīvā) Forward bending of neck
आनद्धवस्तिः (ānaddhavastiḥ) distension of bladder
आननम् (ānanam) Face
आनाह (ānāha) distention of abdomen due to incomplete evacuation of stool, urine and flatus
आनील (ānīla) light blue
आन्तरिक्ष उदक (āntarikṣa udaka) rain water collected directly before reaching earth surface and is considered to be the best among all water
आन्तिकस्थं दूरस्थं दर्शन (āntikasthaṁ dūrasthaṁ darśana) Remote appearance of a near object.
आन्त्र (āntra) Small intestine
आप (āpa) 1. Water 2. One of the pancha mahabhuta which is responsible for binding all particles within a substance; 3. Synonym of Jala
आपीनत्व (āpīnatva) Corpulent
आप्त (āpta) authoritative person
आप्तवाक्यम् (āptavākyam) Authoritative speech
आप्तोपदेशः (āptopadeśaḥ) the unimpeachable truth of enlightened men; the 1st proof of justifying knowledge
आप्य द्रव्य (āpya dravya) substances having jala (water) as the predominant mahabhuta;
आभुग्नं (ābhugnaṁ) Slight bending
आभ्यन्तर कण्डरः (ābhyantara kaṇḍaraḥ) Deep tendons - flexor tendons of the hand.
आम (āma) 1. Raw, uncooked, unbaked, immature, unripe 2. May be associated with food or other physiological entities to mean incomplete transformation or metabolism causing a harmful effect on health.
आम पुरीषम् (āma purīṣam) Stools which are undigested, immature, not formed
आमगङ्ध (āmagaṅdha) Smell of raw flesh
आमपक्वाषयः (āmapakvāṣayaḥ) gastro-intestinal tract – The digestive tube from stomach and intestines
आमपाक (āmapāka) The initial partially cooked stage of processing of oil/ ghee, which is not useful for therapeutics
आममत्स्यगङ्ध (āmamatsyagaṅdha) smell of live fish
आमलपाङ्दु (āmalapāṅdu) Color of pale myrobalan
आमविश (āmaviśa) It is a kind of disorder which results from incompatible food or from eating before digestion of previous meals, similar to intestinal toxemia because it simulates the symptoms of toxemia.
आमाशयः (āmāśayaḥ) Stomach -A dilated sac like distensible portion of alimentary canal between the esophagus and the duodenum which contains partially digested food. It is a major seat of Pitta.
आमिश (āmiśa) 1. One of the useful parts of animal (flesh) 2. Commonly used for all Non-vegetarian diet??
आमिशं इच्छा (āmiśaṁ icchā) Fond of taking flesh
आयाम (āyāma) Stretching of vein
आयास (āyāsa) Physical exertion, Toil
आयास इच्छा (āyāsa icchā) Desire for Exercise
आयु (āyu) 1. Span of life, 2. continuous combination of sattva, atma, sharira, indriya
आयुर्वेद (āyurveda) The Science and Knowledge of life, which describes all substances of the universe in terms of their being beneficial, harmful, pleasant and unpleasant to life
आयुष्यः (āyuṣyaḥ) substances which enhance life span
आर (āra) Sharp big nail like sting.
आरक्त छर्दि (ārakta chardi) Haematemesis
आरम्भवाद (ārambhavāda) the ideology which believes that effect is produced sequentially after the sequential destruction of the cause
आरम्भसामर्थ्य (ārambhasāmarthya) Action initiating ability of substances, which is specific to substances because substances only can initiate any action, not their properties;
आरोग्य (ārogya) Literal meaning is disease free state; health, lightness of body, efficiency of limb and that which brings about happiness. Happiness which arises from equilibrium of the body constituents. Health is extolled as necessary for achievement of all the four objectives of life viz virtue, wealth, pleasure and Salvation (Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha).
आरोत (ārota) A process of compounding of mercury in which Purified mercury is used to make the body disease free, strong & stable
आर्त स्वर (ārta svara) Feeble voice
आर्तव (ārtava) One of the Upadhātus of Rasa Dhātu. Indicative of either Menstrual fluid or Ovum. It is dominant of Agni Mahābhūta.
आर्तवजनन (ārtavajanana) substances stimulating menstrual blood flow or ovulation;
आर्तवशोणितम् (ārtavaśoṇitam) menstrual blood or ovum
आर्तवह स्रोताङ्सि (ārtavaha srotāṅsi) Fallopian or Uterine tubes. Oviduct. / Channels with physiological importance in regulation of menstrual cycles - hypothalamo-pituitaryovarian axis.
आर्तवाघातम् (ārtavāghātam) Retention of Menstrual blood
आर्दिताकृतिकरण (ārditākṛtikaraṇa) Twisting of face resembling facial paralysis
आर्द्र (ārdra) Moist; Collection of herbal Materials in wet / fresh condition
आर्द्रचर्मावनद्ध (ārdracarmāvanaddha) Feels as draped with wet clothing.
आलक्तकसन्निभं (ālaktakasannibhaṁ) Color of the juice of Lac
आलस्य (ālasya) Loss of enthusiasm, idleness , want of energy, apathetic, Reluctance to work or make an effort, laziness
आलाबुपुष्पसङ्काश (ālābupuṣpasaṅkāśa) Color of the flower of Alābu (Lagrnaria vulgaria)
आलालतङ्तुबद्धं (ālālataṅtubaddhaṁ) Looks like saliva
आलुञ्चनं (āluñcanaṁ) Tearing in pieces
आलेपं (ālepaṁ) Coating
आलेहं (ālehaṁ) Licking
आलोचक पित्त (ālocaka pitta) One of the five subtypes of Pitta that is responsible for vision and perception
आवरणं (āvaraṇaṁ) enveloping raw material with same or other material
आश्वासन (āśvāsana) In the condition of fear of poison, psychological morale boosting of the patient is advised by consoling the patient.
आसन (āsana) Physical Postures
आसवतुल्य पुरीषम् (āsavatulya purīṣam) Stool resembles āsava in color and smell
आसेक्य (āsekya) Person getting sexual gratification after oral sex.
आस्थापन द्रव्य (āsthāpana dravya) substances used in BASTI;
आस्थापनोपग (āsthāpanopaga) Adjuvant of corrective BASTI; substances used to facilitate corrective BASTI.
आस्फालन भूमि (āsphālana bhūmi) Striking the ground.
आस्फोतन अस्थाने (āsphotana asthāne) Clapping at inappropriate occasions
आस्फोतनम् अक्षि (āsphotanam akṣi) Bursting pain in the eye
आस्यम् (āsyam) Mouth
आस्योपदेहः (āsyopadehaḥ) coating in the mouth
आस्राव (āsrāva) Exudates; Secretion
आहतात् (āhatāt) Plant materials not infested with insects, cold, hot climate etc.
आहार (āhāra) Any substance which is masticated and swallowed for the purpose of nutrition and energy, it includes all eatables, bitable, drinkable and lickables.
आहार परिणामकर भाव (āhāra pariṇāmakara bhāva) These are Factors leading to transformation of food from solid complex food to small digestible and absorbable form, which include various actions starting from mastication, swallowing, and enzymatic action to absorption of nutrients and water from the colon. They include all the actions from oral cavity to the colon. Usma (Heat) digests, Vayu absorbs, Kleda (moisture) loosens, Sneha (unctuousness) softens, Kāla (time) brings sufficiency & balanced use of all these brings about the equilibrium of Dhātu's which are products of digestion.
आहार मात्र (āhāra mātra) Optimal digestible quantity of food consumed by a healthy individual. This cannot be generalized. It always differs from person to person and time to time, it directly depends on the digestive capacity and psychological status.
आहार योगि (āhāra yogi) an attribute of lavana rasa; substances used with the diet;
आहार योगि वर्ग (āhāra yogi varga) group of food adjuvant to be used for the preparation of diet or taken along with the principal diet like different oils and spices;
आहार रस पाक (āhāra rasa pāka) It is a stage indicating the completion of digestion process after which drugs should be administered
आहार शक्ति (āhāra śakti) Power of assimilation-this is examined by the power of ingestion as well as digestion, strength & life depends upon diet.
आहार संपत् (āhāra saṁpat) Excellence of diet- it indicates that food with all required nutrition in an adequate quantity, helps in preservation and promotion of health, gives strength, vitality, endurance and improves immunity.
आहारनाश (āhāranāśa) Intake of less quantity of food
आहारविधिविशेषायतन (āhāravidhiviśeṣāyatana) Basic factors to be considered while preparing and consuming diet. The eight such factors are: prakṛti (nature), Karana (processing), Samyoga (combination), Raśi (amount), Deśa (region), Kaala (time and season), Upayoga Samsthaa (rules for consumption) and Upayoktaa (consumer).
इक्षु वर्ग (ikṣu varga) Group of sugar cane products;
इक्षुविकार (ikṣuvikāra) Sugarcane products;
इङ्गितज्ञो मनुष्याणां वाक्चेष्टामुख वैकृतैः (iṅgitajño manuṣyāṇāṁ vākceṣṭāmukha vaikṛtaiḥ) Kinesics expert should identify poisoner by observing variations in speech, actions and facial expressions.
इच्छा (icchā) Refers to desired attributes- requisition of whatever is not available with us is desire. Is a spiritual attribute. Desire is produced from pleasure. Derived from the enjoyment of garlands, women etc.
इच्छाद्वेषौ अनिमित्ततः (icchādveṣau animittataḥ) Like and Dislike without any reason
इतराह्वय (itarāhvaya) Others; plants are also named on basis of many other parameters.
इतस्ततः दर्शनं (itastataḥ darśanaṁ) Looking in all directions
इन्दुपरिवेष दर्शन (indupariveṣa darśana) Sees circular patch like moon before eyes
इन्दुपाण्डुर दृष्टिमण्डल (indupāṇḍura dṛṣṭimaṇḍala) Moon like pale pupil
इन्दुभि आजितं इव दर्शनं (indubhi ājitaṁ iva darśanaṁ) Sees things as covered by the light of moon
इन्द्रगोपक (indragopaka) A kind of insect of red color
इन्द्रगोपाभ रक्तं (indragopābha raktaṁ) Blood with the color of earthworm
इन्द्रधनुषप्रभरक्त् अ रक्तं (indradhanuṣaprabharakt a raktaṁ) Blood with multicolor like rainbow
इन्द्रधनुषिं दर्शनं (indradhanuṣiṁ darśanaṁ) Sees rainbow in objects
इन्द्रिय (indriya) organs of motor action and sensory perception
इन्द्रियबलहानि (indriyabalahāni) loss of strength of sensory faculty
इन्द्रियबुद्धि (indriyabuddhi) perceived sense as an outcome of the direct perception
इन्द्रियाणां च वैकृत्यं (indriyāṇāṁ ca vaikṛtyaṁ) Food mixed with poison on it reaching stomach give rises to derangement of the sense organs.
इन्द्रियाधिष्ठान (indriyādhiṣṭhāna) The seat of sense organ like Ear for auditory sensation etc.
इन्द्रियान्तर संचार (indriyāntara saṁcāra) Rapid conjugation of mind with sensory or motor organs
इन्द्रियार्थ-सन्निकर्ष (indriyārtha-sannikarṣa) a process sequential involvement of object, sense organ, manas, and soul to obtain the direct perception
इन्द्रियार्थसन्निकर्षः (indriyārthasannikarṣaḥ) sequential interaction between the sensory organ with object
इन्द्रियार्थाः (indriyārthāḥ) The objects of sense organs like sound, touch, vision, taste and smell, which are perceived through the sense organs.
इप्सा (ipsā) Desire
इष्ट देश अश्नियात (iṣṭa deśa aśniyāta) In favorable place-place where we have to take should be lonely, neat & clean, with full concentration on meal.
इष्ट सर्वोपकरण अश्नियात (iṣṭa sarvopakaraṇa aśniyāta) With all the favorable accessories- all type of utensils, products, and workers should be present there to serve you.
इष्टता (iṣṭatā) Desire
इष्टिका (iṣṭikā) Brick
इष्टिकाचुर्णसंकाशं (iṣṭikācurṇasaṁkāśaṁ) Resembling brick powder -indicating the color of bhasma of mica & ideal property of dust of fruit of Mallatos philipensis
ईर्ष्यक (īrṣyaka) Voyeur.
ईषत् (īṣat) Diminished quantity
ईषत् रसकल्क (īṣat rasakalka) The presence of moisture in the paste in the preparation of medicated oil
ईषत्कठिन (īṣatkaṭhina) Partial dryness of the paste indicating the exhaustion of moisture content
उखा (ukhā) (1) infra clavicular fossa. (2)
उग्र उच्छवास (ugra ucchavāsa) Difficulty in expiration or labored breathing.
उग्र गन्धिरक्तं (ugra gandhiraktaṁ) Blood with pungent smell
उग्र वाक् (ugra vāk) Hard hitting speech
उग्ररुक् (ugraruk) Severe pain
उच्चभवन इच्छा (uccabhavana icchā) Fond of residing in big building
उच्चारात् बिना अधोवायु (uccārāt binā adhovāyu) Flatus without sound
उच्चैः उच्छवास (uccaiḥ ucchavāsa) Very prolonged expiration.
उच्छवासहतं (ucchavāsahataṁ) Death due to suffocation.
उच्छिष्ट इच्छा (ucchiṣṭa icchā) Fond of remnants
उच्छून (ucchūna) Raised, Elevated
उच्छ्रायं (ucchrāyaṁ) Raised, Elevated
उच्छ्रिताक्षः (ucchritākṣaḥ) Protrusion of the eye
उण्डुकः (uṇḍukaḥ) Cecum. A blind sac.
उत्कम्प (utkampa) Tremor
उत्कर्तन (utkartana) Incision of bitten part/ affected part through which the spread of poison can be stopped .
उत्कारिका (utkārikā) Poultice- like preparation prepared with anti venomous drugs to soothe or aggravate and release the local Doṣas (impure body elements).
उत्क्षेपणं स्नायुजालस्य (utkṣepaṇaṁ snāyujālasya) Contraction of tendon.
उत्क्षेपनिग्रहः (utkṣepanigrahaḥ) Restricted forward movement
उत्क्षेपनिग्रहः सक्थि (utkṣepanigrahaḥ sakthi) Restricted foreward movement of lower limb
उत्तमाङ्गम् (uttamāṅgam) Head or head & neck
उत्तरं (uttaraṁ) Rejoinder or reply
उत्तरदन्तः (uttaradantaḥ) Tooth of the upper jaw.
उत्तरपादः (uttarapādaḥ) Dorsum of the foot.
उत्तराधर विभागः (uttarādhara vibhāgaḥ) Superior (proximal) and Inferior (distal)
उत्तरायण/ आदान काल (uttarāyaṇa/ ādāna kāla) Ascent of sun or northward movement of sun. this movement reduces the moisture (Saumya) from the earth, even it takes out the strength from living beings. Śiśira, Vasanta & Grișma ŗtu together constitute Uttarāyana which brings about reduction of strength.
उत्तरीय (uttarīya) Resembles sacred thread wore by Brahmans in India, generally wore by brāhmins
उत्तरोष्ठ (uttaroṣṭha) Upper lip or labium. upper half of soft external structure that forms the boundary of the mouth.
उत्तुण्डितं (uttuṇḍitaṁ) Elevated skin.
उत्थापन (utthāpana) a process of recovering of mercury etc from previous mūrcchanā process / regaining in the original form
उत्पत्तिः (utpattiḥ) originate or evolve
उत्पाटनं (utpāṭanaṁ) Uprooting pain.
उत्पाटयत इव (utpāṭayata iva) Uprooting pain.
उत्पाटितः (utpāṭitaḥ) Pulled up by the roots , Eradicated.
उत्पात (utpāta) Natural calamities – are of 3 types celestial, mundane and atmospheric weeping of idoles, appearance of magical cots etc. Mundane are earth quakes etc while falling of stars etc are atmospheric. These are also considered as cause of pestilence.
उत्रस्तदृष्टि (utrastadṛṣṭi) Rolling of the eye
उत्रास (utrāsa) Trembling
उत्विण्डिताक्षं (utviṇḍitākṣaṁ) Protrusion of the eye
उत्शोष पुरीषं (utśoṣa purīṣaṁ) Dry stool
उत्सङ्गं (utsaṅgaṁ) Elevated
उत्सन्नं (utsannaṁ) Elevated
उत्सादन (utsādana) The act of rubbing the body with unctuous substances in opposite direction, i.e opposite to hair follicles. Rubbing is done even with unctuous paste.
उत्साह (utsāha) Enthusiasm, motivation, effort, activeness, to have willingness to do adventure.
उत्साहक्षय (utsāhakṣaya) Loss of enthusiasm
उत्साहभ्रंश (utsāhabhraṁśa) Loss of enthusiasm
उत्साहहानि (utsāhahāni) Loss of enthusiasm
उत्सेधं (utsedhaṁ) Elevation
उदकं इव पुरीषं (udakaṁ iva purīṣaṁ) Watery stool
उदकपुर्णोदर (udakapurṇodara) Stomach full of water as in cases of drowning.
उदश्वित (udaśvita) a curd is churned by adding 1/2 of the water after removing the butter
उदान वायु (udāna vāyu) One of the five subtypes of Vāta (Vāyu) that is seated in thorax. It performs the functions like effort, strength and recollection required for the production of speech,
उदावर्त पुरीषप्रवर्तनम् (udāvarta purīṣapravartanam) Constipated or upward movement of stool
उदाहरणम् (udāharaṇam) Categorical examples
उदीर्ण अक्षि (udīrṇa akṣi) Protruction of the eye
उदुम्बर (udumbara) 1. A unit of Measurement; Synonym of one karșa=12g of metric units 2. Ficus glomerata 3. copper
उदुम्बरफलसङ्काश ं (udumbaraphalasaṅkāśa ṁ) Color of ripened fig fruit
उदुम्बरफलाभास (udumbaraphalābhāsa) Color of ripened fig fruit
उद्गतं (udgataṁ) Protruded or raised
उद्गताक्षि (udgatākṣi) Protrusion of the eye
उद्गार (udgāra) Belching
उद्गार अवरोधं (udgāra avarodhaṁ) Suppression of belching
उन्मर्दन (unmardana) Massaging in upward direction or opposite to hair root, towards the heart is unmardana. Also called as Kneading
उन्मीलनाक्षम (unmīlanākṣama) Restricted movement of eyelid
उन्मुख (unmukha) Upward looking face
उन्मेष (unmeṣa) Opening of eyelids
उन्मेषण्यः सिराः (unmeṣaṇyaḥ sirāḥ) Nerves of the levator palpebrae superioris (from occulomotor)
उपक्लेद (upakleda) Wet / moistening; an action attributed to Jala mahābhūta
उपघात (upaghāta) Pain or loss of function
उपचय (upacaya) Increase in growth; anabolism; an action attributed to pṛthvī mahābhūta
उपचार विरुद्ध (upacāra viruddha) Prescription – cold things after taking ghee etc will come under the unwholesome of prescription.
उपजिह्विके (upajihvike) Palatine tonsils. A mass of lymphatic tissue that lies in tonsillar fossa on each side of oropharynx between glosso palatine and pharyngio palatine arches.
उपताप (upatāpa) Weakness
उपद (upada) Generally translated as Allurement. Allurement is the greatest cause of all sorts of miseries and the abode of miseries. Renunciation eliminates all sorts of miseries.
उपदेशः (upadeśaḥ) Authoritative instructions; statements of enlightened persons which are in the form of advice or injunction
उपदेह (upadeha) Feeling of Coating
उपधातु (upadhātu) The minor structural components that stabilize and sustain the body.
उपधान (upadhāna) A modality for treatment of poisoning Incision made on scalp (vertex) resembling the feet of the crow and then applying medicated paste or placing meat of goat, cow or buffalo over the incised scalp, which will absorb the poison from the body.
उपनखम् (upanakham) Nail fold. A groove in the cutaneous tissue surrounding the margins and proximal edges of nail
उपनयः (upanayaḥ) step of discussion and interpretation of hypothesis which bring the argument nearer to the truth
उपनासिका सिरा (upanāsikā sirā) Anterior facial vein, near the nose.(Angular vein)
उपनाह (upanāha) Poultice- application of these poultice which are prepared by substances which are unctuous, heavy, hot in properties, helps to pacify the vitiated vata.
उपप्लवः (upaplavaḥ) Affliction: A cause of great suffering
उपमा (upamā) Simility; a basis for nomenclature of plants
उपमानम् (upamānam) Analogy ; one of the tools of examination or investigation
उपयोक्ता (upayoktā) One who consumes the food according to the prescribed method of dietics for the healthy & the sick
उपयोगसंस्था (upayogasaṁsthā) Denotes the rules for Eating. It depends on the digested food.
उपरत्न (uparatna) A class of following semi precious stones
उपरम (uparama) Weakness or Loss
उपरोध (uparodha) Suppression, Diminished
उपलेप (upalepa) Coating
उपविषः (upaviṣaḥ) A class of following semi poisonous plants
उपशोष (upaśoṣa) Wasting
उपशोषणं (upaśoṣaṇaṁ) substances that absorbs secretions
उपसरण (upasaraṇa) Melting like feeling
उपसंरोध (upasaṁrodha) Supression, Diminished
उपस्तम्भ (upastambha) Supression, Diminished
उपस्तम्भ (upastambha) It is made out of two words Upa and Stambha, it means Sub pillars. Pillars which supports, strengthens and supports life. It includes Āhara(Food), Nidra(Sleep) and Bramhacharya(celibacy).
उपस्थः (upasthaḥ) Male or female external genital organs.
उपस्नेह (upasneha) Coating
उपहति (upahati) Diminished function
उपायः (upāyaḥ) Methods , techniques
उपायः (upāyaḥ) mode and mechanism of drug action
उपालम्भः (upālambhaḥ) Censure or reproach; the loop-holing of another's reasons with regard to fallacies and invalid reasoning’s
उरः (uraḥ) Thorax. The part of the human body enclosed by the ribs and sternum. The major seat of Kapha.
उरःकोष्ठः (uraḥkoṣṭhaḥ) Thoracic cavity. the space lying above the diaphragm and closed within the walls of the thorax.
उरोग्रीवम् (urogrīvam) Thorax and neck. the part of the body between the base of the neck superiorly and the diaphragm inferiorly.
उर्ध्वत्रिकम् (urdhvatrikam) Intra scapular region. Area between the scapulae
उर्वीसंज्ञे सिरा (urvīsaṁjñe sirā) Profunda femoris. Femoral vessels. deep seated branch of femoral artery, femoral vessel
उलूखलः (ulūkhalaḥ) A kind of mortar & pesle especially used for pounding of material
उलूखलः (ulūkhalaḥ) Socket (ball and socket joint. Peg and socket joint). A joint in which the round end of one bone fits into the cavity of other
उल्बण (ulbaṇa) Chronic/ serious/
उष्ट्रीक्षीर (uṣṭrīkṣīra) The milk of camel
उष्ण (uṣṇa) heat/hotness; one of the 20 gurvadi gunas; caused due to activated agni mahābhūta; denotes physiological & pharmacological hotness; manifested by increased agni, improved appetite & digestion, increased motion in channels, pacifies vata, kapha, increases pitta. An attribute of Pitta.
उष्णवर्ज्यो विधिः (uṣṇavarjyo vidhiḥ) Treatment without heat generating property.
उष्णोदक (uṣṇodaka) water is boiled & reduced to 1/8th or 1/4th or 1/2th of the quantity after boiling
उष्ण्माश्नियात् (uṣṇmāśniyāt) Hot food treatment- indicated for those who suffer from diseases of kapha, & vata , who have purgation’s, who are in oleation therapy & who's body is free from moisture should be treated with hot foods.
उष्मायनं (uṣmāyanaṁ) Hotness; Heat
उह्यम् (uhyam) Deduction; such meaning which are to be reasoned out or guessed from the statement by one's own intelligence
ऊरुः (ūruḥ) Thigh (femur)
ऊरुनलकः (ūrunalakaḥ) Femur. the thigh bone extending from hip joint to knee joint
ऊरुपिण्डिका (ūrupiṇḍikā) Quadricipatal Prominence of the thigh.
ऊरुमूअलम् (ūrumūalam) Groin, inguinal region. Inguin. the depression between thigh and the trunk
ऊर्जस्करं (ūrjaskaraṁ) substances that are primarily used for promoting health;
ऊर्ध्वकायः (ūrdhvakāyaḥ) Upper part of the body
ऊर्ध्वकोष्ठः (ūrdhvakoṣṭhaḥ) Part of the alimentary canal up to the stomach.
ऊर्ध्वजत्रु (ūrdhvajatru) Head & neck. Part above the sternum.
ऊर्ध्वदंतपन्क्ति (ūrdhvadaṁtapankti) Upper row of the teeth.
ऊर्ध्वदृष्टि (ūrdhvadṛṣṭi) Looking upwards
ऊर्ध्वपातन (ūrdhvapātana) A process of materi by which mercury etc. Materials are made to sublime in upward sublimation apparatus
ऊर्ध्वभागं तु मूलजम् (ūrdhvabhāgaṁ tu mūlajam) The tendency of poison of plant origin is to move upwards and affect the upper body .
ऊर्ध्वाङ्गम् (ūrdhvāṅgam) Head & neck
ऊर्वस्थि (ūrvasthi) Femur. The thigh bone extending from hip joint to knee joint
ऊषा (ūṣā) Burning sensation with restlessness
ऊषा पान (ūṣā pāna) It’s made up to two words Ushā – early morning, dawn, day break and Pāna- refers to drink. Water which is consumed in the early morning empty stomach.
ऊष्णं अश्नीयात (ūṣṇaṁ aśnīyāta) Eating warm food – it taste well the eaten food stimulates the digestive fire.
ऊष्णीष धारण (ūṣṇīṣa dhāraṇa) Wearing head wear- wearing ușnīșa bestows complex, is good for hairs, and prevents dust& wind.
ऊष्मा (ūṣmā) Hotness; Heat
ऋतु सन्धि (ṛtu sandhi) Seasonal juncture, transitional period between two seasons - last seven days of a season and the first seven days of next season. In this period, one should taper the regimens of the previous rtu and practice those of the next Rtu in gradual, phased manner. Immediate abandoning and adoptionof regimens will cause various diseases due to improper adoptation.
ऋतुचर्यअ (ṛtucaryaa) Two months together are called a ŗtu. Ŗtucarya denotes the work or duties which are to be carried out during each Rtu, it includes seasonal food intake, seasonal activities and Seasonal cleansing process(Rtu Anusara śodhana)
एककाल भोजन (ekakāla bhojana) Food should be given once a day in order to stimulate digestive fire. In certain condition to ignite the digestive fire in Agnimandy condition, this process of having meal per day is adopted.
एकदंष्ट्रार्दित (ekadaṁṣṭrārdita) If bitten by poisonous frog (toad), then there will be the mark of only one fang.
एकदेशसाध्यत्व (ekadeśasādhyatva) Different parts different effects; properties & actions are specific to the part of the substance;
एकपिण्डम् (ekapiṇḍam) Making the material in homogenous mass by the process of grinding , rubbing, pounding 2.in the form of solid doses
एकवासरः (ekavāsaraḥ) the preparations or medicated oil & gudpaka etc. are advised not to process in a single day
एकान्तः (ekāntaḥ) Statements which are absolute, not differing from context to context and could not be modified.
एभ्योऽन्यथा चिकित्स्याः (ebhyo'nyathā cikitsyāḥ) Poisoned patients without the signs of (imminent) death should be treated.
ऐश्वर्य (aiśvarya) 1. Supremacy, Sovereignty 2. of such powers as vision , audition , cogitation , discrimination , and omniscience ; and of active powers such as swiftness of thought , power of assuming forms at will , and faculty of expatiation
ओकसात्म्य (okasātmya) The daily activities and food which are adapted to the body by habitual use.
ओजस् (ojas) The essence of all seven Dhātus, that is vital for life. Also indicates Bala (immunity). It is of two types: 1.Para that is present in the heart and, 2. Apara that is present all over the body. The ten attributes of Ojas are: Guru (heavy), Shīta (cold), Mṛdu (Soft), Ślakṣṇa (smooth), Bahala (abundant), Madhura (sweet), Sthira (stable), Prasanna (bright), Picchila (sticky), Snigdha (unctuous).
ओजस्कर (ojaskara) the substance or process which promotes immunity and vitality
ओजस्विन् (ojasvin) Enthusiastic
ओदन (odana) Rice preparation- Prepared with 5 parts of water and 1 part of rice. Prepared of well cleaned grains, devoid of water, well cooked and warm and light.
ओष (oṣa) Burning sensation with sweating and restlessness. Localized burning sensation.
ओष्ठः (oṣṭhaḥ) Lips
ओष्ठ क्षेप (oṣṭha kṣepa) Biting lips
ओष्ठप्रान्तौ (oṣṭhaprāntau) Angles of the mouth
ओष्ठसन्दशनम् (oṣṭhasandaśanam) Biting of lips
ओष्ठौ (oṣṭhau) Lips or Labia. Soft external structure that forms the boundary of the mouth.
ओसध (osadha) Those varieties of vegetable kingdom which are self destroyed soon after maturity of their fruit. Such as wheat, paddy, Sorghum etc which perish after harvesting
औत्सुक्य (autsukya) Excitement
औदक मांस (audaka māṁsa) Flesh of aquatic variety: Flesh of animal living or growing in water
औद्भिद गन (audbhida gana) All substances of plant origin organized and unorganized.
औद्भिद जल (audbhida jala) Artesian well – water which springs from the earth and flows like a large spring.
औद्भिद लवण (audbhida lavaṇa) Salts derived from plants
औपनासिक्य सिरा (aupanāsikya sirā) veins of the nose- Anterior facial vein, near the nose.(Angular vein)
औपम्यम् (aupamyam) the statement based on similarity
औपसर्गिक रोग (aupasargika roga) A clinically manifested disease of man resulting in the spread to another person; Communicable Disease
औपाधिक (aupādhika) relating to or depending on special qualities , limited by particular conditions , valid only under particular suppositions
औषध (auṣadha) medicine / drug
औषधि (auṣadhi) herbs having limited life cycle till fruiting or maturity i.e. annual plants
औषधि युक्त भोजन (auṣadhi yukta bhojana) Medicine mixed with food- for those who have aversion to words the medicines, for them food should be given mixed with medicine. Childrens and alpa Satva persons will come under this categories.
औष्ण्य (auṣṇya) Hotness
कक्षः कक्षा वा (kakṣaḥ kakṣā vā) Axilla, Armpit
कचाः (kacāḥ) Hairs
कचान्तः (kacāntaḥ) Boundary where the hairs end.
कंचुक (kaṁcuka) Thin film formed due to oxidation of associated impurities especially seen in mercury
कच्छपसंस्थान (kacchapasaṁsthāna) Elevated like the shape of tortoise
कज्जली (kajjalī) A Black sulphide of mercury prepared by rubbing the gandhak etc in different proportions with mercury in a mortar and pestle
कटकटायनत्व (kaṭakaṭāyanatva) Gnashing of the teeth
कण्ठः / कण्ठं (kaṇṭhaḥ / kaṇṭhaṁ) (1) Larynx. (2) Front of the neck. (3) Throat
कण्ठ कूजनं (kaṇṭha kūjanaṁ) Voice resembles the sound of pigeon
कण्ठेश्वयथु (kaṇṭheśvayathu) Laryngeal oedema which is produced by Rajimān (kraits) snake bite.
कण्ठोध्वंस (kaṇṭhodhvaṁsa) Irritation in the throat.
कण्ठोपलेप (kaṇṭhopalepa) Mucus coating in throat
कण्ठ्य (kaṇṭhya) Promoter/beneficial for Throat or Voice
कण्डराभा (kaṇḍarābhā) Color of tendon.
कण्डितं (kaṇḍitaṁ) made into small pieces
कण्डू (kaṇḍū) Itching
कण्डेक्षुतुल्य (kaṇḍekṣutulya) Resembling cane sugar juice
कथा इच्छा (kathā icchā) Fond of gossip.
कनक (kanaka) Element Gold-Aurum with symbol Au at At. no 79
कनिष्ठिका कनिष्ठा वा (kaniṣṭhikā kaniṣṭhā vā) Little finger or toe
कनीन कनीनकौ वा (kanīna kanīnakau vā) Inner canthus, Medial angle of eye
कनीन सन्धिः (kanīna sandhiḥ) Inner canthus, Medial angle of eye
कन्द (kanda) Rhizome / Bulb / Tuber
कन्द वर्ग (kanda varga) Group of rhizome/bulb/tuber;
कन्दुक यंत्र (kanduka yaṁtra) An apparatus in which the cinnabar is bundled and legated with threads to make it like ball for extraction of mercury.
कन्धरः (kandharaḥ) Neck
कपालः (kapālaḥ) Scalp
कपिल (kapila) Tawny color
कपोत इव कूजनं (kapota iva kūjanaṁ) Voice resembles the sound of pigeon
कपोत वर्ण प्रतिमा (kapota varṇa pratimā) Color of pigeon
कपोताभ (kapotābha) Color of pigeon
कपोलः (kapolaḥ) Cheek. Side of the face forming the lateral wall of the mouth below the eye
कफ (kapha) A synonym for Śleṣmā. One of the three bodily Doṣas responsible for stability, unctousness, lubrication, immunity, and cohesion. This is predominant of Pṛthvi and Jala Mahābhūtas. The attributes of Kapha are: Guru (heavy), Manda (dull), Hima (cold), Snigdha (unctuous), Ślakṣṇa (smooth), Mṛtsna (soft) and Sthira (stable). Major seats of Kapha are: thorax, throat, head, Kloma, joints, stomach, Rasa, meda, nose and tongue. This is of five types: Avalaṃbaka, Kledaka, Bodhaka, Śleṣaka, Tarpaka.
कफ कोपन (kapha kopana) Substances that vitiates Kapha dosha
कफ सम्पूर्ण इव (kapha sampūrṇa iva) Feels as chest filled with mucus
कफ संशमन (kapha saṁśamana) Substances that pacify vitiated Kapha dosha
कफदिग्ध शिरः (kaphadigdha śiraḥ) Feels as head filled with mucus
कफनिष्ठीव (kaphaniṣṭhīva) Mucus spitting
कफप्रसेकः (kaphaprasekaḥ) Mucus discharge through mouth; Salivation
कफप्रसेवः (kaphaprasevaḥ) Mucus discharge through mouth
कफमव्यक्तरसत्वाद् अन्नरसांश्चानुवर्तते शीघ्रम् (kaphamavyaktarasatvād annarasāṁścānuvartate śīghram) Because of indistinct taste property of poison it causes aggravation of kapha and it quickly disturbs taste of food.
कफरुद्ध कण्ठ (kapharuddha kaṇṭha) mucus discharge through mouth
कफस्थानानि (kaphasthānāni) Seats of the kapha as described in the text.
कफस्रुति (kaphasruti) Mucus discharge through mouth
कफाधिकं (kaphādhikaṁ) Mucus in excess
कफानुगतं (kaphānugataṁ) Mucus followed by stool
कफानुविद्धं छर्दि (kaphānuviddhaṁ chardi) Mucus along with Vomit
कफाशयः (kaphāśayaḥ) Kaphasthanani especially chest, stomach & head.
कफोणिः (kaphoṇiḥ) Elbow. The joint of the arm and the forearm
कफोत्क्लेश (kaphotkleśa) Mucus discharge through mouth
कफोपदिग्ध कण्ठ (kaphopadigdha kaṇṭha) Mucus coating in throat
कमल पत्र वर्ण (kamala patra varṇa) Color of lotus leaf
कम्प (kampa) Tremor, to vibrate
कयुष्ठवर्ण (kayuṣṭhavarṇa) Color of Garcinia morella
करः (karaḥ) Hand or Manus. the part of the body attached to the forearm at wrist
करजाः (karajāḥ) Nails. A horny cell structure of the epidermis forming flag plates upon the dorsal surface of the terminal phalanges.
करण (karaṇa) The means or instrument by which an action is effected , the idea expressed by the instrumental cause, instrumentality
करण (karaṇa) Processing in the making /refinement of the natural products which means imparting other properties. These properties are infused by contact of water & fire, cleaning, churning,time,utensils etc.
करणम् (karaṇam) 1. Subordinate cause 2. Sensory and motor organ 3. medicines
करणानि (karaṇāni) Intellectual, sensory and some functioning organs of the faculties.
करभकपिल (karabhakapila) Tawny color like camel
करमध्य (karamadhya) A unit of Measurement; Synonym of one karsha=12g of metric units
करमूलम् (karamūlam) Wrist. the joint between the arm and the forearm
करवीरक (karavīraka) Nerium odorum and Thevetia nerifolia, both are varieties of karveer plant, which is mentioned in poisonous plants having poison in its roots (all parts are poisonous as per toxicology).
कराल दन्त (karāla danta) Uneven teeth
करीर (karīra) Fleshy growth
करीषग्नि (karīṣagni) Fire of cow dung applied for mild & consistent heating
कर्कश (karkaśa) Rough
कर्कशता (karkaśatā) Roughness
कर्ण (karṇa) Ear. One of the five sense organs. Hearing apparatus.
कर्णः (karṇaḥ) Ear. The organ of hearing
कर्ण शब्द (karṇa śabda) Flute like sound in the ear.
कर्ण स्रोतः (karṇa srotaḥ) External auditory meatus. the canal which transmits the sound waves from the exterior to the tympanic membrane
कर्णक्ष्वेडः (karṇakṣveḍaḥ) Tinnitus
कर्णनाडी (karṇanāḍī) External auditory canal. The canal which transmits the sound waves from the exterior to the tympanic membrane
कर्णनादं (karṇanādaṁ) Flute like sound in the ear.
कर्णनासक्षि हीन दर्शनं (karṇanāsakṣi hīna darśanaṁ) Sees objects with defective organs before eyes
कर्णपीठं (karṇapīṭhaṁ) (1) Bottom of the conche. (2) Lobule of the ear
कर्णपुत्रकः (karṇaputrakaḥ) Tragus. The cartilaginous projection in front of the exterior meatus of the ear
कर्णपुत्रिका (karṇaputrikā) Antitragus (Tragus - Sen). a projection on the ear of the cartilage of auricle in front of the tail of the helix, posterior to tragus
कर्णपृष्ठम् (karṇapṛṣṭham) Mastoid region. A process of the temporal bone.
कर्णपोओरन (karṇapoorana) It’s a part of daily regimen in this process oil is poured in to ears. It prevents ailments of head and neck.
कर्णमर्दन (karṇamardana) Rubbing of ear
कर्णमूलम् (karṇamūlam) Parotid region (Parotid mould or bed). The region located near to the ear
कर्णलतिका (karṇalatikā) Lobule of the ear
कर्णशष्कुलिका (karṇaśaṣkulikā) Pinna. Auricle. The auricle or the projected part of external ear
कर्णावटुः (karṇāvaṭuḥ) Cavum, concha of the ear. the concavity on the median surface of the auricle of ear
कर्णिका (karṇikā) Spike like projection
कर्णिका (karṇikā) Polyp like granulomatous growth developed when there is bite of poisonous insect/ rat.
कर्णिकापातनं (karṇikāpātanaṁ) Removal or excision of granulomatous growth in the wound which is caused due to bite by the insects, spiders & rats.
कर्तन (kartana) Cutting
कर्तनं (kartanaṁ) Cutting pain.
कर्ता (kartā) implies for physician or synonymous of soul
कर्दम इव (kardama iva) Resembles wet mud
कर्दमाभं (kardamābhaṁ) Color of wet mud
कर्दमांभोनिभं (kardamāṁbhonibhaṁ) Color of wet mud
कर्दमोपम (kardamopama) Resembles wet mud
कर्पर पाचन (karpara pācana) A method of Cooking, is classified under Krittana Varga in which hot pans are used, e.g. Pancakes, Dosa etc.
कर्पूरः (karpūraḥ) Elbow. The joint between the arm and forearm.
कर्बुर (karbura) Multiple color
कर्म (karma) 1. One among the six causative factors which resides in substance and responsible for pharmacological action 2. efforts done by body senses and mind
कर्म (karma) action; mainly pharmacological action arising out of breakdown & resynthesis at the mahabhautika level;
कर्म उपरति (karma uparati) Loss of motor function
कर्मक्षय (karmakṣaya) Loss of motor function
कर्मोपरमः (karmoparamaḥ) Loss of motor function.
कर्षः (karṣaḥ) A unit of Measurement; Two kolas will make one karsha= 12 g of metric units
कलश (kalaśa) A unit of Measurement; Synonym of one drona=12.288 kg/l of metric units
कलह इच्छा (kalaha icchā) Fond of quarrelling
कला (kalā) 1. A covering membrane 2. A division of time
कलांश (kalāṁśa) It is a measure indicating 1/16th part, Shodash kala
कलि इच्छा (kali icchā) Fond of quarrelling
कलुषः (kaluṣaḥ) Turbid
कलुष दर्शनं (kaluṣa darśanaṁ) Hazy vision
कल्क (kalka) Paste prepared by grinding with or without addition of water on stone slab/ machine
कल्पित स्वप्न (kalpita svapna) Dreams of imagination
कवचाभर्णेषु (kavacābharṇeṣu) Mode of administration of poison via armour and ornaments.
कवल (kavala) Holding the little quantity of liquid (medicinal decoctions/ Luke warm water/medicinal oils) in buckle cavity, make it move briskly inside and spitting out.
कवलग्रह (kavalagraha) A unit of Measurement; Synonym of one karsha=12g of metric units
कशेरुका (kaśerukā) Vertebra - Any of the 33 bony segments of the spinal column.
कषण कण्ठ (kaṣaṇa kaṇṭha) Irritation
कषाय (kaṣāya) Boiled & filtered decoction of herbs, used for the therapeutics & pharmaceutical manufacturing
कषाय (kaṣāya) Astringent; One among the six Rasas.
कषाय वस्त्र (kaṣāya vastra) These kinds of clothes have qualities like cold, decreases heat, decreases pitta dosa. It is best suited in summer season, also used by saint’s priests during perform ritual acts, yaga etc.
कषाय स्कन्ध (kaṣāya skandha) Group of Drugs having actions attributed to astringent taste.
कषायवर्णं (kaṣāyavarṇaṁ) Color of decoction
कषायानुरसं (kaṣāyānurasaṁ) Astringent taste in lesser grade
कंसनील (kaṁsanīla) Bluish color like in dirt of bronze.
कंस्याभ दृष्टिमण्डल (kaṁsyābha dṛṣṭimaṇḍala) Color of Abrus precatorius
काकतुल्यगन्ध (kākatulyagandha) Smell of crow
काकपदं (kākapadaṁ) If there is no remedy for poisoning, it is the last line of treatment, in which incision is made on the scalp of the shape of crow’s feet, and on that the medicine is kept.
काकलं / काकलकं (kākalaṁ / kākalakaṁ) Uvula. Small soft structure hanging from free edge of soft palate in the midline above the root of the tongue
काकवत् पूर्ति (kākavat pūrti) Smell of crow
काङ्क्षा (kāṅkṣā) Desire
काङ्क्षाविनाश (kāṅkṣāvināśa) Lack of interest
काचकूपी (kācakūpī) Glass flask
काचनीलाभ (kācanīlābha) Bluelish glass colored
काचभाजन (kācabhājana) Glass bottle
काच्चिकाभ (kāccikābha) Color of gruel
कांजिक (kāṁjika) Acidic fermented gruel/vinegar it is used for different pharmaceutical process
कांजी (kāṁjī) Prepared by using cereals( rice & horse gram) and pulses and fermented till it attains acidity
काठिन्यं (kāṭhinyaṁ) Hardness
काठिन्यचर्मकोश (kāṭhinyacarmakośa) Hardness of the foreskin of the penis
काण्डं/ काण्डो (kāṇḍaṁ/ kāṇḍo) Bone, especially shaft of the bone. Dense connective tissue
काण्डेक्षु इव (kāṇḍekṣu iva) Resembling cane sugar juice
काण्डेक्षु सङ्काशं (kāṇḍekṣu saṅkāśaṁ) Resembling cane sugar juice
कादम्बरी (kādambarī) This is the denser layer of liquid below prasanna
काम (kāma) Enjoyment: object of desire or of love or of pleasure; the third mansion to achieve the goal of life
कामता (kāmatā) Desire
कामिता (kāmitā) Desire
कामुकत्व (kāmukatva) Desire
काम्बलिक (kāmbalika) It is a kind of yusha (soup) preparation, in which the 1 part of whey (Dadhimastu) and 1/8th part of green gram are boiled. When pulses get boil completely then powder of salt, ginger, cumin seeds, pepper etc are added, mixed well and used.
कायच्छिद्राणि (kāyacchidrāṇi) Apertures of the body.
कायाग्नि (kāyāgni) All factors responsible for digestion and metabolism / transformation.
कार (kāra) it is a source of water which comes under Antariksha Jala( rain water). Water which is drawn after liquefication of hail stones. Qualities of this water are pure and soft.
कारण द्रव्य (kāraṇa dravya) Causative substances that are said to be the cause of manifestation of all other substances; nine in number.
कार्कश्य (kārkaśya) Rough
कार्य (kārya) the objective of physician to maintain the equilibrium of the body humors
कार्य द्रव्य (kārya dravya) Effectual substances that are manifestations of the 9 causal substances, e.g. Tinospora cordifolia, Withania somnifera
कार्यफलं सुखावाप्ति (kāryaphalaṁ sukhāvāpti) Result of the act is attainment of happiness. It is known by satisfaction of mind intellect, sense organs & the body.
कार्यफलम् (kāryaphalam) the outcome of intervention in the form of healthy state
कार्ययोनिः (kāryayoniḥ) Intimate cause of illness
कार्याकार्यविभागज्ञः (kāryākāryavibhāgajñaḥ) Loss of knowledge.
कार्श्य (kārśya) Thinness, emaciation, leanness
कार्ष्ण (kārṣṇa) Blackish discoloration of the skin
काल (kāla) Time in general ,the point or period when something occurs , Proper time or occasion, time of the death
काल (kāla) Kala is of two types Nityaga and Avasthika Kala.Externally moving time is Nityaga and conditional moving time is Avasthika.
काल मृत्यु (kāla mṛtyu) Timely death, death in due time which means the life force residing in the body being endowed with full vitality by nature and maintained in the right manner will come to an end only with the complete wearing out of itself.
काल रात्रि (kāla rātri) The night of all destroying time, night of destruction, the end of the world, and the night of man’s death. This context is explained while describing the ill effect of sleep, i.e. excessive, untimely and negatively take away the happiness and life like other death night.
काल वाक् (kāla vāk) Indistinct speech
काल विरुद्ध (kāla viruddha) It is a type of incompatibility (Virudda).Intake of cold and dry substances in winter; pungent and hot substance in the summer is a timely unwholesome diet/ drugs.
कालखण्ड (kālakhaṇḍa) Liver. largest organ in the body situated on the right side below the diaphragm
कालज बल (kālaja bala) Temporal strength, acquired immunity
कालप्रकर्ष (kālaprakarṣa) Keeping the food articles for certain time and duration to get desirable modulation in properties. It a type of Samskara.
कालवर्ण (kālavarṇa) Black color
कालान्तर विपाकी (kālāntara vipākī) Poison with delayed action, garavisha as it takes some time to get assimilated in the body to produce its toxic effects.
कालियकं / कालेयकं (kāliyakaṁ / kāleyakaṁ) Pancreas. A compound acino tubular gland situated behind the stomach in front of first and second lumbar vertebra
काष्ठे रश्मिभिर्वा हतम् (kāṣṭhe raśmibhirvā hatam) One bespattered with blood, with limbs broken or dislocated should be regarded as slain with sticks or whip.
काष्ठौषधि (kāṣṭhauṣadhi) Materials from Herbal kingdom
कास (kāsa) Cough
कासहर (kāsahara) Substances that relieve cough;
किटिभ (kiṭibha) A manifestation of dushivisha which has characteristics similar to psoriasis.
किट्ट (kiṭṭa) 1. Slag obtained in the process of satvapatana 2. type of iron oxide - mandura and other metals
किट्ट (kiṭṭa) Waste products
किणः अघर्षणाग्रन्थिः (kiṇaḥ agharṣaṇāgranthiḥ) Rough skin resembles callous or cicatrix.
कीटविषेचापि स्वेदो न प्रतिषिध्यते (kīṭaviṣecāpi svedo na pratiṣidhyate) Measure of fomentation (sweda) is not forbidden in a case of insect bite because the poison of an insect is mild and applications of heat do not increase its potency.
कीटैर्दष्टानुग्रविषैःसर् पवत् समुपाचारेत् (kīṭairdaṣṭānugraviṣaiḥsar pavat samupācāret) A bite by a strongly poisoned insect should be treated like poisoned snake bite to all intents and purposes.
कीलं (kīlaṁ) Fleshy growth, Piles in rectum
कीलकौ (kīlakau) Clavicles. The collarbone, curved like the letter 'f' which articulates with sternum and scapula.
कीलाट (kīlāṭa) Coagulated milk is a solid part prepared by adding milk to buttermilk or curd.
कुकुन्दरौ (kukundarau) (1) Highest nerve of the iliac crest, on both sides (2) Ischial tuberosity
कुकूलपाचन (kukūlapācana) Cooking with steam exp- Iddali, Ata, Puttu etc
कुक्कुटपुट (kukkuṭapuṭa) A graded heating system- heat applied with cow dung cakes on surface of the earth
कुक्षि (kukṣi) (1) Abdomen, (2) Flank. The portion of the trunk located between the pelvis and the thorax.
कुक्षिगोलकौ (kukṣigolakau) Kidneys. Renes. Paired retroperitoneal organs on each side of vertebral column.
कुक्षिग्रह (kukṣigraha) Gripping pain in abdomen
कुचः (kucaḥ) Breast
कुचौ (kucau) Breast, Mammary glands. Compound alveolar gland consisting of 15 to 20 lobes of glandualr tissue
कुट्कास्थि (kuṭkāsthi) Coccyx or Sacrum coccyx. Small bone at the base of vertebral column.
कुट्टयित्वा (kuṭṭayitvā) Pounding
कुडव (kuḍava) A unit of Measurement; Four pala are equal to one kudava =192 g of metric units
कुणपं (kuṇapaṁ) Dead body
कुणपगन्ध (kuṇapagandha) Cadaverous smell
कुणपप्रकाशं (kuṇapaprakāśaṁ) Cadaverous smell
कुणित्व (kuṇitva) Opened eyelid.
कुण्ठकोणाग्रम् (kuṇṭhakoṇāgram) A property of material
कुण्डल दर्शनं (kuṇḍala darśanaṁ) Sees ear ring like objects before eyes
कुण्डलानि (kuṇḍalāni) Coils or loop of the intestine.
कुथित कफ (kuthita kapha) Sputum with fetid smell
कुधान्य वर्ग (kudhānya varga) Group of inferior quality grain.
कुन्थता (kunthatā) Loss of motor function of hand
कुन्दकुसुमैः आचितं इव दर्शनं (kundakusumaiḥ ācitaṁ iva darśanaṁ) Sees objects covered by the color of Jasmine
कुन्दपाण्डुर दृष्टिमण्डल (kundapāṇḍura dṛṣṭimaṇḍala) Jasmine like pale colored pupil
कुन्दाकृति अवभास (kundākṛti avabhāsa) Color of Jasmine bud
कुप्यत्येभ्रेशु निर्हृतम् (kupyatyebhreśu nirhṛtam) The poison of venomous rat/ mole even though apparently eliminated from the system may, sometimes, still get aggravated repeatedly on cloudy days or in foul weather.
कुमुदिनि (kumudini) one of the synonym of crucible used for different pharmaceutical processes such as in extraction of metals
कुमुदैः आचितं इव दर्शनं (kumudaiḥ ācitaṁ iva darśanaṁ) Sees objects covered by the color of white water lily
कुम्भ (kumbha) 1. A unit of Measurement; Two combined drona will make one kumbha= 24.576 kg/l of metric units 2. an earthen pot used for processing & storing the material
कुम्भीक (kumbhīka) The man who first becomes a passive member of an act of sodomy to gain erection and then commits the act of sex with a woman is called kumbheek.
कुयुमवण (kuyumavaṇa) Color of saffron flower
कुर्याद (kuryāda) Prepare
कुष्ठघ्न (kuṣṭhaghna) Substances indicated for skin disorders.
कुष्णतां मांस (kuṣṇatāṁ māṁsa) Putrefaction of flesh
कुसेशयदलच्छायं (kuseśayadalacchāyaṁ) Resembles the color of the petals of red lotus -ma property of mineral
कुहणिका (kuhaṇikā) Elbow. The joint between the arm and the forearm.
कूजति (kūjati) Voice resembles the sound of pigeon
कूजनं (kūjanaṁ) Cooing Sound
कूपिका (kūpikā) Glass flask/ bottle
कूपित उच्छवास (kūpita ucchavāsa) Laboured breath
कूयकं (kūyakaṁ) Hair follicles. An invagination of the epidermis from which a hair develops.
कूर्चिका (kūrcikā) Milk is heated and mixed with buttermilk or curd to obtain koorcikā is a uniformly semi-solid substance. Best used in Vataja and Pittaja disorders.
कूर्परः (kūrparaḥ) Elbow
कूर्परास्थि (kūrparāsthi) Olecranon process. Hook like projection on the superior end of ulna.
कूर्मपृष्ठवत् कठिन (kūrmapṛṣṭhavat kaṭhina) Hardness like the outer side of tortoise
कूर्माभ (kūrmābha) It is a characteristic feature of darvikara snake (group of cobra snake variety) bite having swelling resembling with shell of tortoise.
कूर्मोन्नता जिह्वा (kūrmonnatā jihvā) Elevated like the shape of tortoise
कृकण्टक (kṛkaṇṭaka) It is chameleon, belonging to reptile family, containing poison in its saliva.
कृमिघ्न (kṛmighna) Anthelmentics/Antimicrobials; substances indicated in management of worm infestation; both macro- & micro-scopic
कृशता (kṛśatā) Wasting, Leanness
कृशरा (kṛśarā) To prepare kṛśarā rice, gram, salt, ginger, asafetida are taken in appropriate quantity and boiled together to obtain. Also called as Khicadi/ Khara Pongal/ one pot preparation. It enhances the Agni (digestive fire) and alleviates Vataja and Pittaja disorders.
कृष्णं चातिस्रवत्यसृक् (kṛṣṇaṁ cātisravatyasṛk) Bite by a rabid animal results in copious flow of dark blood from the site of bite.
कृष्ण वर्ग (kṛṣṇa varga) Group of 10 substances that colors mercury viz. Kadali(Musa paradisiacal), Karavellaka(Momordica charantia), etc.
कृष्णतारका (kṛṣṇatārakā) Iris. The colored contractile membrane suspended between lens and cornea
कृष्णमण्डलम् (kṛṣṇamaṇḍalam) Iris. The colored contractile membrane suspended between lens and cornea
कृष्णा (kṛṣṇā) Black color
कृष्णारुणकपाल वर्ण (kṛṣṇāruṇakapāla varṇa) Color of blackish red
केशपतन (keśapatana) Falling of hair which is a sign of (imminent) death of poisoned patient.
केशप्रसादन (keśaprasādana) One among the daily regimen, combing is good for hairs; it removes dust, louse and dirt. Maintains hygiene of head.
केशभूमिः (keśabhūmiḥ) Field of hairs. Field of hairs
केशयन्त्र (keśayantra) An apparatus resembling the filter prepared out of the hairs useful for filtration
केशशात् (keśaśāt) A bad prognostic condition in the patient of snake bite where the hair come off the body, even on the slightest pull.
केश्य (keśya) 1. Beneficial for the hair. 2. Synonym of Krishnagaru(Aqualaria agollacha) & Bhringaraja (Eclipta alba)
कोकिल (kokila) Wood charcoal
कोकिलः स्वरवैकृत्यं (kokilaḥ svaravaikṛtyaṁ) On being poisoned the voice of cuckoo becomes abnormal and hoarse.
कोच (koca) Contraction
कोटरः (koṭaraḥ) Orbit or orbital cavity. The bony pyramid shape cavity the skull containing and protect the eyeball.
कोठ (koṭha) Wheels on the skin.
कोठाः (koṭhāḥ) It is a symptom seen in third impulse of poisoning which means urticaria.
कोण (koṇa) A property of minerals and metals
कोथ (kotha) Suppuration and sloughing, It is a symptom produced by insect of dooshivisha category (causing chronic poisoning).
कोपन (kopana) Anger
कोपन (kopana) Aggravating; substances aggravating or initiating the vitiation of doshas.
कोरसन्धयः (korasandhayaḥ) Condyloid and hinge joints
कोल (kola) A unit of Measurement; Eight seeds of masha/ two sana will make one seed of kola= 6 g of metric units
कोविदारपुष्पवर्णं (kovidārapuṣpavarṇaṁ) Color of Bauhinia flower
कोषः (शः) (koṣaḥ (śaḥ)) Sac/Scrotum/Prepuce. (1)Bag like part of the organ (2) the double pouch of the male hich contains the testicles and part of spermatic cord. (3) The fore skin or fold of skin over the glans penis
कोष्ट विरुद्ध (koṣṭa viruddha) Bowel unwholesome –Administration of a mild purgative in a small dose for a person of costive bowel and administration of strong purgatives in strong doses for a person having laxed bowel.
कोष्ठ (koṣṭha) 1. A closed space or area, typically indicative of organs in the abdominal, thoracic and pelvic cavities 2. Physiologically, koṣṭha is also indicative of gastro intestinal tract. Dependending on the dominance of Doṣa, depending on the ability to digest the food, and depending on the bowel movements, the koṣṭha of an individual can be classified as Krūra (hard bowel movements) Mṛdu (soft bowel movements) and Madhya (normal bowel movements).
कोष्ठकं / कोष्ठकास्थि (koṣṭhakaṁ / koṣṭhakāsthi) Clavicle. Collar bone, which joins acromion of scapula and sternum.
कोष्ठाङ्ग (koṣṭhāṅga) Viscera/Splanchna. Internal organs enclosed within the cavity especially the abdominal organs.
कोष्ठी (koṣṭhī) A heating device
कौण्य (kauṇya) Loss of motor function of hand
कौप (kaupa) This kind of well water more alkaline due to excessive minerals, which enhance Pitta and Agni. This kind of water is useful in Spring and Summer seasons.
कौब्ज्य (kaubjya) Dwarfism.
कौर्परसन्धिः / कूर्परसन्धिर्वा (kaurparasandhiḥ / kūrparasandhirvā) Elbow joint. The joint between arm and forearm
क्रथनं (krathanaṁ)
क्रन्तनं इच्छा (krantanaṁ icchā) Fond of walking
क्रम विरुद्द (krama virudda) Order unwholesome- if a person takes food before his bowel and emptying his urinary bladder or when he does not have an appetite or after his hunger has been aggravated.
क्रमापेक्षित्व (kramāpekṣitva) Properties and actions of a substance depends upon its current state;
क्रामण (krāmaṇa) Material is made to spread all over by using various measures.
क्रियाकाल (kriyākāla) Various stages of evolution of the disease during which a proper intervention can prevent the progress of the disease.
क्रियाक्षयं (kriyākṣayaṁ) Loss of motor function.
क्रियानिवर्तनं (kriyānivartanaṁ) Loss of motor function
क्रियासन्निरोधः (kriyāsannirodhaḥ) Loss of motor and sensory function; Suppressed physical & mental activities
क्रियासु अशक्ति (kriyāsu aśakti) Loss of motor function
क्रियास्तम्भः (kriyāstambhaḥ) Loss of motor function
क्रियाहरत्वं बाहु (kriyāharatvaṁ bāhu) Loss of motor function of upper limb
क्रियाहीनः (kriyāhīnaḥ) Loss of motor function
क्रुद्धशूरं अक्रुद्धभीरु (kruddhaśūraṁ akruddhabhīru) Violent when angry and fearful when anger subsides, an indication of mental constitution.
क्रूर कोष्ठ (krūra koṣṭha) A physiological type of Koṣṭha produced because of the dominance of Vāta. The individual with this type of Koṣṭha, passes hard stools and has irregular digestive ability.
क्रोडः (kroḍaḥ) Cardiac region. The region contained the heart.
क्रोडपुट (kroḍapuṭa) A graded heating system- heat given with cow dung cakes equivalent to Varaha puta
क्रोध (krodha) Anger.
क्रोध (krodha) Anger : Wrath
क्रोधविषम् (krodhaviṣam) Poisoning due to anger Powerful enemies and even the servant and relations of the sovereign in a fit of anger poison the king.
क्रोधेन भासाक्षि (krodhena bhāsākṣi) Wrathful eye
क्रोशनं श्ववत् (krośanaṁ śvavat) Making sound of dog
क्रौञ्च (krauñca) Heron.
क्लम (klama) Exhaustion without exertion or Feeling of weakness in heart.
क्लमं (klamaṁ) It is a symptom produced in animate type of poisoning which means mental exhaustion (fatigue).
क्लान्तः (klāntaḥ) Restless : Fatigue
क्लिन्न (klinna) Wetting of the material by using prescribed liquids
क्लिन्नं (klinnaṁ) Moistened, Wet
क्लिप्तीभाव (kliptībhāva) Retention
क्लीब (klība) Impotent, neuter, emasculated,
क्लेद (kleda) Moistened, Wet
क्लेदः (kledaḥ) Life: means combination of body, sense organs, mind and soul.
क्लेदक कफ (kledaka kapha) One of the five subtypes of Kapha that causes moistening and loosening of the food particles to help in the process of digestion.
क्लेशयते चिरम् (kleśayate ciram) Affects for a long time.
क्लैब्यम् (klaibyam) Impotence; Inability to perform sexual act.
क्लोम (kloma) Pancreas
क्लोमनाडी (klomanāḍī) Larynx, Trachea, Bronchi. (1)The enlarged upper end of trachea below the root of trunk. (2) Cylindrical cartilaginous tube. (3) Two main branches leading from the trachea to the lungs.
क्वणनं (kvaṇanaṁ) Snoring sound
क्वाथ (kvātha) synonym of kashaya - boiled & filtered liquid of herbs for specific time used for the therapeutics & pharmaceutical manufacturing
क्षणभङ्गुरवाद (kṣaṇabhaṅguravāda) the ideology which believe that nothing is stable or permanent and every things undergoes through continuous process of decaying
क्षणात् छर्दि (kṣaṇāt chardi) Sudden vomiting
क्षत (kṣata) Ulceration
क्षतं (kṣataṁ) Laceration.
क्षतजं (kṣatajaṁ) Blood
क्षतजं क्षताच्च नायाति (kṣatajaṁ kṣatācca nāyāti) It is a sign of death of a poisoned person in which there is absence of bleeding from ulcers.
क्षतजाभः (kṣatajābhaḥ) Reddish
क्षपयेच्चविकाशित्वाद्दोष् आन्धातून्मलानपि (kṣapayeccavikāśitvāddoṣ āndhātūnmalānapi) Because of disintegration property of poison it annihilates the root principles dosas (dhatus) and the malas (excreta) of the body.
क्षय (kṣaya) Loss; a state of loss of anybody constituent resulting in a negative balance.
क्षरति (kṣarati) The blood transudates when vitiated due to dushivisha.
क्षवः (kṣavaḥ) Sneezing
क्षवथु (kṣavathu) Sneezing
क्षामः (kṣāmaḥ) Exhaustion
क्षामस्वरा (kṣāmasvarā) Feeble voice.
क्षार (kṣāra) Alkaline substances obtained from plants through a specific procedure.
क्षार (kṣāra) The dried materials are burnt in open air and the white ash is dissolved in prescribed quantity of water decanted & crystallised- Used as a medium for purification etc processes of the material and also in manufacturing of Ksharsutra including therapeutics.
क्षार वर्ग (kṣāra varga) Group of alkaline substances;
क्षारतोयवत् (kṣāratoyavat) Resembling alkaline water
क्षारत्रय (kṣāratraya) Group of Three sources of alkaline drugs Sajjikshar, Yavkshar, and Tankan.
क्षारद्वय (kṣāradvaya) Combination of following 2 sources of alkaline drugs; Sarjikshara, Yavakshara.
क्षारपञ्चक (kṣārapañcaka) Group of five sources of alkaline drugs; Sarja (Vateria indica), Palash (Butea monosperma), Tila (Sesamum indica), Yavās (Alhagi camelorum).
क्षारषटक (kṣāraṣaṭaka) Group of Six sources of alkaline drugs Dhab (Anogeissus latifolia), Apamarga (Achyranthes aspera), Tila (Sesamum indicum), Langali (Gloriosa superba), and Kutaja (Holarrhena antidysenterica).
क्षाराष्टक (kṣārāṣṭaka) Combination of following eight sources of alkaline drugs; Palāsh(Butea frondosa), Apamarga(Achyranthes aspera), Tila(Sesamum indicum), Snuhi(Euphorbia neriifolia), Arka(Calotropis procera), Chincha(Tamarindus indica), Yavakshar, Sajjikshar
क्षारोक्षितक्षत अक्षि (kṣārokṣitakṣata akṣi) Eye resembling color or ulcer produced by alkali
क्षारोदक (kṣārodaka) kshara is to be dissolved in 6 times of water and filtered for 21 times
क्षालण (kṣālaṇa) Washing drugs with running water to remove the external impurities & contaminations like dust.
क्षितिप्रदेशं विषदूषितं (kṣitipradeśaṁ viṣadūṣitaṁ) Land affected by poison which causes swelling and burning sensation in those parts of body which comes in contact with it and nails and hair tend to fall off due to its effect.
क्षिपन् इव अक्षि (kṣipan iva akṣi) Feeling of protrusion of eye
क्षिप्तम् (kṣiptam) adding some excipients to increase palatability
क्षिप्रं (kṣipraṁ) Spontaneous, Sudden
क्षिप्रमोक्ष (kṣipramokṣa) Premature ejaculation
क्षीण (kṣīṇa) Weak, Feeble
क्षीर (kṣīra) Milk; Synonym of Dugdha.
क्षीर (kṣīra) Latex of plants; milky exudation
क्षीर वर्ग (kṣīra varga) Group of milk obtained from different animals.
क्षीरतुल्यम् (kṣīratulyam) Milky
क्षीरत्रय (kṣīratraya) Class of following 3 latex producing plants; group of latex plants viz. Snuhi(Euphorbia neriifolia), Ashmantak(Ficus rumphii), Arka(Calotropis procera)
क्षीरपाक (kṣīrapāka) Milk extract/drugs extracted out by adding milk and water and reducing over fire till milk remains.
क्षीररूपं (kṣīrarūpaṁ) Milky
क्षीराभम् (kṣīrābham) Milky
क्षीराष्टक (kṣīrāṣṭaka) Class of Eight milk producing animals.cow, buffalo, sheep, goat, horse, elephant, human.
क्षुण्णं (kṣuṇṇaṁ) a process of powdering the material by pounding
क्षुति (kṣuti) Sneezing
क्षुत् (kṣut) Hunger
क्षुत् असहत्व (kṣut asahatva) Irritation to hunger
क्षुत् नाश (क्षुन्नाश) (kṣut nāśa (kṣunnāśa)) Loss of Appetite
क्षुत् प्रणाश (kṣut praṇāśa) Loss of Appetite
क्षुद्रान्त्रम् (kṣudrāntram) Small intestine. The alimentary canal extending from the pylorus to the caecum
क्षुद्रान्त्रावयवः (kṣudrāntrāvayavaḥ) Loop of small intestine. Convoluted parts of small intestine.
क्षुधा (kṣudhā) Hunger, an uneasy sensation occasioned by the lack of food
क्षुधाभावः (kṣudhābhāvaḥ) Loss of Appetite
क्षुप (kṣupa) Herb
क्षेपः भ्रू (kṣepaḥ bhrū) Spasmodic movement of the eyebrow
क्षेपनिग्रह सक्थि (kṣepanigraha sakthi) Restricted foreward movement of lower limb.
क्षोद (kṣoda) Synonym of curna- fine form of herbal powder- a solid doses forms used for therapeutics
क्षोदं इव पृष्ठ (kṣodaṁ iva pṛṣṭha) Powdering like pain
क्षोभ (kṣobha) Fluid thrill
क्षौद्र (kṣaudra) Variety of honey collected from small type of honey-bee, it’s of brownish color. It’s of ununctuous and astringent taste and cold in potency. It aggravates Vata and alleviator of Pitta.
क्षौद्रनिभं (kṣaudranibhaṁ) Honey colored
क्षौद्ररूप (kṣaudrarūpa) Honey colored
क्षौद्रवर्ण (kṣaudravarṇa) Honey colored
क्षौद्रवर्णरसं (kṣaudravarṇarasaṁ) Honey colored and taste
ख (kha) Akaśa; Space, synonym of Srotas
खञ्जता (khañjatā) Limbing
खञ्जत्वं (khañjatvaṁ) Limbing
खटावखादी (khaṭāvakhādī) Striking in bed by limbs
खडा (khaḍā) Is a special kind of Soup (Yusha) prepared out of 4 parts of Takra (Butter milk) and 1/16 part of Samidhanya (pulse) like Green gram, black gram, horse gram etc, boiled together. When pulses are cooked completely salt, ginger, pepper are added and seasoned with ghee and cumin seeds.
खद्योतगुण दर्शनं (khadyotaguṇa darśanaṁ) Sees fire fly before eye
खर (khara) Rough tongue
खर (khara) Roughness/coarseness; one among 20 gurvadi gunas; caused due activated vayu; denotes physiological & pharmacological roughness & harshness; causes depletion.
खरपाक (kharapāka) Completion of the process beyond the optimal stage
खरस्पर्शत्व (kharasparśatva) Rough in touch
खराग्नि (kharāgni) Strong heat
खरातप (kharātapa) Scorching sun used for various pharmaceutical processes such as purification, drying and impart addition qualities in medicines.
खर्जूरसदृश (kharjūrasadṛśa) Resembles as Date (Phoenix sylvestris)
खर्पर (kharpara) One of the mineral of zinc
खल्व यन्त्र (khalva yantra) An apparatus of various shapes and made of different materials used for grinding and rubbing of the materials
खसत्व (khasatva) The extract /product obtained from extraction from mica
खाञ्ज्यं (khāñjyaṁ) Limbing
खानि निरुध्य (khāni nirudhya) The blood vitiated due to poison transudates and obstructs the channels of blood circulation, leading to death of the patient.
खारि (khāri) A unit of Measurement; Four combined droni are equals to one khari=196.608 kg/l of metric units
खालित्यं (khālityaṁ) Baldness
खुडकः / खुलको (khuḍakaḥ / khulako) Ankle joint/Heel. The joint between tibia, fibula and talus bones.
खुड्डाक (khuḍḍāka) brief , small or little
खुड्डुका (khuḍḍukā) Ankle joint/Heel. The joint between tibia, fibula and talus bones.
खुरखुर स्वरः (khurakhura svaraḥ) Hoarse voice, resembling the sound of Khur Khur
खुरा (khurā) Hooves
खेचर (khecara) Literal meaning is hovering in sky; the other meaning is making the materials micro fine so as to pass through any minute channels/pores which produce lightness in the body.
खेभ्यः कृष्णं शोणितं याति तीव्रं (khebhyaḥ kṛṣṇaṁ śoṇitaṁ yāti tīvraṁ) A bite by a scorpion of keen (strong) poisoned species is accompanied by excessive discharge of black colored blood from the external openings (mouth & nostrils etc.)
खेभ्यः रक्तं (khebhyaḥ raktaṁ) Bleeding from hair follicles
खै अधोवायु (khai adhovāyu) Passing flatus through ulcer
खैः पुरीषप्रवर्तनं (khaiḥ purīṣapravartanaṁ) Passing stool through ulcer
खोट (khoṭa) It is process of compounding mercury in which the mercury is made thermo stable
गगन (gagana) A synonym of Mica
गंगाम्बुसम्भुतं (gaṁgāmbusambhutaṁ) Originated in river Ganges
गजदन्त (gajadanta) Tusk of elephant
गण्डः (gaṇḍaḥ) Zygoma/Cheek - The long arch that joins zygomatic processes of the temporal and molar bones on the sides of the skull.
गण्डकः (gaṇḍakaḥ) Groin. The depression between thigh and trunk.
गण्डूपदमुखसदृश करीर (gaṇḍūpadamukhasadṛśa karīra) Sprout like projection resembling the mouth of earth worm
गण्डूष (gaṇḍūṣa) Filling the mouth to its full capacity with liquid (medicinal decoctions/ Luke warm water/medicinal oils) without allowing its movement.
गतरसम् (gatarasam) Indicating the complete elution/ extraction /exhaustion of the herbal material
गतायु (gatāyu) the patient who is about to die
गति (gati) Motion, moving, gait
गतिक्षय (gatikṣaya) Inability to walk
गतिनिवारण आहार (gatinivāraṇa āhāra) Difficulty in deglutition or dysphasia
गतिसंग (gatisaṁga) Restricted gait
गद्गदः (gadgadaḥ) Stuttering
गन्ध (gandha) Smell
गन्ध (gandha) Smell : Odour
गन्ध अज्ञानं (gandha ajñānaṁ) Anosmia or loss of the sense of smell
गन्ध इच्छा (gandha icchā) Desire for fragrances
गन्ध रहितं पुरीषं (gandha rahitaṁ purīṣaṁ) Stool without smell
गन्ध विज्ञानहरं (gandha vijñānaharaṁ) Anosmia or loss of the sense of smell
गन्धकं (gandhakaṁ) Element sulphur with chemical symbol S with At.no 16
गन्धवहे धमन्यौ (gandhavahe dhamanyau) Olfactory nerves. The nerves supplying the nasal olfactory mucosa.
गमन (gamana) Motion, gait, process, or instance of changing place
गमनारम्भे कम्प (gamanārambhe kampa) Tremor while starting walk
गमने अनीशता (gamane anīśatā) Inability to walk.
गम्भीर (gambhīra) Solemn disposition. Somber
गम्भीर (gambhīra) Deeply rooted, lying deep
गम्भीर रोम (gambhīra roma) Deep rooted hair
गरमणि (garamaṇi) Different types of gems which are antidotes of poisons.
गरसंज्ञम् (garasaṁjñam) Garavisha is considered as one of the form of kritrim visha (artificial poison) which gets formed by the combination of two or more poisonous or non poisonous drugs and ultimately affects the whole body by vitiating all the dhatus (tissues) in the body. It can go to such extent that it alleviates the dhatus drastically which in turn could prove to be fatal. A phenomenon similar to drug interaction.
गरसंयोगजं (garasaṁyogajaṁ) Artificially prepared poison by the combination of various substances.
गर्भकोष (garbhakoṣa) Bag of fetal membrane
गर्भकोष्ठः (garbhakoṣṭhaḥ) Uterus/Bag of fetal membrane. The organ of female reproductive system for containing and nourishing the embryo.
गर्भच्छिद्रं (garbhacchidraṁ) Os uteri. Mouth of uterus.
गर्भद्रुति (garbhadruti) It is one of the mercurial process where the material is made to melt inside the mercury
गर्भनाभिनाडी (garbhanābhināḍī) Umbilical cord. The attachment connecting the fetus with the placenta
गर्भशय्या (garbhaśayyā) Uterus. The organ of female reproductive system for containing and nourishing the embryo.
गर्भापत्ति (garbhāpatti) Conception.
गर्भाशयः (garbhāśayaḥ) Uterus. The organ of female reproductive system for containing and nourishing the embryo.
गर्भिणी (garbhiṇī) Pregnant woman
गर्भोत्पाद (garbhotpāda) Conception, fertilization, production of progeny
गलः (galaḥ) Oropharynx/Throat - Central portion of the pharynx lying between soft palate and upper portion of epiglottis
गलग्रहम् (galagraham) Spasm in throat.
गलज्जलघटीध्वनि (galajjalaghaṭīdhvani) Abnormal sound like the shaking water in a pot
गलनं (galanaṁ) Crack on skin
गलनलकम् (galanalakam) Trachea -The enlarged upper end of trachea below the root of trunk
गलबाह्यम् (galabāhyam) Front of neck
गलमणि (galamaṇi) Uvula - Small soft structure hānging from free edge of soft palate in the midline above the root of the tongue
गलमार्ग (galamārga) Throat-passage
गलशुण्डिका (galaśuṇḍikā) Uvula - Small soft structure hanging from free edge of soft palate in the midline above the root of the tongue
गलसन्धिः (galasandhiḥ) Isthmus of faucets. The constricted opening leading from the mouth and the oral pharynx
गलित्वा (galitvā) Being melted
गल्लः (gallaḥ) The long arch that joins zygomatic processes of the temporal and molar bones on the sides of the skull.
गवीनी (gavīnī) Ureter. The tube that carries urine from kidney to the bladder.
गांग जल (gāṁga jala) Type of water which is not contaminated with dust, soot, and toxic gases other environmental impurities.
गाढं पुरीषं (gāḍhaṁ purīṣaṁ) Hard stool
गाढ विट्कता (gāḍha viṭkatā) Hard stool
गाढमुष्टि (gāḍhamuṣṭi) Closed fist
गात्रः (gātraḥ) Body
गात्रपञ्चकम् (gātrapañcakam) Four extremities ,Head &neck
गात्राणां सदनं (gātrāṇāṁ sadanaṁ) Exhaustion in the body parts
गान्धर्वचित्त (gāndharvacitta) Fond of music
गीत इच्छा (gīta icchā) Fond of singing
गीत करणं अस्थाने (gīta karaṇaṁ asthāne) Singing at inappropriate place.
गीतप्रवृत्ति अस्थाने (gītapravṛtti asthāne) Singing at inappropriate place.
गुऋअ इच्छा (guṛa icchā) Fond of jaggery
गुऋअगुऋआयन (guṛaguṛāyana) Diminished resistance
गुऋअशुक्त (guṛaśukta) The fermented liquid using the jaggery on attaining acidity
गुंजा (guṁjā) A unit of Measurement; ,Abrus seed/ratti four/ six barley grains are equal to one seed of abrus equivalent to 125 mg of metric units
गुंजाफलसदृशं रक्तं (guṁjāphalasadṛśaṁ raktaṁ) Blood with the color of Abrus seed
गुंजाबीज समच्छायं (guṁjābīja samacchāyaṁ) Resembles the color of the abrus seeds
गुटि (guṭi) Synonym of vatak- is a final solid doses form in round shape generally prepared from herbs, minerals, animal products by using the natural binding materials
गुण (guṇa) properties of a substance; present in the substance as a co inherent factor to perform a definite set of actions; might be physical, chemical, pharmacological, etc. but mainly pertains to the pharmacological properties.
गुणसञ्चयम् (guṇasañcayam) Accumulation of properties- during the preparation of oil, ghee, guda & fermented products.
गुणान्तराधानम् (guṇāntarādhānam) modulation of property
गुण्ठनं (guṇṭhanaṁ) Hiding of head
गुदः (gudaḥ) Rectum
गुद अधिमांस (guda adhimāṁsa) Piles in Rectum
गुद कील (guda kīla) Piles in Rectum
गुद भ्रंश (guda bhraṁśa) Prolapsed rectum
गुदङ्कुरः (gudaṅkuraḥ) Piles in Rectum
गुदनिस्सरणं (gudanissaraṇaṁ) Prolapsed rectum
गुदपार्श्वक्षेत्र (gudapārśvakṣetra) Ischiorectal fossa. Space on either side of lower end of the rectum and anal canal.
गुदमांसकील (gudamāṁsakīla) Piles in Rectum
गुदमांसाङ्कुर (gudamāṁsāṅkura) Piles in Rectum
गुदशोफ (gudaśopha) Piles in Rectum
गुदात् रक्तं (gudāt raktaṁ) Bleeding per rectum
गुदास्थिविवर (gudāsthivivara) Outlet of pelvis
गुदोपस्थ देशः (gudopastha deśaḥ) Perineum. The structures occupying the pelvic outlet and constituting the pelvic floor
गुरू (gurū) Heavy / heaviness; one among 20 guravdi guna. caused due to activated prithvi & jala mahabhuta; denotes physiological & pharmacological heaviness; manifested by causing heaviness in the living system, difficult to digest, diminishes the Agni(digestive & metabolic enzymes), increases all body tissues, pacifies Vata, increases kapha; excessive use can cause fatigue, obesity. 2. 1. Synonym of Kapikachhu (Mucuna pruritus Linn.) 3. A spiritual parent or preceptor
गुरूत्व (gurūtva) Heaviness, Gravity
गुर्वादि गुण (gurvādi guṇa) Group of 20 pharmacological properties of the medicinal substances;
गुल्फः (gulphaḥ) Ankle. The joint between tibia, fibula and talas bones.
गुल्फकर्णौ/ गुल्फौ (gulphakarṇau/ gulphau) Malleoli-medial & lateral. Tubercle on Lower end of tibia and fibula
गुल्फसन्धिः (gulphasandhiḥ) Ankle joint. The joint between tibia, fibula and talas bones.
गुल्म (gulma) plants with multiple stems arising from one root & with a drooping canopy; Shrubs
गूढ उच्छ्रास (gūḍha ucchrāsa) Shallow expiration
गूढसम्पादितं (gūḍhasampāditaṁ) Bite marks hidden due to elevation of margins.
गृध्रगन्ध (gṛdhragandha) Smell of Vulture
गृध्रसी (gṛdhrasī) Sciatic nerve - Largest nerve in the body arising from sacral flexus on either side.
गृध्रिः (gṛdhriḥ) Desire, Greed
गृध्रिहानि (gṛdhrihāni) Diminished interest to take more food
गृहगोधिका (gṛhagodhikā) House lizard.
गृहधूमवर्णं (gṛhadhūmavarṇaṁ) Smoky color
गृहधूमाभं (gṛhadhūmābhaṁ) Resembles the color of soot
गृहीत गर्भा (gṛhīta garbhā) Pregnant woman or gravida.
गैरिकप्रतीकाशं (gairikapratīkāśaṁ) Blood with the color of Gairika i.e. pale red.
गैरिकोदक पाण्डु (gairikodaka pāṇḍu) Color of Gairika water i.e. pale red.
गोक्रमण (gokramaṇa) Grazing of cows & buffaloes, it is method to carried out to take the biological impurities of the vitiated land. There due to GOKRAMAD their will be cow dung which spread over the vitiated land will having the property of bactericidal, veridical etc which keeps land biologically free.
गोजिह्विका गोजिह्वा वा (gojihvikā gojihvā vā) Tongue/Epiglottis - A freely movable muscular organ lying partly in the floor of the mouth and partly in the pharynx
गोणि (goṇi) A unit of Measurement; ,Synonym of droni equivalent to 49.152 kg/l of metric units
गोधूमपिष्ट (godhūmapiṣṭa) 1. Used for enveloping bolus in the preparation of the putapaka swrasa 2. it is also used for the preparation of boundary wall in the administration of tarpana, katibasti,shirodhara
गोपुच्छाकृति (gopucchākṛti) projection resembles the tail of cow
गोमयवह्नि (gomayavahni) Cow dung fire used in the preparation of medicine & bhasma
गोमायु (gomāyu) Jackal.
गोमूत्रगंधी (gomūtragaṁdhī) Emitting odour of cow's urine – one of the variety of shilajatu bitumen
गोमूत्रसमगन्ध (gomūtrasamagandha) Smell of cows urine
गोमूत्राभं (gomūtrābhaṁ) Color of cow's urine
गोमूत्राभं पीतरक्तं (gomūtrābhaṁ pītaraktaṁ) Yellowish red like the color of cow's urine
गोमेदकोपमं मूत्रं (gomedakopamaṁ mūtraṁ) Urine in the color of Gomedaka (Topaz).
गोमेदप्रतिकाशं (gomedapratikāśaṁ) Urine in the color of Gomedaka (Topaz).
गोरसवर्ग (gorasavarga) group of cow milk products;
गौर (gaura) White, whitish
गौरचामरगौरदर्श नं (gauracāmaragauradarśa naṁ) Sees objects white, resembles the Burch of tail of chamari deer
गौरव (gaurava) Heavy feeling, Heaviness
गौरवर्ण (gauravarṇa) White
गौर्यः सिराः (gauryaḥ sirāḥ) Lymphatic vessels
ग्रथितं (grathitaṁ) Hard
ग्रथितत्वं (grathitatvaṁ) Nodular skin.
ग्रन्थि (granthi) Knot like projection
ग्रन्थिप्रकाशं (granthiprakāśaṁ) Nodular
ग्रन्थिभूतं (granthibhūtaṁ) Nodular
ग्रन्थिलम् (granthilam) Nodular appearance
ग्रह (graha) Stiffness, Retention, Chocked
ग्रहणी (grahaṇī) A part of the gut lying between the stomach and intestines, i.e., Duodenum.
ग्राम्यधर्मः (grāmyadharmaḥ) Sexual activity
ग्रास (grāsa) 1. One of the mercurial processes in which quantum of the material has to be decided supposed to digest 2. A kind of germ defectopacity
ग्रासन्तर (grāsantara) Administration of medicine between morsels. This type is adopted in patient who has aversion towards medicine because of bad taste.
ग्राही (grāhī) Substances which increase appetite, digestive power & absorb liquid from stool; e.g. piper longum
ग्रीवा (grīvā) Cervix or neck. A part of an organ resembling a neck.
ग्रीवाधः (ग्र) सन्धिः (grīvādhaḥ (gra) sandhiḥ) Sternoclavicular joints. The joint space between the sternum and the medial extremity of the clavicle
ग्रीवामूलम् (grīvāmūlam) Suprasternal notch. Notch above the sternum.
ग्लपनं (glapanaṁ) Fatigue of mind or body, Lack of enthusiasm.
ग्लानि (glāni) Fatigue of mind or body, or loss of enthusiasm.
ग्लापयति (glāpayati) produces weariness
घटः (ghaṭaḥ) A unit of Measurement; Synonym of one drona equivalent to 12.288 kg/l of metric units
घटी (ghaṭī) A measure of time; equals 24 minutes
घट्टन हृदयं (ghaṭṭana hṛdayaṁ) Pressing pain in heart
घण्टिका (ghaṇṭikā) Uvula. Small soft structure hanging from free edge of soft palate in the midline above the root of the tongue
घनं (ghanaṁ) Thick
घनता (ghanatā) Obesity.
घनपंक (ghanapaṁka) 1. Used to indicate semi-solid conditions of the preparations 2. for enveloping the bolus material in the preparation of the putapaka swarasa
घनासहम् (ghanāsaham) Cannot withstand hammering- not malleable
घर्म इच्छा (gharma icchā) Desire to warm atmosphere and warm things
घर्मयोगत (gharmayogata) In association with scortching sun
घर्षण् (gharṣaṇ) An act of rubbing/ grinding/ triturating material with the help of mortar & pestle
घस्मरः (ghasmaraḥ) Glutton; Greedy for intake of more quantity of food
घुटिका / घुण्टिका (ghuṭikā / ghuṇṭikā) Malleolus - Bone of the middle ear
घुर्घुरकं कण्ठ (ghurghurakaṁ kaṇṭha) Making Ghurghur sound from throat
घुर्घुरकं श्वासं (ghurghurakaṁ śvāsaṁ) Breathing with 'Ghurghur' sound
घुर्घुरायन कण्ठ (ghurghurāyana kaṇṭha) Making Ghurghur sound from throat.
घूर्णता (ghūrṇatā) Shivering of body
घूर्णति इव (ghūrṇati iva) Feeling as head is rolling.
घृत (ghṛta) Ghee
घृत वर्ग (ghṛta varga) Group of different ghees.
घृतगन्धि (ghṛtagandhi) Smell of Ghee
घृतमण्डाभ (ghṛtamaṇḍābha) Looks as the color of the upper part of ghee
घृताभं (ghṛtābhaṁ) Color of Ghee
घृष्टं (ghṛṣṭaṁ) Rubbing
घृष्ट व्रण (ghṛṣṭa vraṇa) Abrasions.
घृष्तं रजः किरेत् (ghṛṣtaṁ rajaḥ kiret) Gives out fine dust if rubbed.
घोर दर्शनं (ghora darśanaṁ) Bizarre look.
घोल (ghola) Is obtained by churning the curd without adding water and without removing butter.
घोषवत् उच्छास (ghoṣavat ucchāsa) Expiration with loud sound.
घोषाकृष्ट्रताम्र (ghoṣākṛṣṭratāmra) Copper extracted/separated from the alloy bronze
घ्राण (ghrāṇa) Smell : Perception of odour
घ्राण (ghrāṇa) Nose. Olfactory apparatus. One of the five sense organs.
घ्राणनाशं (ghrāṇanāśaṁ) Anosmia or loss of the sense of smell
घ्राणमार्गः (ghrāṇamārgaḥ) Nasal cavity - The cavity between floor of cranium and floor of the nose
घ्राणमूलम् (ghrāṇamūlam) Upper part of nasal cavity/Root of nose
घ्राणम् (ghrāṇam) olfactory membrane of nose
घ्राणविप्लव (ghrāṇaviplava) Anosmia or loss of the sense of smell
चक्रीम् (cakrīm) Making levigated material into small disc shaped pellets for preparing ashes.
चक्षु (cakṣu) Eye. One of the five sense organs.
चक्षुष्यं (cakṣuṣyaṁ) substances beneficial for eye health
चङ्क्रमण (caṅkramaṇa) Person after taking food should walk for a hundred feet slowly, that way reduces the heaviness of the body and aid in easy digestion of consumed food.
चञ्चला (cañcalā) Unsteady
चञ्चुमालकसंयुक्तं (cañcumālakasaṁyuktaṁ) Compact beak like ring mark on skin
चटचटायनत्वं (caṭacaṭāyanatvaṁ) Cracking sound
चटितत्वं इव (caṭitatvaṁ iva) Cracking pain
चतुरूषण (caturūṣaṇa) A combination of following four parts of three exothermic drugs that is Pippali and Pippali moola (Fruit and root of Piper longam), Maricha (Fruit of Piper nigrum), Shunthi (Rizome of Zingiber officinale).
चतुर्जातक (caturjātaka) Combination of following four fragrant drugs viz. Twak (Bark of Cinnamomum zeylanicum), Ela (Fruit of Elettaria cardamomum), Patra (Leaves of Cinnamomum tamala), and Nagkesar (Androceum of Mesua ferrea).
चतुर्दंष्ट्रो (caturdaṁṣṭro) Animals having four poisonous fangs.
चतुर्बीज (caturbīja) A combination of following four seeds viz. Methika (Trigonella foenumgraecum), Chandrashoor (Lepidium sativum), Kalājaji (Nigella sativa), and yavanika (Trachyspermum ammi).
चतुर्भद्रा (caturbhadrā) A group consisting of following four drugs Nagar (Rhizome of Zingiber officinale), Ativisha (Root of Aconitum heterophyllum), Musta (Rizome of Cyperus rotundus), Guduchi (Stem of Tinospora cardifolia).
चतुर्विंशत्युपक्रमम् (caturviṁśatyupakramam) Twenty four modalities of treatment of poisoning.
चतुष्पाद (catuṣpāda) a group consisting of following four words Bhishag (Physician), Dravya (Drugs/Medicine), Upasthata (Attendant) and Rogi (Patient)
चन्द्रकः (candrakaḥ) Color of Peacock feather
चन्द्रकैः सन्ततं पुरीषं (candrakaiḥ santataṁ purīṣaṁ) Stool as the color of peacock feather.
चन्द्रकोपगतं (candrakopagataṁ) Stool as the color of peacock feather
चन्द्रकोपमं (candrakopamaṁ) Stool as the color of feather of peacock
चित्ररूप दर्शनं (citrarūpa darśanaṁ) Seeing objectives in multi color.
चित्रा राग दृष्टिमण्डल (citrā rāga dṛṣṭimaṇḍala) Multicolored pupil
चिन्तानुरुप (cintānurupa) Imitation of thinking
चिन्तापर (cintāpara) Thinking excessively
चिन्त्यम् (cintyam) The subject of thought
चिपिट (cipiṭa) Flattened
चिबुकः (cibukaḥ) Chin
चिबुकम् (cibukam) Chin or Mentum - Point of the lower jaw, region below lower lip.
चिमिचिमायन (cimicimāyana) Formication
चिरपाक (cirapāka) Delayed digestion
चिरवासस (ciravāsasa) Wearing rags from road sides.
चिरात् (cirāt) Delayed
चिरात् निमेषं (cirāt nimeṣaṁ) Closing of eye with difficulty
चिरात् निषेकं (cirāt niṣekaṁ) Delayed ejaculation
चिरात् वदनं (cirāt vadanaṁ) Delayed speech
चुच्छुन्दरगन्ध (cucchundaragandha) Smell of Rat
चुम्बिका (cumbikā) A kind of magnetic iron which attracts to iron- magnetic property
चुल्लिका (cullikā) The disappearance of color of plating after staying for some days
चूचुकम् (cūcukam) Nipple; The conical protuberance in each breast from which the lactiferous ducts discharge in the female.
चूर्णावकीर्णाभ (cūrṇāvakīrṇābha) Dusty appearance
चूर्णितम् (cūrṇitam) Powdering – preparing fine powder
चूषण (cūṣaṇa) Suction.
चूष्य (cūṣya) It refers to suckable
चूष्यत इव बस्ति (cūṣyata iva basti) Sucking pain in bladder.
चेतः (cetaḥ) psyche or mind
चेतः स्थानम् (cetaḥ sthānam) Brain - A large soft mass of nerve tissue, contained within the cranium.
चेतनः (cetanaḥ) Conscious
चेतनद्रव्य (cetanadravya) animate substances; substances having consciousness like plants, animals
चेतना (cetanā) Conscious element: Universal soul or spirit.
चेतनाच्युति (cetanācyuti) Loss of consciousness
चेतनावान (cetanāvāna) the conscious one:
चेष्टा (ceṣṭā) physical or mental efforts
चेष्टा (ceṣṭā) Motion, action, function
चेष्टानुरूप (ceṣṭānurūpa) Imitation of actions of others
चेष्टापहरत्व (ceṣṭāpaharatva) Loss of motor function of upper limb
चेष्टापहरत्वं हस्त (ceṣṭāpaharatvaṁ hasta) Loss of motor function of lower limb
चेष्टाभङ्गः (ceṣṭābhaṅgaḥ) Loss of motor function
चेष्टावन्तः सन्धयः (ceṣṭāvantaḥ sandhayaḥ) Movable joints - Joints characterized by the presence of a cavity within the capsule separating the bony elements.
चेष्टावह स्रोतांसि (ceṣṭāvaha srotāṁsi) Motor nerves - A nerve that transmits impulses from nervous system to effectors.
चेष्टाविभ्रम (ceṣṭāvibhrama) Improper activities.
चैतन्य (caitanya) Consciousness: character of self
चैत्य (caitya) Religious or sacred tree.
चोषः (coṣaḥ) Sucking type of sensation
चौण्ट्यम् (cauṇṭyam) Canals water – the clear water flowing through the naturally broken stones, filled with water plants having the color of blue lotus.
च्यवनं (cyavanaṁ) Falling or dislocation
च्युतं स्थानात् हृद्यं (cyutaṁ sthānāt hṛdyaṁ) Dislocated feeling of heart
च्युतिः (cyutiḥ) Falling or dislocation
छछिक (chachika) Prepared by adding large amount of water to Madhita.
छत्र धारण (chatra dhāraṇa) Holding of umbrella- prevents from rain, wind, dust, snow etc. is wholesome for complexion, vision and ojas and has overall salutary effect.
छेदन (chedana) A process in which material is chopped into small pieces by sharing action
छेदनं (chedanaṁ) cut
जगल (jagala) This is the more denser layer below the kadambari in the fermentation process
जगव्दिषण्णम् (jagavdiṣaṇṇam) The whole world became despaired and gloomy after looking at the ferocious creature that emerged before the emergence of ambrosia during churning of the sea.
जघनकपालिनि (jaghanakapālini) Hip bones-Innominate bones. Pelvic bone.
जघनम् (jaghanam) Pelvis. (1)The external genitals. (2)The bony structure formed by the innomimante bones, sacrum coccyx, and the ligaments uniting them.
जङ्गमं स्यादधोभागम् (jaṅgamaṁ syādadhobhāgam) The tendency of animate poison is to move downwards and affect the lower body more.
जङ्गमस्थावर् विष योनि (jaṅgamasthāvar viṣa yoni) Poison is of two types one is jangam (animal origin-mobile) & another is sthavar (plant and mineral origin- immobile).
जङ्गमंस्याद् उर्ध्वभागं (jaṅgamaṁsyād urdhvabhāgaṁ) Gangadhar commentary on charak samhita says the tendency of animate poisons is to move upwards in the body.
जङ्घा (jaṅghā) Foreleg
जङ्घास्थिनी (jaṅghāsthinī) Tibia & fibula. Bones of the leg
जठरम् (jaṭharam) Abdomen
जडता (jaḍatā) Less activity of body, speech and mind.
जत्रुमूलम् (jatrumūlam) Suprasternal notch. Notch above the sternum.
जत्रुसन्धिः (jatrusandhiḥ) Sternoclavicular joints. The joint space between the sternum and the medial extremity of the clavicle
जनपद (janapada) Group of peoples leaving in specific location, i.e. community
जनपदोध्वंस (janapadodhvaṁsa) It is made out of two words janapada and Dwamsa, Janapada refers to group of peoples leaving in specific location, community and Udwamsa refers to destruction, thus it Janapadodwamsa refers to the factors which destroys the health of the people living in a specific area due to pollution of Air(vayu), Water(Jala), Place(Bhumi/soil) and Time(Kala). In modern science it’s called as epidemics/Pestilence.
जनपदोध्वंसकर भाव (janapadodhvaṁsakara bhāva) Factors involved in causing of epidemics / out breaks of certain diseases. These are 4 factors like place, time, air& water. Vitiation of these leads to epidemic outbreaks.
जपा पुष्पनिभं (japā puṣpanibhaṁ) Resembling the color of the shoe flower- hibiscus- indicating an ideal property of Cinnabar, Copper
जम्बूपल्लव (jambūpallava) Tender leaves of blackberry
जरण शक्ति (jaraṇa śakti) Individual capacity to digest the consumed food. Peoples who indulge in exercise or any kind of physical activity he will be having adequate digestive fire for proper digestion of taken food.
जरा (jarā) A stage indicating the age
जरायुज (jarāyuja) viviparous class of creatures
जरायुज (jarāyuja) Mammals
जल (jala) 1. Water. 2. One of the five basic elements (Paṅcamahābhūtas) that make up all the matter in the universe. Indicative of liquidity and cohesion.
जल वर्ग (jala varga) Group of water;
जलगर्भतम (jalagarbhatama) A kind of germ defect produced from air bubbles/ water marks
जलनिधेर्जनितम् (jalanidherjanitam) Source of pearl indicating oceanic origin
जलमृतः (jalamṛtaḥ) Death of a person by drowning in water.
जलवाहिन्यः सिराः (jalavāhinyaḥ sirāḥ) Lachrymal ducts. A duct that conveys tears from the lachrymal lake to the lachrymal sac
जलसंत्रास (jalasaṁtrāsa) Hydrophobia.
जलौका (jalaukā) It is leech, belonging to annelida group of animal kingdom, which have anticoagulant enzymes in their saliva which helps them to suck blood continuously when they bite. Some of them are non poisonous which are used for therapeutic bloodletting while someone poisonous.
जल्पः (jalpaḥ) to argue and defend one's own view in a debate
जागरणं (jāgaraṇaṁ) Sleeplessness
जाङ्गम (jāṅgama) Substance of animal origin like honey, milk, flesh, blood, nail, etc.
जाङ्गम विष (jāṅgama viṣa) The poison of animate origin in creatures like snakes, insects, spiders, scorpions, leeches, fish, frog, dogs, lion, tiger, jackal, hyena, etc.
जाठराग्नि (jāṭharāgni) The Agni that acts on the food in the gastro intestinal tract to digest it.
जातरसम् (jātarasam) Formation of desired qualities in the prepared medicine- indicative of the completion of process of the fermentation process
जानु (jānu) Knee. The anterior aspect of the leg at the articulation of femur and tibia
जानुकपालिका (jānukapālikā) Patella-knee cap. A lens shaped sesamoid bone situated in front the knee in the tendon of the quadriceps femoris muscle.
जारण (jāraṇa) A mercurial process made to digest without increment in the weight of the initial mercury.
जाल (jāla) Clear manifestation of tendon network
जालकावृतम् (jālakāvṛtam) Covered with a membrane or net.
जालधरा सिरा / जालन्धरा (jāladharā sirā / jālandharā) Great saphenous vein. Superficial vein extending from the foot to the saphanous opening
जालानि (jālāni) Plexus, network, interlacing or decussation. A network of nerves or veins
जालान्तरगत (jālāntaragata) indicating the particle size
जिज्ञासा (jijñāsā) inquiry or investigation to explore something
जिह्मं (jihmaṁ) Tortuous, Curved, Distorted
जिह्मा दृष्टिः (jihmā dṛṣṭiḥ) Distorted eye
जिह्माक्षः (jihmākṣaḥ) Distorted eye
जिह्वा (jihvā) Tongue. A freely movable muscular organ lying partly in the floor of the mouth and partly in the pharynx
जिह्वाखादनम् (jihvākhādanam) Biting own tongue
जिह्वादंशनं (jihvādaṁśanaṁ) Biting own tongue
जिह्वापसरणं (jihvāpasaraṇaṁ) Protrusion of tongue
जिह्वाप्रबन्ध (jihvāprabandha) Root of tongue. Root of the tongue
जिह्वामूलम् (jihvāmūlam) Root of tongue, Pharyngeal part of dorsum of tongue. Root of the tongue
जिह्वाशोफ् (jihvāśoph) Swelling of the tongue.
जिह्वासंदंशनं (jihvāsaṁdaṁśanaṁ) Biting own tongue
जिह्वासेवनी (jihvāsevanī) Frenulum linguae. Fold of mucous membrane that extends from the floor of the mouth to the inferior surface of the tongue along its midline.
जीर्णं अश्नियात (jīrṇaṁ aśniyāta) Another meal should be consumed after the previous food is get digested completely, this make easier to digest the food.
जीर्णमद्य (jīrṇamadya) Mature beverages
जीर्णावस्था (jīrṇāvasthā) The organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age.i,e.after 60 years is considered as age of growing older. During this period body tissues, sense organ, strength, energy, virility, etc, goes down. This is the stage of Vata predominance.
जीवः (jīvaḥ) The Soul; the spirit: Be or remain alive, To live, Restore for life.
जीवजीवकाः (jīvajīvakāḥ) A small bird.
जीवन (jīvana) 1. Life 2. To give life, one of the functions of Rakta Dhātu.
जीवनीय पञ्चमूल (jīvanīya pañcamūla) Group of following five plants having viz. Shatavari (Root of Asparagus racemosus), Jivanti (Leptadenia reticulata), Jeevak (Rhizome of Malaxis muscifera), Risbhak (Rhizome of Malaxis accuminata) Meda (Rhizome of Polygonatum verticillatum).
तन्द्रा (tandrā) Drowsiness; Torpor: lassitude ; characterized by a lack of vitality or energy
तन्मना भुञ्जीत् (tanmanā bhuñjīt) Giving due respect to food and with full concentration on food we should consume food.
तन्मात्रा (tanmātrā) subtle and pre-rudimentary state of mahābhūtas
तपनीय (tapanīya) Red hot gold. Appearance of Rakta is similar to Tapanīya.
तपनीयाभं रक्तं (tapanīyābhaṁ raktaṁ) Blood in golden color
तपस् (tapas) Penance, the undergoing of religious austerities, the practice of self denial and of meditation and mental concentration helpful to selfdenial.
तप्त खल्व (tapta khalva) Hot Mortar and pestle
तम (tama) 1. One of the three qualities (Sattva, Rajas and Tamas) or constituents of everything in creation. 2. Ignorance, illusion, lust 3. Darkness
तम प्रवेश (tama praveśa) Black out
तमः हृदि (tamaḥ hṛdi) Feeling of darkness
तमकः (tamakaḥ) Black out
तमकाः (tamakāḥ) Blackout.
तमस मज्जति इव (tamasa majjati iva) Blackout
तमस् (tamas) Delusion, ignorance : the property of mind, one of the three ‘qualities’ of primordial matter conceived as the fundamental substratum of the universe.
तमो दर्शनं (tamo darśanaṁ) Black out
तमो वृद्धिः (tamo vṛddhiḥ) Blackout
तरक्षु (tarakṣu) Hyena.
तरतमयोओगानुपलब्द् हि?? (taratamayogānupalabdhi) Non-availability of gradation; properties & actions have gradation but not the substance;
तरुणास्थि (taruṇāsthi) Cartilage. A specialized type of dense connective tissue consisting of cells embedded in a ground substance or matrix.
तर्क (tarka) speculation and logic; Argument
तर्जनी (tarjanī) Index finger. Second digit
तर्पक कफ (tarpaka kapha) One of the five subtypes of Kapha that is situated in head, and it nourishes the different sensory organs.
तर्पण (tarpaṇa) that which satiates
तर्षः (tarṣaḥ) Thirst
तलम् (talam) Palm or sole. Anterior or flexor surface of the hand from wrist to finger or under part of the foot.
ताच्छील्य (tācchīlya) methods of diagnosis and treatment
ताडाग (tāḍāga) Tank / pond water- water which comes from higher levels and blocked by artificial means. Some peoples call Pushkarni’s as Tāḍāga. Sweet in taste and easy to digest.
ताडित गुण दर्शनं (tāḍita guṇa darśanaṁ) Sees lightening before eyes
तान्तं अक्षि (tāntaṁ akṣi) Fatigue of the eye
ताप (tāpa) Heat; Hotness; Temperature
ताम्यतः (tāmyataḥ) Black out
ताम्रः (tāmraḥ) Coppery color
ताम्रवर्ण (tāmravarṇa) Coppery color
ताम्रसिराराजी (tāmrasirārājī) Coppery colored lines of veins
ताम्रावभासं (tāmrāvabhāsaṁ) Coppery color
तार (tāra) Element Silver-Argentinum with chemical symbol Ag at At.no.47
तारकर्म (tārakarma) Transmutation of lower metals into silver/silver plating
तारका (tārakā) Iris and cornea. The colored contractile membrane suspended between the lens and the cornea in the aqueous humor of the eye, separating the anterior and posterior chambers of the eyeball and perforated in the center by the pupil.
तालफलोपमं (tālaphalopamaṁ) Color of Palmyra fruit
तालु (tālu) Palate /Anterior fontanel
तालुके तालुषके वा (tāluke tāluṣake vā) Two halves of the bones forming the anterior part of the palate supported by the maxillary and palatine bones
तालुपातः (tālupātaḥ) Drooping of palate
तालुप्रदेश (मुर्धगः) (tālupradeśa (murdhagaḥ)) Anterior fontanel. The junction of coronal frontal and sagittal sutures
तालुमांसं (tālumāṁsaṁ) Soft palate. The posterior portion of the roof of the mouth
तिक्त (tikta) Bitter; one among the six rasa. Synonym of one of the medicinal plant Parpaṭa.
तिक्तं (tiktaṁ) Bitter taste
तिक्त स्कन्ध (tikta skandha) Group of plants having bitter taste.
तिक्तमुखरसत्वं (tiktamukharasatvaṁ) Bitter taste in mouth.
तिक्तरस (tiktarasa) Bitter Taste.
तिक्तरसता (tiktarasatā) Bitter taste in mouth
तिक्तास्यता (tiktāsyatā) Bitter taste in mouth
तिन्दुक (tinduka) 1. Fruit of nuxvomica, 2.A unit of Measurement; synonym of karsha=12g of metric units
तिमिरदर्शनं (timiradarśanaṁ) Black out
तिर्यकप्रेक्षी (tiryakaprekṣī) Squint, bite by a hermaphrodite snake makes the patients look sideways.
तिर्यक् दर्शनं (tiryak darśanaṁ) Looks sideways
तिर्यक् पातन यन्त्र (tiryak pātana yantra) 1. An apparatus used to distill mercury 2. for the preparation of Arka distillation of herbal drug
तिल इच्छा (tila icchā) Found of gingelly
तिलपिष्टनिभं (tilapiṣṭanibhaṁ) Resembles the color of grinded sesame
तिलाभ (tilābha) Color of sesame.
तीक्ष्ण (tīkṣṇa) the property of the substance which causes sharpness and quick penetration
तीक्ष्ण (tīkṣṇa) Sharpness/fast; one of the 20 gurvadi gunas; caused due activated agni; denotes physiological & pharmacological quickening of processes; instrumental for eliminative therapy; pacifies kapha & vāta, increases pitta; causes irritation, burning & excretion. An attribute of Pitta.
तीक्ष्ण वीर्य (tīkṣṇa vīrya) higher potency
तीक्ष्णधूम (tīkṣṇadhūma) When poisonous food is put into fire, the food emits irritating fumes.
तीक्ष्णाग्नि (tīkṣṇāgni) Excessive digestive power
तीक्ष्णाग्नि (tīkṣṇāgni) The state in which the action of Agni is considerably intensified due to dominant influence of Pitta.
तीक्ष्णासहः (tīkṣṇāsahaḥ) Intolerance to pungent things
तीव्र (tīvra) Severe, Excessive, Acute
तीव्रवेग श्वास (tīvravega śvāsa) Paroxysmal type of breathlessness
तुण्डाहत् (tuṇḍāhat) It is a type of snake bite in which the place of contact is wet by the saliva of the snake but no marks of fangs are seen.
तुदती (tudatī) pricking sensation
तुन्ड आर (tunḍa āra) pincers
तुन्नसेवनी (tunnasevanī) Sutural joint. Articulation between two bones
तुला (tulā) A unit of Measurement; 100 pala are equal to one tulā i.e each pala is equal to 48 gms and 100 palas 4.8 kg of metric units
तुल्यार्थता (tulyārthatā) Similarity or mutuality in action. A character of sāmānya
तुषाम्बु (tuṣāmbu) This is the fermented liquid using the coarse grains of barley
तूष्णी भाव (tūṣṇī bhāva) Less talking.
तृट (tṛṭa) Thirst
तृट् (tṛṭ) Thirst
तृण धान्य (tṛṇa dhānya) Millets- Grains from graminae family which grow stray and wild. They includes Indian millet, little millet, Kodo millet etc.
तृण पञ्चमुल (tṛṇa pañcamula) A group of five grasses viz. Desmostachya bipinnata, Arundo donax, Saccharum spontaneum, Saccharum officinarum, Imperata cylindrica; having properties like diuretic.
तृणच्छेद (tṛṇaccheda) Cutting grass by nail
तृप्ति (tṛpti) Early satisfaction.
तृप्तिघ्न (tṛptighna) substances delaying satiety
तृप्त्यक्षमत्व (tṛptyakṣamatva) Intolerance to take proper satiation.
तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā) Thirst
तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā) A synonym of Pipāsā. Thirst, a sensation of dryness in the mouth and throat associated with a desire for liquids.
तृष्णा निग्रहण (tṛṣṇā nigrahaṇa) substances that quench thirst
तेजोजलम् (tejojalam) Aqueous humor. Transparent liquid contain in the anterior and posterior chambers of the eye
तेजोजलाश्रितं बाह्यं पटलं (tejojalāśritaṁ bāhyaṁ paṭalaṁ) Cornea. The clear transparent anterior portion of the fibrous coat of the eye composing about 1/6th of its surface.
तेजोभि इव दर्शनं (tejobhi iva darśanaṁ) Sees objects as fire
तैजसं द्रव्य (taijasaṁ dravya) substances having teja as the predominant mahābhūta;
तैल (taila) Oil;
तैल वर्ग (taila varga) A class of oils obtained from different vegetable source
तैल वर्तिका (taila vartikā) Omentum that is suspended from the curvatures of the stomach and covers the intestine like an apron
तोयपूर्णदृति वत् (toyapūrṇadṛti vat) Abdomen resembles like a bladder filled with water
तोयमृत्तिका (toyamṛttikā) It is prepared by addition of aged iron oxide (manḍūr) , jaggery, calcium carbonate levigated with concentrated decoction of acasia.Material used for water proofing- Water seal
तोयसमच्छायम् (toyasamacchāyam) property of With watery shade
तौषार (tauṣāra) Dew water- dew drops , formed at night at cold seasons or rain water accumulated on leaves.
त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) Omitted/rejected
त्यागः (tyāgaḥ) Giving up, Renunciation
त्रसरेणुः (trasareṇuḥ) The first perceptible unit of measurement: Combination of six paramāṇu, the finest particle
त्रस्तं अक्षि (trastaṁ akṣi) Frightened eye
त्रस्तः अद्भ्यः (trastaḥ adbhyaḥ) Trembling on seeing water
त्रासः आतपत्रतः (trāsaḥ ātapatrataḥ) Trembling on seeing umbrella.
त्रासः सुप्तस्य (trāsaḥ suptasya) Trembling in sleep
त्रिकटु (trikaṭu) Four pungent; group of four parts of three plants which are punj+D461ent in taste viz., Piper nigrum, Elettaria cardamomum, Cinnamomum zeylanicum, Cinnamomum tamala
त्रिकम् (trikam) 1. Sacral region or sacrum. The region behind the triangular bone situated dorsal and caudal from the two ilia between the fifth lumbar vertebra and coccyx. 2. region around shoulder girdle
त्रिकार्षिक (trikārṣika) Group of three drugs taking in karshapraman[10gm] Zinziber officinale Cyperus rotundus, Aconitum heterophyllum
त्रिगुण (triguṇa) The three primary attributes of universe and also the properties of manas: Sattva, Rajas and Tamas
त्रिजातक (trijātaka) Group of three fragrant drugs, Elettaria cardamomum, Cinnamomum zeylanicum
त्रिदण्ड (tridaṇḍa) Tripod: three holding pillars of life viz. sattva, ātmā, śarira
त्रिफला (triphalā) syn
त्रिमद (trimada) Group of Three drugs: Plumbago zeylanicum, Emblica ribes, Cyperus rotundus
त्रिलोह (triloha) Three metals; Gold, Silver, Copper.
त्रिविध कुक्षि (trividha kukṣi) Features of three fold belly-consumer of food should make three portion of his belly ,such as one portion of the space for solid items, one for liquids & one for vata, pitta, and kapha.
त्रिवृत (trivṛta) A class of following 3 fats
त्रिशर्करा (triśarkarā) Group of three sweet substances; jiggery, sugar, honey
त्रिसूत्रं (trisūtraṁ) Literally means Three Sutras: A synonym of Ayurveda. It conveys the sense that when the tenets of Ayurveda are concised they can be categorized into only Three kinds of Sutras: 1. Causes; 2. Signs & Symptoms and 3. Therapeutics meant for both the healthy and the diseased.
त्रिस्कन्धः (triskandhaḥ) the three modes of description namely etiology, symptomatology and the knowledge of therapeutics through which entire āyurveda is described also known as three sutra
त्वक् (tvak) Bark (stem / root) of a plant
त्वक् कोच (tvak koca) Contraction of skin
त्वक् स्फोटन (tvak sphoṭana) Cracking of the skin
त्वचा (tvacā) Skin. One of the five sensory organs that perceives the sense of touch.
त्वच्य (tvacya) beneficial for the skin
त्वरित गति (tvarita gati) Brisk walk
दक्षिणयन्/विसर्गकाल (dakṣiṇayan/visargakāla) Southern solstice -It indicates the decent of sun/ movement of sun. This movement gives strength. Movement which enhances āp principles and strength of all living beings is Visarga kala. Varsha, Sarat and Hemanta constitute the Dakshinayan.
दग्धं (dagdhaṁ) a stage observed in the preparation of the medicines where the material is burned
दग्धगुडाभासं (dagdhaguḍābhāsaṁ) Color of burned Jaggery
दग्धपाक (dagdhapāka) Completion of the process over above the stage of kharpaka – charred state
दग्धस्य ह्र्दयमदग्धम् दृष्ट्वा वा (dagdhasya hrdayamadagdham dṛṣṭvā vā) Sign of suspected poisoning meaning heart remains intact while body is burning.
दग्धाकृति भृशं पाकि (dagdhākṛti bhṛśaṁ pāki) Symptoms produced in a spider bite causing dushivisha (slow poison), the bite place appears as a burn and it gets suppurated quickly.
दग्धाग्नि इव (dagdhāgni iva) Color of burnt scar.
दग्धाभा दृष्टिमण्डल (dagdhābhā dṛṣṭimaṇḍala) Pupil looks as burned
दण्ड धरण (daṇḍa dharaṇa) Holding stick removes fear of dog, reptiles, ferocious beasts and horned animals. Protects from falling, slipping and other defects.
दत्त्वा (dattvā) By giving / adding
दधिकूर्चिक (dadhikūrcika) When the milk is boiled with curd it curdles. The watery portion is discarded and the solid portion is collected as Dadhi Kurcika.
दधिमस्तु (dadhimastu) It is the supernatant liquid portion in the curd/yoghurt
दधिवर्ग (dadhivarga) Group(8) of Yoghurts and its various stages
दध्याभं पुरीषं (dadhyābhaṁ purīṣaṁ) Burnt like stool
दन्तः (dantaḥ) Tooth
दन्तकाष्ठ (dantakāṣṭha) A piece of plant, stick or twig which is used for cleaning teeth & in ancient time it was used for giving the poison.
दन्तत्वक् (dantatvak) Enamel - A hard white dense substance forming a covering for the crown of the teeth
दन्तदशन (dantadaśana) Gnashing of the teeth
दन्तपिण्डिका (dantapiṇḍikā) Gum/Alveolar arch - The fleshy substance or tissue covering the alveolar processes of the jaw
दन्तप्रदशन (dantapradaśana) Gnashing of the teeth
दन्तबन्धनं (dantabandhanaṁ) Gum/ Gingiva - The fleshy substance or tissue covering the alveolar processes of the jaw
दन्तमांसम् (dantamāṁsam) Gum - The fleshy substance or tissue covering the alveolar processes of the jaw
दन्तमूलम् (dantamūlam) Root of teeth/Gum - Part of the human teeth covered by cementum/The fleshy substance or tissue covering the alveolar processes of the jaw
दन्तमूलात् रक्तं (dantamūlāt raktaṁ) Bleeding from Gums
दन्तवल्कं (dantavalkaṁ) Enamel - A hard white dense substance forming a covering for the crown of the teeth
दन्तवेष्टकः (dantaveṣṭakaḥ) Alveolar arch/Gum - The fleshy substance or tissue covering the alveolar processes of the jaw
दन्तवेष्टेभ्यः रक्तं (dantaveṣṭebhyaḥ raktaṁ) Bleeding from Gums
दन्तशैथिल्य (dantaśaithilya) Looseness of teeth.
दन्तशोफ (dantaśopha) Swelling of gums
दन्तसदनं (dantasadanaṁ) Falling of teeth
दन्तहर्षं (dantaharṣaṁ) Hypersensitivity in teeth.
दन्तहर्षः (dantaharṣaḥ) Gnashing of teeth
दन्ताक्षेप (dantākṣepa) Gnashing of teeth
दन्ताग्रम् (dantāgram) Cutting margin of tooth - Crown of the tooth
दन्ताधार (dantādhāra) Gum/Alveolar arch - The fleshy substance or tissue covering the alveolar processes of the jaw
दन्तोलुखलानि (dantolukhalāni) Bony sockets of teeth - A dental alveolus of the maxilla or mandible, a cavity that contains the root of a tooth.
दर्शन असामर्थ्यं (darśana asāmarthyaṁ) Blurred vision.
दर्शन उपघात (darśana upaghāta) Blurred vision
दर्शन उपरोध (darśana uparodha) Blurred vision.
दर्शन कृशता (darśana kṛśatā) Blurred vision.
दर्शन क्षय (darśana kṣaya) Blurred vision.
दर्शन ग्रहणं (darśana grahaṇaṁ) Blurred vision.
दर्शन नाश (darśana nāśa) Blurred vision.
दर्शन रोध (darśana rodha) Blurred vision.
दर्शन रोधनं (darśana rodhanaṁ) Blurred vision.
दर्शन वध (darśana vadha) Blurred vision.
दर्शन विभ्रमं (darśana vibhramaṁ) Blurred vision.
दर्शन हानि (darśana hāni) Blurred vision.
दर्शनविनाश (darśanavināśa) Restricted vision or Blurred vision.
दलन (dalana) Cracks
दवन (davana) Hot touch.
दंश (daṁśa) Biting
दंश विशीर्यते (daṁśa viśīryate) Symptom of the hornet sting is suppuration of the bitten part.
दंशकोथः (daṁśakothaḥ) Putrefaction/ suppuration of the affected part.
दशगुणम् (daśaguṇam) Ten attributes or properties of poison by which it acts on the body and produces harmful effects.
दशगुणान्वित् (daśaguṇānvit) A poison which proves almost instantaneously fatal (within a day) should be regarded as having all ten qualities of poison.
दंशदेश (daṁśadeśa) site of bite/sting
दशनच्छदः (daśanacchadaḥ) Lips
दशनच्छदौ (daśanacchadau) Labia or lips
दशनाः (daśanāḥ) Teeth - Hard bony projection in jaws serving as organ of mastication
दशमूल (daśamūla) A combination of following ten roots obtained from Five trees Bilva (Aegle marmelos), Agnimantha (Premna mucronata), Shyonak (Oroxylum indicum), Pātla (Stereospermum suaveolens), Gambhari (Gmelina arborea) and Five plants Shālparni (Desmodium gangeticum), Prishnaparni (Uraria picta), Brahti (Solanum indicus), Kantkari (Solanum surattense), and Gokshura (Tribulus terrestris).
दंशा बहुत्तरवि षा भृशाः (daṁśā bahuttaravi ṣā bhṛśāḥ) Poison coming out of the snake fangs viz., lower left, upper left, lower right and upper right is progressively more and more virulent and incurable.
दंशावदरणं (daṁśāvadaraṇaṁ) Excoriation.
दंश्यत इव वृश्चिक (daṁśyata iva vṛścika) Pain resembles from the bite of scorpion.
दष्ट (daṣṭa) bitten/stung
दष्टः शीतोदकेनेव सिक्तान्यङ्गानि मन्यते (daṣṭaḥ śītodakeneva siktānyaṅgāni manyate) It bitten by uchchiting (poisonous crab/ cricket), the person feels as if the whole body is effused with cold water.
दष्टकम् (daṣṭakam) It is a type of snake bite in which three marks of the fangs are seen accompanied with tearing of the muscle but not of blood vessels.
दष्टनिपीडित (daṣṭanipīḍita) It is a type of snake bite in which four fang marks are seen with tearing of the muscles but not of the blood vessels.
दंष्ट्रा (daṁṣṭrā) Ayurvedic term for poisonous teeth which is counted as site of poison and medium of spreading poison/infection by the way bite of animal.
दंष्ट्रानिपाताः (daṁṣṭrānipātāḥ) Distinct impression of all the fangs on the bitten part.
दंष्ट्राविषं मौलं हन्ति (daṁṣṭrāviṣaṁ maulaṁ hanti) Animate type of poison is neutralized by the use of inanimate poisons.
दंष्ट्रिणः (daṁṣṭriṇaḥ) All poisonous animals.
दंष्ट्रोत्थं (daṁṣṭrotthaṁ) The poison which originates from fangs or canines in animals.
दहत् इव (dahat iva) Burning sensation.
दहत् इव आर्तव (dahat iva ārtava) Menstruation with burning sensation
दहत् इव उच्छास (dahat iva ucchāsa) Expiration with burning sensation
दहत् मूत्रं (dahat mūtraṁ) Burning Micturition.
दहत् लिङ्गं (dahat liṅgaṁ) Ejaculation with burning in penis
दहत्यग्निरिवादौ तु भिनत्तीवोर्ध्वमाशु (dahatyagnirivādau tu bhinattīvordhvamāśu) In scorpion bite, there is intense burning pain in the beginning and thereafter there is pinching pain which spreads upwards instantaneously.
दाहवत् पुरीषप्रवर्तनं (dāhavat purīṣapravartanaṁ) Defecation with burning sensation
दिक् दर्शनं (dik darśanaṁ) Looking in all direction
दिग्ध (digdha) Coating
दिग्धगल (digdhagala) Mucus coating in throat
दिग्धविद्ध (digdhaviddha) Arrow/sui poisoning.
दिनचर्या (dinacaryā) Made out of two words, Dina and Charya. Dina refers to Day/day time/day today and Charya refers to regimen/routine work which includes Ahara (Food) and Vihara (activities), thus Dinacharaya means daily routines or day to day regimens.
दिवसद्वन्दम (divasadvandama) Indicating the period in any process
दिवास्वप (divāsvapa) Sleeping during day time. It should be avoided by healthy individuals otherwise it may cause increase of kapha, Meda. Except during grisma (summer) at all other time day sleep is prohibited. Day sleep is not nap.
दिवास्वप्न (divāsvapna) Sleeping during day time
दिव्य सर्प (divya sarpa) Mysterious mythological celestial snakes which are radiant just like fire and it is said that they always roar, cause rain, shine by themselves and always support and sustain the world, when become angry convert the world to ashes by their sight and exhalation.
दीन मुखं (dīna mukhaṁ) Exhausted face
दीपन (dīpana) One of the mercurial processes by which reactiveness of mercury is to be hastened
दीप्तापकसन्निभं (dīptāpakasannibhaṁ) Color of burnt scar
दीर्घ उच्छवास (dīrgha ucchavāsa) Very prolonged expiration.
दीर्घसूत्रता (dīrghasūtratā) Slow activities
दीर्यत वधः (dīryata vadhaḥ) Piercing pain.
दुःख (duḥkha) It refers to Unhappiness, sorrow, woe, grief, misery, pain, anguish, agony, affliction, wretchedness, suffering, trouble, hardship, adversity, infliction, trial, tribulation. Any action which gives pain to Indriya (Sense-organs) and Atma due to perception of Adharma / Papa karma is Duhlha
दुःख आवेदन (duḥkha āvedana) Loudly proclaims sorrows to others
दुःख पाकः (duḥkha pākaḥ) Delayed digestion
दुःख पुरीषप्रवर्तनं (duḥkha purīṣapravartanaṁ) Difficulty in defecation.
दुःख शील (duḥkha śīla) Unhappy disposition
दुःखायु (duḥkhāyu) A kind of life full of sorrow; Unhappy life: Unpleasant social life
दुःखित (duḥkhita) Unhappy disposition.
दुःखोपचारता (duḥkhopacāratā) Unhappy on medical attention by others.
दुग्ध (dugdha) Milk; Synonym of Kshira.
दुग्ध इच्छा (dugdha icchā) Fond of Milk
दुच्छाय (ducchāya) Diminished complexion.
दुन्दुभिस्वनीय (dundubhisvanīya) Name of a chapter which states treatment of the patients of poisoning by the sounds of beating medicated drums because of its anti venomous virtue.
दुराध्मानं (durādhmānaṁ) Distention of abdomen due to flatus.
दुरान्तिकस्थ दर्शनं (durāntikastha darśanaṁ) Near appearance of remote objects.
दुरालक्ष्यतमं (durālakṣyatamaṁ) very mild symptom (un noticeable)
दुरुपक्रम (durupakrama) Difficult for therapeutic management due to increased risk.
दुर्गन्ध (durgandha) Bad smell, Fetid smell
दुर्जरतां (durjaratāṁ) processing vigorously leads to develop some unexpectable qualities
दुर्जातं (durjātaṁ) Malunion
दुर्दग्धं (durdagdhaṁ) Stage of a burn during agnikarma which is characterized by the eruption of a large vesicle and assumes a red color and is characterized by extreme pain of burning and drawing nature, which suppurates and takes long time to heal.
दुर्धरता ग्रीवा (durdharatā grīvā) Weakness of neck
दुर्नाम (durnāma) Piles in Rectum
दुर्बल अस्थि (durbala asthi) Weakness of bone
दुर्भगः (durbhagaḥ) Unshapely (unpleasant to look)
दुर्मन (durmana) Loss of mental strength.
दुर्मेललोहद्वयमेलन (durmelalohadvayamelana) Helps in alloy making of two metals ordinarily difficult to be alloyed
दुर्वर्ण (durvarṇa) Diminished complexion
दुर्हरं (durharaṁ) Difficult to remove.
दुष्ट (duṣṭa) Vitiated; Turbid, Fetid, Bad
दुष्ट जल (duṣṭa jala) Poisoned /polluted water.
दुष्टचेतसः (duṣṭacetasaḥ) Evil minded
दूयन (dūyana) Parching
दूर्वा वर्ण (dūrvā varṇa) Color of fodder grass.
दूषीविषम् (dūṣīviṣam) chronic poisoning/Either inanimate, animate or artificial poison when it becomes less potent after its treatment and when its effects are not nullified radically, because of which it resides in the body that particular less potent part of the above said poison is called dushivisha.
दूष्य (dūṣya) Any bodily structure that gets vitiated by aggravated Doṣas
दृढ कर्णपाली (dṛḍha karṇapālī) Hard lobe of ear
दृढ वाससा (dṛḍha vāsasā) With strong cloth
दृढ हस्त (dṛḍha hasta) With strong hands / with great effort
दृष्टस्वप्नं (dṛṣṭasvapnaṁ) Dreams of past visual experiences
दृष्टान्तः (dṛṣṭāntaḥ) Description of universal truth fully comprehensible by the wise and ignorant person
दृष्टि (dṛṣṭi) look
दृष्टिः (dṛṣṭiḥ) Pupil of eyeball, The contractile opening at the center of the iris of the eye
दृष्टिगोलकम् (dṛṣṭigolakam) Eyeball - The globe of the eye
दृष्टिमण्डल (dṛṣṭimaṇḍala) Pupil
दृष्टिवधः (dṛṣṭivadhaḥ) Blurred vision
दृष्टिहृदयोपरोधो (dṛṣṭihṛdayoparodho) When the poison enters the stomach, dysfunction is produced in the eye and the heart.
दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) a quality of teacher of experiencing or observing various preparations 2.observing end points in the preparation of various formulations
देव द्वेष (deva dveṣa) Aversion to good
देवकर्दम (devakardama) Combination of following four plants Shreekhand (Santalum album), Karpoor (Cinnamomum comphora), Agru (Aqualaria aggalocha), and Kāshmir (crocus sativus).
देश (deśa) it implies to body or body part or geographical area
देश (deśa) habitat, the place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows
देशविरुद्ध (deśaviruddha) Intake of dry and sharp substance in deserts: unctuous and cold substance in marshy land is considered as place unwholesome diet/ drugs.
देश्योक्ति (deśyokti) habitat; plants are named on basis of their place of origin
देह (deha) The living body. Indicative of growth in the bodily tissues.
देहः (dehaḥ) Body
देहलौहसिद्धिकर (dehalauhasiddhikara) Make the body strong like iron
देहसिद्धि (dehasiddhi) Making the body stronger & steady through therapeutics
दैन्यं (dainyaṁ) Wretchedness, pathetic.
दैवव्यपाश्रय (daivavyapāśraya) non-pharmacological management of illness applying spiritual intervention
दैवी (daivī) one among four categories of medicines described in Atharva Veda
दोलायंत्र (dolāyaṁtra) An apparatus used to detoxify the materials by suspending the bundle in specified liquids for a specified time period
दोष (doṣa) Principle constituents of the body that is responsible for homeostasis, when present in the state of equilibrium. Doṣas also determine the psycho-physiological nature / constitution of an individual. Doṣas are capable of vitiating the different bodily tissues, when deviate from the state of equilibrium and can lead to diseases. These are of two classes: a. Śārīrika (bodily): Vāta, Pitta and Kapha. b. Mānasa (psychological): Raja and Tama.
दोष विरुद्ध (doṣa viruddha) Utilization of drugs, diet and regimen having similar qualities with Dosa (humours - Vata, Pitta & Kapha) but at variance with the habit of the individuals is categorized under this.
दोष-दूष्य संमूर्च्छना (doṣa-dūṣya saṁmūrcchanā) The interaction between the Doshas & Dushyas that occurs during the stage of Sthanasamshraya.
दोषज स्वप्न (doṣaja svapna) Dreams due to aggravation of Doshas
दोषदर्शनं अदोषेषु (doṣadarśanaṁ adoṣeṣu) Finds fault in unfaultable things
दोषनिर्मुक्त (doṣanirmukta) Making the material free From impurities
दोषप्रशमन (doṣapraśamana) Pacification of doshas; commonly used to denote the substances that pacify doshas.
दोषवक्ता (doṣavaktā) Abusing others
दोषविनिग्रह (doṣavinigraha) Retention of flatus
दोषस्थानप्रकृतीः प्राप्यान्यतमं ह्युदीरयति (doṣasthānaprakṛtīḥ prāpyānyatamaṁ hyudīrayati) Depending upon the location of doshas and the constitution of the patient, poisons provoke other doshas.
दोहद इच्छा (dohada icchā) Desire to take all types of food.
दौग्धिकपुष्पवत् (daugdhikapuṣpavat) Color of the flower of Daugdhika (Oxystelma esculantum)
द्योतनं नकुलस्य इव दृष्टिमण्डल (dyotanaṁ nakulasya iva dṛṣṭimaṇḍala) Pupil shining like the mongoose eye
द्रव (drava) Liquid; one among the 20 gurvadi guna
द्रवान्न उपाचरेत (dravānna upācareta) Treated with liquid food- person who is having dryness of the body, suffering from thirst & debility should be treated with liquid foods.
द्रव्य (dravya) Materials of plant, animal & mineral origin
द्रव्य (dravya) Matter; the main substratum of action and property
द्रव्य (dravya) A substance used for therapeutic purpose / health benefits akin to drug in modern pharmacology wherein properties and actions embodies in an inseparable manner.
द्रव्यगुण (dravyaguṇa) 1. Science that deals with substances used for health benefits in all their aspects like properties, actions, uses, sources, processing, quality, etc. 2. Branch of Ayurveda.
द्रष्टा (draṣṭā) Synonym of Sākṣī. An attribute of Ātmā.
द्राक्षाफलोपमा (drākṣāphalopamā) Color of grape fruit.
द्रावक गण (drāvaka gaṇa) The agents which make the materials to melt at much lower temperatures than the original melting points.
द्रावयेद (drāvayeda) Process of liquefying material
द्रुतद्राव (drutadrāva) Indicates the quick melting – materials with Low Melting Point
द्रुति (druti) Process of liquefaction of solid material – colloidal solutions
द्रोण (droṇa) A unit of Measurement; Sixteen prastha will make one drona equivalent to 12.228 kg/l metric units
द्रोणी (droṇī) A unit of Measurement; ,Four drona combined will make one droni equivalent to 49.152 kg/l of metric units
द्वन्द्व (dvandva) Alloying
द्वयंगुलम् (dvayaṁgulam) indicating measure of length ; One angul=3/4 inch 2 angul equivalent to 1.5 inches of metric units
द्विकाल भोजन (dvikāla bhojana) Twice a day meal-Having meal twice a day is good for those who have normal digestive fire, by this food will get digested and assimilated easily without any interruption.
द्विजद्वेष (dvijadveṣa) Aversion to Brahmins
द्विधा औष्ठ (dvidhā auṣṭha) Bifurcated lips
द्विधा दर्शनं (dvidhā darśanaṁ) Double vision.
द्वेष (dveṣa) Aversion - it is one of the Suppresable urge. If any person fails to suppress will end up in psychological disorders.
धमनी हर्ष (dhamanī harṣa) Enlargement of artery
धमनीजालसन्ततः (dhamanījālasantataḥ) Prominent network of artery
धमनीजालसंवृतः (dhamanījālasaṁvṛtaḥ) Prominent network of artery
धमनीततः (dhamanītataḥ) Prominent network of artery
धमनीप्रतिचयः (dhamanīpraticayaḥ) Hardening of artery
धमेद (dhameda) Smelting
धरण (dharaṇa) A unit of Measurement; ,Four seeds of masha are equal to one dharan and synonym of sana
धर्म (dharma) Righteousness, justice, duty, obligations, dispostion, distinctive quality, religious observance etc. One of the four Purusharta’s (values or goals of life) according to Hindus. It is inferred by results of good conduct of a person which provides heaven and happiness is treated as dharma. Contrary to this Adharma.
धर्मस्थ (dharmastha) Magistrate\ judge.
धवस्त (dhavasta) Chocked
धातु (dhātu) mineral or metal
धातु (dhātu) The seven major structural components that stabilize and sustain the body (Rasa, Rakta, Māṃsa, Meda, Asthi, Majjā and Śukra). The previous Dhātu nourishes the next in a sequential fashion. Each Dhātu is of two forms: Sthāyī (stable) and Poṣaka (norishing). Each Dhātu undergoes a cyclical process of origin, maturation and degeneration.
धातु प्रदूषण (dhātu pradūṣaṇa) vitiation of dhatus; commonly used to denote the substances that are harmful to the living system
धातु वर्ग (dhātu varga) group of metals;
धातुवाद (dhātuvāda) Transmutation of lower metals into noble metals
धातुसाम्य (dhātusāmya) Equilibrium of dhatus which is indicated by alleviation of the disorder. following criteria for DHATUSAMYA are alleviation of disorder ,normalcy of voice & complexion, development of body, increase in strength, desire for food, proper & timely digestion of the food taken, timely sleep, elimination of urine , faeces & semen overall normalcy of mind, intellect & sense organs.
धातुस्राव पुरीषं (dhātusrāva purīṣaṁ) Stool with tissue elements
धात्वाग्नि (dhātvāgni) Seven types of Agni those are responsible for transformation of one Dhatu into another. Seven Dhatvagnis are: Rasagni, Raktagni, Mamsagni, Medo agni, Asthyagni and Sukragni.
धाना (dhānā) Puffed rice-Grains are fried after dehusk. It is light in nature and easy to digest. Indicated in Jwar & Agnimandyaetc.
धान्यराशी (dhānyarāśī) Heap of paddy husk keeping the medicines to maintain the temperature
धान्याभ्रक (dhānyābhraka) Intermediary process in incineration of mica for removing stone, gravel etc and to make fine powder with the help of paddy & sour gruel.
धार (dhāra) It’s a type of Antariksha jala. The water which falls from the mountain in the form of falls.
धारण (dhāraṇa) Holding, carrying, preserving, protecting, Possessing. Common function of all Dhātus. Specific function of Asthi Dhātu.
धारण अशक्ति पुरीषप्रवर्तनं (dhāraṇa aśakti purīṣapravartanaṁ) Inability to bear urge of defecation
धारणीयवेग (dhāraṇīyavega) Urges which are suppressed. These urges are aimed towards the mental harmony. It includes urges like greed, grief, fear, anger, ego, shamelessness, jealousy, excessive attachment, desire for things possessed by others, speaking harsh words, back biting, lying, desire for other women & stealing.
धारि (dhāri) the one that prevents the body from decay, a synonym of ayu
धावन (dhāvana) Fleeing
धी (dhī) Understanding , intelligence , wisdom
धीविभ्रम (dhīvibhrama) Perverted intelligence
धीविभ्रंश (dhīvibhraṁśa) Adherence to wrong discrimination eternal & non eternal as well as wholesome is known as derangement of intellect because by nature the intellect sees rightly.
धुन्वन (dhunvana) Convulsion.
धुपस्तु पायुदेशे प्रयोजितः (dhupastu pāyudeśe prayojitaḥ) Fumigation of perineal region.
धूप इच्छा (dhūpa icchā) Fond of incense
धूपन (dhūpana) Smoky sensation
धूपन (dhūpana) Feeling of emitting fumes while speaking. Smoky sensation
धूपन (dhūpana) Smoke is made to spread in the ambient air to maintain the purity and clean air.
धूमायन इव मुखं (dhūmāyana iva mukhaṁ) Feeling of emitting fumes from mouth
धूमाविल दृष्टिमण्डल (dhūmāvila dṛṣṭimaṇḍala) Smoke color Pupil
धूमावृतं इव दृष्टिमण्डलं (dhūmāvṛtaṁ iva dṛṣṭimaṇḍalaṁ) Smoke color Pupil
धूमोपमं उच्छास (dhūmopamaṁ ucchāsa) Smoky sensation while breathing
धूमोपहत (dhūmopahata) Asphyxia by inhalation of smoke.
धूम्रदर्शनं (dhūmradarśanaṁ) smoky vision
धूसरः (dhūsaraḥ) Ash color, Grey color
धृति (dhṛti) Controlling power of mind.
धृति क्षय (dhṛti kṣaya) Lack of courage
धृति विभ्रंश (dhṛti vibhraṁśa) Derangement of restraint it is not possible to control the mind indulged in sexual pleasure from the unwholesome object.
धैर्यनाश (dhairyanāśa) Lack of courage
ध्माता मुखं (dhmātā mukhaṁ) Puffy face
ध्मान (dhmāna) Distention due to flatus
ध्मान नासिका (dhmāna nāsikā) Obstruction of nostrils
ध्यान (dhyāna) Thinking excessively
ध्यान (dhyāna) One of the 5 types of worship of mercury
ध्यान (dhyāna) Meditation
ध्यायति (विहगः) (dhyāyati (vihagaḥ)) It is a symptom produced in the first of impulse of bird poisoning which means the bird gets depressed.
ध्वजभङ्ग (dhvajabhaṅga) Loss of erection of penis
ध्वजम् (dhvajam) Penis - The male organ of copulation and in mammals urination
ध्वंसनं रोम (dhvaṁsanaṁ roma) Falling of hair
न बध्यन्ते (na badhyante) Not to be bandaged, ulcers due to scalds, in lepers, fleshy condylomata due to a bite from a poisonous rat or any other poisonous ulcers should not be bandaged.
नकुल (nakula) It is a wild animal, which is included in animate group of poison, i.e. mangoose.
नकुलनिर्जिताः (nakulanirjitāḥ) If the snakes are afflicted by the attacks of mongoose, then the poison of such snakes is mild in nature.
नक्षत्र दर्शनं (nakṣatra darśanaṁ) Sees star like objects
नख (nakha) Nails.
नख (nakha) Nail
नख भेदः (nakha bhedaḥ) Decaying of nails
नखच्युतिः (nakhacyutiḥ) Falling of nail
नखप्रभ (nakhaprabha) Color of Nail
नखमांसम् (nakhamāṁsam) Nail bed or Nail Matrix/Digital pulp. The portion of a finger or toe covered by the nail.
नखशातनं (nakhaśātanaṁ) Falling of nails
नखशातम् (nakhaśātam) Falling of the fingernails.
नखसदनं (nakhasadanaṁ) Falling of nails
नखसन्धिः (nakhasandhiḥ) Nail root & Nail fold. Root of a horny cell structure of the epidermis forming flat plates upon the dorsal surface of the terminal phalanges
नखाः नखानि वा (nakhāḥ nakhāni vā) Nails. A horny cell structure of the epidermis forming flat plates upon the dorsal surface of the terminal phalanges
नग्नतव (nagnatava) Nudity or exhibitionism
नत ग्रीवा (nata grīvā) Forward bending of the neck
नदन कर्¸अ (nadana kar¸a) Flute like sound in the ear.
नद्धत्वम् इव नासिका (naddhatvam iva nāsikā) Feeling of fullness
नपुंसक (napuṁsaka) Impotent.
नपुंसक (napuṁsaka) Hermaphrodite.
नमन (namana) Bending of the body
नमनयति (namanayati) Ability to bend; an adverse effect attributed to excessive use (Atiyoga) of Tikta rasa.
नयन (nayana) Eye
नयन बुदबुदः (nayana budabudaḥ) Eye ball. The globe of the eye
नयनप्लव (nayanaplava) Lacrimation
नर अति इच्छा (nara ati icchā) Nymphomania; Excessive desire for sexual intercourse with males
नर द्वेष (nara dveṣa) Aversion to males
नर्तन भ्रू (nartana bhrū) Trembling of eyebrow
नष्ट पिष्टि (naṣṭa piṣṭi) Loosing original shape of mercury by grinding / reducing , to a very fine state of division
नष्टच्छाया (naṣṭacchāyā) Diminished complexion
नष्टमानसः (naṣṭamānasaḥ) Confusion or absence of mind
नस्य (nasya) Administration of drugs by nasal route, all drugs and measures introduced through nose spread throughout the head and its constituent drugs may influence all the Doṣas, poisons and disease situated in these parts.
नस्यधूमाञ्जनादिशु (nasyadhūmāñjanādiśu) A way to cause harm by administering the poison through the way of nasal application, inhalation (smoking) and collyrium.
नाग (nāga) Element Lead-Plumbum with chemical symbol Pb at at.no 82
नातिद्रुतं (nātidrutaṁ) One should not eat food in hurry; it may leads to food improper mixing of food with saliva, indigestion and entry of food in wrong tract.
नातिविलम्बितम् (nātivilambitam) One should not eat too slow by this one doesn't get satisfaction, eats more, food becomes cold and is digested irregularly.
नादेय उदक (nādeya udaka) River water
नानारुजावत् पुरीषप्रवर्तनम् (nānārujāvat purīṣapravartanam) Defecation with various types of pain
नानावर्णं (nānāvarṇaṁ) Multi color.
नानाविधं पुरीषं (nānāvidhaṁ purīṣaṁ) Stool in different forms
नाभिः (nābhiḥ) Navel, Umbilicus. The depressed point in the middle of the abdomen. The Scar that marks the former attachment of umbilical cord to the fetus
नाभि बन्धनम् (nābhi bandhanam) Umbilical end of cord. The attachment connecting the fetus with the placenta
नाभिनाडी (nābhināḍī) Umbilical cord. The attachment connecting the fetus with the placenta.
नाभिप्रदेशः (nābhipradeśaḥ) Umbilical region. The depressed point in the middle of the abdomen, the scar that marks the former attachment of umbilical cord to the fetus
नाभिमण्डलम् (nābhimaṇḍalam) Round area of umbilicus. The depressed point in the middle of the abdomen, the scar that marks the former attachment of umbilical cord to the fetus.
नाभिहते दण्डराजी स्यात् (nābhihate daṇḍarājī syāt) It is a sign of death of a poisoned person in which bruise does not occur on the skin of the person even when hit by sticks.
नाम (nāma) Name/Basonym of a plant
नारी अति इच्छा (nārī ati icchā) Excessive desire for sexual intercourse with females
नालम् (nālam) Penis or Phallus. The male organ of copulation and in mammal’s urination.
नाशं (nāśaṁ) Absense, Loss
नासपुटबहिर्भागः (nāsapuṭabahirbhāgaḥ) Ala of nose. Wing of the nose, Broad portion forming the lateral wall of each nostril.
नासा (nāsā) Nose
नासा नासिका वा (nāsā nāsikā vā) Nose -organ of smell
नासाक्षिसन्धिः (nāsākṣisandhiḥ) Inner canthus. The angle at the inner end of the slit between the eye lids.
नासानाडी (nāsānāḍī) Nostril-Anterior nares. External aperture of the nose
नासारन्ध्रम् (nāsārandhram) Nostril. One of the external aperture of the nose
नासावभङ्गश्च् (nāsāvabhaṅgaśc) A bad prognostic sign resulting in the cases of snake bite which means that the nose bridge of the patient becomes bent or collapses.
नासाविवरम् (nāsāvivaram) Nostril. One of the external aperture of the nose.
नासास्रोतः (nāsāsrotaḥ) Nasal meatus. The passage or opening of nose.
नासिका (nāsikā) Nose
नासिकापुटं वा (nāsikāpuṭaṁ vā) Nostril-Anterior nares. External aperture of the nose
नासिकाभ्यां रक्तं (nāsikābhyāṁ raktaṁ) Bleeding through Nose
नासिकाविषय अज्ञानम् (nāsikāviṣaya ajñānam) Anosmia or loss of the sense of smell
निकुञ्चनं (nikuñcanaṁ) Contraction of skin
निकोचनम् अक्षि (nikocanam akṣi) Contraction of the eye
निकोचम् भ्रू (nikocam bhrū) Frowning of the eyebrow
निक्षिप्त (nikṣipta) Placing/Having poured/ To put down
निगमनम् (nigamanam) Deduction or conclusive statement ; step of inference for reestablishment of truth
निग्रहस्थानम् (nigrahasthānam) loopholes of a competitor by which opponent can be defeated in a hostile discussion
निघण्टु (nighaṇṭu) Lexicon; Texts containing various information of medicinal substances like synonyms, pharmacological properties and actions.
निचय पुरीषप्रवर्तनम् (nicaya purīṣapravartanam) Retention of stool
नितम्बः (nitambaḥ) Buttock. The external prominences posterior to the hips
नितातं आर्तव (nitātaṁ ārtava) Continuous menses
नित्य (nitya) Eternal which is existed for ever
नित्यगः (nityagaḥ) Continuously going on process
नित्यग कल (nityaga kāla) Eternal moving time is that which is concerned with the day / Season.
नित्यग्य (nityagya) Eternal moving time is that which is concerned with the day / Season.
नित्यत्व (nityatva) Perpetual
निदर्शनम् अन् (nidarśanam an) Illustrative statements which explains a subject matter with the help of an example understandable to common man
निद्रा (nidrā) Sleep; When the Mana (mind) & Indriya’s (sense organs) get exhausted, they withdraw themselves from the objects & the individual get sleep. Sleep is caused by Tamas, Kapha, physical and mental exertion, adventitious, as sequel to diseases and normally at night.
निद्रा अभाव (nidrā abhāva) Sleeplessness
निद्रा नाश (nidrā nāśa) Sleeplessness
निद्रा भ्रंश (nidrā bhraṁśa) Sleeplessness
निद्राक्षयः (nidrākṣayaḥ) Sleeplessness
निद्राविपर्यय (nidrāviparyaya) Sleeplessness
निद्राहानि (nidrāhāni) Sleeplessness
निपतन (nipatana) Falling down
निपीदनं (nipīdanaṁ) Pain
निमज्जनम् (nimajjanam) Sinks in water
निमित्त (nimitta) Means; the cause of anything.
निमित्त कारण (nimitta kāraṇa) Auxiliary cause; Instrumental cause
निमीलनम् अक्षि (nimīlanam akṣi) Closing of the eye or Nictation
निमेष (nimeṣa) Closure of the eyelids, a moment, to flutter the eyelids.
निमेष एकाक्षि (nimeṣa ekākṣi) Closing of one of the eye or Nictation
निमेष कृच्छ्रात् अक्षि (nimeṣa kṛcchrāt akṣi) Closing of the eye with difficult
निमेषाक्षि (nimeṣākṣi) Closing of the eye or Nictation
निमेषोन्मेषणं अक्षि (nimeṣonmeṣaṇaṁ akṣi) Frequent closing and opening of eye.
निम्नता (nimnatā) Depressed in the middle of tongue
नियतिः (niyatiḥ) Destiny
नियमः (niyamaḥ) Austerity; act of voluntary penance or meritorious piety
नियमन (niyamana) One of the mercurial processes by which the mercury is restrained from the hyper reactive state achieved during rodhana/ bodhana process
नियोगः (niyogaḥ) Injunction; statements in the form of command or orders which are to be followed strictly without doubt or discussion
निरपत्रता (nirapatratā) Shamelessness
निरान्त्र (nirāntra) Free from intestines
निरालोका दृष्टिमण्डलं (nirālokā dṛṣṭimaṇḍalaṁ) Opacity in pupil
निरुच्छ्वास् (nirucchvās) Breathlessness
निरुत्थ (niruttha) One of the bhasma test –shouldn’t increase the weight of silver when mixed with bhasma
निरुद्धरक्तः (niruddharaktaḥ) Stoppage of bleeding, after the bite of darvikar snake (group of cobra snake variety) the blood does not come out from the site of bite.
निरुद्धवाक् (niruddhavāk) Choked voice
निरोध (nirodha) Stiffness, Retention
निरोध हृदय (nirodha hṛdaya) Stiffness of pericardial region
निर्गन्ध (nirgandha) 1. Make the material free from odor/ odorless 2.Make the material sulphur free
निर्गन्धं मूत्रं (nirgandhaṁ mūtraṁ) Urine without smell
निर्गन्धं रक्तं (nirgandhaṁ raktaṁ) Bleeding without smell
निर्गमन जिह्वा (nirgamana jihvā) Protrusion of the tongue
निर्घृणित्व (nirghṛṇitva) Mercilessness or cruel disposition.
निर्जलीकरण (nirjalīkaraṇa) A process by which the crystalline water in the materials will be evaporated making amorphous
निर्णयः (nirṇayaḥ) Decisissive statements which establish a conclusion, settlement of a subject after detailed consideration of all relevant and related facts
निर्देशः (nirdeśaḥ) Statements which elaborate a theme briefly said with a detail of description
निर्धूम (nirdhūma) 1. One of the classical tests for examining the bhasma specifically for arsenic indicating no free availability of material 2. one of ideal property of shilajatu
निर्बीजं (nirbījaṁ) Futility of semen
निर्भय (nirbhaya) Fearlessness
निर्भुग्न (nirbhugna) Distorted, Tortuous
निर्भुग्न अक्षि (nirbhugna akṣi) Distorted eye or vision
निर्भुग्न दर्शनं (nirbhugna darśanaṁ) Sees objects in distorted form
निर्भुग्न हृदय (nirbhugna hṛdaya) Twisting like feeling in heart.
निर्भेद अक्षि (nirbheda akṣi) Breaking pain in the eye.
निर्मथनम् अक्षि अरणिवत् (nirmathanam akṣi araṇivat) Pain in the eye as being churned with Araṇi (Fire producing stick)
निर्मथन् (nirmathan) Churning pain
निर्मथन् हृदय (nirmathan hṛdaya) Stirring like feeling in heart.
निर्मलानि तेजांसि दर्शनं (nirmalāni tejāṁsi darśanaṁ) Sees objects glowing
निर्यातम् (niryātam) A process of Extraction
निर्यास (niryāsa) Exudate of a plant
निर्यूह (niryūha) synonym of kashaya - boiled & filtered liquid of herbs for specific time used for the therapeutics & pharmaceutical manufacturing
निर्वचनम् (nirvacanam) specific description with such example which could be understood by experts only
निर्विकार (nirvikāra) Devoid of pathogenecity; the quality of self which is devoid of all bodily and psychological ailments.
निर्विकार (nirvikāra) Unchangeable, uniform. A specific property of Ātmā.
निर्विष (nirviṣa) Type of a non venomous snake bite which is marked by presence of one or more fang marks and absence of swelling and presence of slightly vitiated blood at the spot and is not attended with any change in physiological condition of the person bitten.
निर्वीर्य (nirvīrya) The material with no potency
निर्वृत्ति (nirvṛtti) Manifestation : originate or come into existence
निवृति (nivṛti) It refers to Freedom from action- satya buddhi transcends all karma and affords freedom from action is Nivṛtti. This freedom from action or state of inaction is considered to be the highest achievement.
निशाचर (niśācara) Walking in night
निशाविहार (niśāvihāra) #NAME?
निश्चन्द्र (niścandra) One of the classical test for examining the bhasma/kajjali indicating no free availability/complete compounding of material
निश्चेष्ट (niśceṣṭa) Loss of motor function
निश्चेष्ट (niśceṣṭa) Inactive: character of property
निश्वास (niśvāsa) Breath (exhalation)
निश्वास दौर्गन्ध्यं (niśvāsa daurgandhyaṁ) Bad smell on breathing
निश्वास वैगन्ध्यं (niśvāsa vaigandhyaṁ) Bad smell on breathing
निष्कुली (niṣkulī) Peeling of epidermal layer in ash gourd etc
निष्क्रमण जिह्वा (niṣkramaṇa jihvā) Protrusion of tongue.
निष्क्रिय (niṣkriya) Inactive. A specific property of Ātmā.
निष्क्रियत इव अक्षि (niṣkriyata iva akṣi) Feeling of displacement of eye
निष्ठनं (niṣṭhanaṁ) Defecation with bearing and gripping pain
निष्ठा पाक (niṣṭhā pāka) Final stage of digestion that succeeds Avastha Pāka
निष्ठीवन (niṣṭhīvana) Spitting
निष्ठीविका (niṣṭhīvikā) Spitting
निष्पत्रम् (niṣpatram) Without lamellae -A property of mineral
निष्पिच्छं आर्तव (niṣpicchaṁ ārtava) Non slimy menstrual blood
निष्पीडन् (niṣpīḍan) Compression, It is treatment procedure of poisoning in which expelling of poison is done by squeezing the area of bite where incision is not advisable.
निष्पीड्यत इव (niṣpīḍyata iva) Compressing type of sensation
निष्प्रभ (niṣprabha) Lack of complexion
निष्प्रेक्ष्यं (niṣprekṣyaṁ) Blurred vision.
निष्फलता (niṣphalatā) Infertility; Futility of semen
निष्फलम् (niṣphalam) 1. Without use/useless 2. without any effect
निस्तन्द्री (nistandrī) Sleeplessness
निस्तोद (nistoda) Needling pain
निस्पन्दन (nispandana) The twitching in the head
निस्वनं पुरीषप्रवर्तनं (nisvanaṁ purīṣapravartanaṁ) Defecation without sound
निस्संज्ञा (nissaṁjñā) Loss of consciousness.
निस्सार (nissāra) Ill nourishment
निस्सारणं गुद (nissāraṇaṁ guda) Prolapsed Rectum
निस्सारणं जिह्वा (nissāraṇaṁ jihvā) Indrawing of tongue
निहन्ति (nihanti) Arrests/ destroys
निह्श्वाश?? (nihśvāśa) Inspiration, inhalation
नीरसकोमल् (nīrasakomal) Soft and without any moisture- indicative of the optimal stage of preparing medicated oil/ghee
नील (nīla) Blue color
नीला दीनां तमसश्च् दर्शनं (nīlā dīnāṁ tamasaśc darśanaṁ) Blue/dark vision It is a symptom produced in fifth impulse of poisoning which means that one’s vision becomes blue or in dark color.
नीलाभं मूत्रं (nīlābhaṁ mūtraṁ) Bluish urine.
नीलारुणाभं पुरीक्षां (nīlāruṇābhaṁ purīkṣāṁ) Reddish blue colored stool
नीलोष्ठ (nīloṣṭha) Bluishness of lips due to cyanosis (asphyxia) which is sign of (imminent) death of poisoned patient.
नृत्य इच्छा (nṛtya icchā) Fond of dancing
नृशंस इच्छा (nṛśaṁsa icchā) Fond of cruel activities.
नेत्रः (netraḥ) Eye
नेत्र उपदेह (netra upadeha) Excreta of eye
नेत्र दूषिका (netra dūṣikā) Excreta of eye
नेत्र मल (netra mala) Excreta of the eye
नेत्र विरेचन (netra virecana) Lacrimation
नेत्रकोशः (netrakośaḥ) Palpebrae, Lids. Related to eye lids
नेत्रच्छादनम् (netracchādanam) Eyelid. One of two movable protective folds that cover the anterior surface of the eyeball when closed
नेत्रनाडी (netranāḍī) Nasolacrimal duct. A duct connecting nose to the lacrimal apparatus
नेत्रप्लव (netraplava) Lacrimation
नेत्रान्तप्रदेशः (netrāntapradeśaḥ) Outer canthus. The angle at the outer end of the slit between the eye lids
नेत्राभ्यां रक्तं (netrābhyāṁ raktaṁ) Bleeding through eye
नैष्टिक हेतु (naiṣṭika hetu) Nishṭha refers to permanently getting rid from the sufferings/ pain, and Hetu refers to cause. Diseases hinder the person from getting salvation, so diseases are considered as Naișṭhika Hetu.
नैष्टिकी चिकित्सा (naiṣṭikī cikitsā) It’s made up of two words. Nishṭha and Chikitsa. Nishṭha refers to permanently getting rid from the sufferings / pain. Means for this is naiṣṭikī cikitsā
न्यास (nyāsa) Indrawing
पक्ति (pakti) The process of digestive / metabolic transformation occurring mainly because of the action of Agni.
पक्तिनाश (paktināśa) Indigestion
पक्तिस्थानम् (paktisthānam) Gastrointestinal tract. A tube including stomach and intestine
पक्व जम्बूफलाभं रक्तं (pakva jambūphalābhaṁ raktaṁ) Blood with the color of the fruit of ripe rose apple.
पक्वजम्बू सङ्काशं पुरीषं (pakvajambū saṅkāśaṁ purīṣaṁ) Black colored stool like the ripped fruit of Zyzygium jambolanum.
पक्वजाम्बव नख (pakvajāmbava nakha) Nail with the color of ripe rose apple
पक्वपीलुफलप्रख्या (pakvapīluphalaprakhyā) Pale color.
पक्वम् पुरीषं (pakvam purīṣaṁ) Digested stool
पक्वलौह (pakvalauha) a pharmaceutically best quality of lauha bhasma
पक्वस्थानम् (pakvasthānam) Large intestine or colon. The alimentary canal extending from the ileum to the anus
पक्वादुम्बरसन्निभः (pakvādumbarasannibhaḥ) Color of ripened fig fruit
पक्वाधानम् (pakvādhānam) Large intestine or colon. The alimentary canal extending from the ileum to the anus
पक्वानम् अनियत पुरीषं (pakvānam aniyata purīṣaṁ) Stool of both digested and undigested forms
पक्वामम् अन्तरान्तरा पुरीषं (pakvāmam antarāntarā purīṣaṁ) Stool of both digested and undigested forms
पक्वाशय (pakvāśaya) Large intestine. The major seat of Vāta.
पक्वाशयः (pakvāśayaḥ) Large intestine
पक्वाशयः (pakvāśayaḥ) Large intestine or colon/Caecum. The alimentary canal extending from the ileum to the anus
पक्षः (pakṣaḥ) Implies for 1. One aspect or party of discussion 2. a specific assumption
पक्षसन्धि (pakṣasandhi) New moon or full moon, If a snake bites someone during the conjugation of two fortnights i.e. full moon day and new moon day, and then it is incurable.
पक्ष्म (pakṣma) Eyelashes
पक्ष्ममण्डलम् (pakṣmamaṇḍalam) Eye lashes. Stiff hair on the margin of the eyelid
पक्ष्मवर्त्मसन्धिः (pakṣmavartmasandhiḥ) Point of junction of cilia with lid margin
पक्ष्माग्राणि (pakṣmāgrāṇi) Free end of eye lashes. Free end of a stiff hair on the margin of the eyelid.
पक्ष्माशयः (pakṣmāśayaḥ) Lid/Root of eye lashes. Root of a stiff hair on the margin of the eyelid.
पङ्कगन्ध (paṅkagandha) Smell of wet mud.
पंचेन्द्रियग्रहणत्व (paṁcendriyagrahaṇatva) Perceptible by all 5 senses; substance can be perceived by all 5 senses;
पच्यत इव (pacyata iva) Cauterization like sensation iVq bPNk & Fond of Salt
पच्यमानाशयः (pacyamānāśayaḥ) Small intestine. The alimentary canal extending from the pylorus to the caecum; The site where the consumed food undergoes transformation / digestion.
पञच्वर्ण सुवर्ण (pañacvarṇa suvarṇa) Resembles 5/16 gold= a property observed in Chalcopyrite
पञ्च महाभूत (pañca mahābhūta) The Five Great Elements: Aakasa, Vaayu, Teja, Jala and Pṛthvī. Ayurvedic doctrine states that all the matter in the universe is composed of these Five. The variety is because of the variation in the combining proportions.
पञ्चकषाययोनयः (pañcakaṣāyayonayaḥ) Five substrata of decoctions viz. Madhura, Amla, Katu, Tikta, Kashaya.
पञ्चकषायशतानि (pañcakaṣāyaśatāni) Five hundred decoctions.
पञ्चकोल (pañcakola) Class of following five substances Zingiber officinale, Piper longum(root and fruit), Plumbago zeylanica, Piper retrofractum;
पञ्चगव्य (pañcagavya) Group of Five substances obtained from cow and its milk; Milk, Yoghurt, Urine, Ghee, Stool.
पञ्चतिक्त (pañcatikta) Group of following five plants having bitter taste; Tinospora cardifolia, Adhatoda vasica, Azadirachta indica, Solanum surattense, Trichosanthus dioca
पञ्चत्वग्रहणं (pañcatvagrahaṇaṁ) Death
पञ्चपञ्चक (pañcapañcaka) A collective term used for indicating five pentads viz. five sense organs, seats of five sense organ, object of five sense, five basic material of five senses, five type of knowledge of five senses
पञ्चपल्लव (pañcapallava) Group of five following tender leaves Aegel marmelos, Mangifera indica, Syzygium cumini, Citrus medica, Feronia elephantano.
पञ्चवल्कल (pañcavalkala) Combination of following five stem barks Ficus bengalensis, Ficus glomerata, Ficus religiosa, Ficus lacor, Thespesia populnae;
पञ्चसार (pañcasāra) Group of following five substances Boiled cowmilk, Sharkara (sugarcane candy), Piper longum, Madhu (honey), Ghrita (ghee).
पञ्चसिद्धौषधि (pañcasiddhauṣadhi) Group of Five substances; Tailakand, Sudhakand, Krodakand, Rudantika, sarpanetra
पञ्चसूरण (pañcasūraṇa) Group of following five substances viz., Rheum emodi, Ranunculous scleratus, Alocasia indica, Amorphophallus paeoniifolius, Amorphophallus companlatus
पञ्चसौगन्धिक (pañcasaugandhika) Group of five fragrant substances Cinnamomum camphora, Piper cubeba, Myristica fragrans, Areca catechu, Syzygium aromaticum
पञ्चान्ग (pañcānga) Five parts of plants roots, stems, leaves, flowers & fruits collectively termed as
पञ्चामृत (pañcāmṛta) Group of following five substances Cow Ghee, Cow Yoghurt, Cow milk, Madhu(honey), Sharkara(sugarcane candy); Synonym of Divya Panchamrita
पञ्चामृत (pañcāmṛta) Group of following five plants; Tinospora cordifolia, Tribulus terrestris, Asparagus racemosus, Sphaeranthus indicus, Asparagus adscendens
पञ्चावयव-वाक्यम् (pañcāvayava-vākyam) A collective term used for conveying intended inference based on five steps.
पञ्चीकरण (pañcīkaraṇa) the process of conjugation of all the five mahābhūtas in the substance
पटलानि (paṭalāni) Different layers or coverings of eyeball
पतति इव ह्दयं (patati iva hdayaṁ) Dislocated feeling of heart
पतन (patana) Fall
पताका दर्शनं (patākā darśanaṁ) Flag like objects appears before eyes.
पत्र (patra) Leaf
पथ्य (pathya) Which is conducive to Patha (Way/micro and macro channels/Srotas) including the Doṣa, Dāthu and Mala? That which is conducive to the body and mind. Food or conduct which is conducive or wholesome to both body and mind. Eg. Rice, ghee, milk etc. Contrast is Apathya.
पदार्थः (padārthaḥ) 1. The meaning of a word or group of words; 2. Substance which exists has a nomenclature and is a subject of Knowledge. This whole universe is categorized in six padarthas. Ayurveda uses the term Karana (cause) for Padartha
पद्म पत्र वर्ण (padma patra varṇa) Color or red lotus petal
पद्म वर्ण (padma varṇa) Lotus color
पद्मपत्राभं दृष्टिमण्डल (padmapatrābhaṁ dṛṣṭimaṇḍala) Pupil with the color of red lotus petal
पद्मसन्निभं (padmasannibhaṁ) Blood with the color of red lotus
पन्नगः (pannagaḥ) Snakes.
पय (paya) Milk; Generally denotes Cow milk; a synonym of kṣīra
पयो आभ पुरीषं (payo ābha purīṣaṁ) Water like stool
पयोधरौ (payodharau) Breasts, Mammary glands; Literally mean the pots containing milk.
पयोभि परीक्षा (payobhi parīkṣā) Examination with milk.
परं (paraṁ) Desire, Fond of
परत्व (paratva) Relative superiority; one among 10 parādi guṅa.
परमाणु (paramāṇu) Smallest unit of a material equivalent to 1/30th of the dust particles seen in the sun rays.
परादि गुण (parādi guṇa) Group of ten properties commencing with Para used for clinical practice.
परामर्शः (parāmarśaḥ) a process of drawing inference based on analogy
परार्थानुमानम् (parārthānumānam) Inference from other source
परिकर्तनं (parikartanaṁ) Cutting pain
परिकर्तिका (parikartikā) Cutting pain
परिकूजनं (parikūjanaṁ) Wailing or voice resembles the sound of pigeon
परिकृन्तनं (parikṛntanaṁ) Cutting pain
परिक्लेद (parikleda) Wet
परिक्लेशन (parikleśana) Aversion to anything
परिक्षयं (parikṣayaṁ) Diminished
परिग्रह (parigraha) Stiffness, Restricted movement
परिग्रह (parigraha) Accounting of the individual particular food article. It indicates the individual amount of food articles in the meal plate. It is contrast to Sarvagraha. Here it refers to the caloric value of individual food articles in the meal plate.
परिच्छादम् (paricchādam) Personal artifacts.
परिणाम (pariṇāma) 1. Effect of time 2. Transformation
परिणामवादः (pariṇāmavādaḥ) theory of transformation which states that all the substances get changes continuously
परिणुदन (pariṇudana) Harassment (trouble and annoy continually or repeatedly) towards others
परितम (paritama) Impairment of orientation
परिताप (paritāpa) Hotness
परिदग्ध जिह्वा (paridagdha jihvā) Tongue looks like as burned.
परिदाह (paridāha) Burning sensation
परिदेवन (paridevana) Crying
परिधावन (paridhāvana) Fleeing
परिधूपन (paridhūpana) Smoky sensation.
परिधूमन (paridhūmana) Smoky sensation
परिध्वंसी (paridhvaṁsī) Gives out fine dust if rubbed.
परिपाटन (paripāṭana) Cracks or fissure
परिपीडन (paripīḍana) Pain
परिपुटनं (paripuṭanaṁ) Cracks
परिपूजन (paripūjana) Offering prayers
परिपूर्णत्व शिरः (paripūrṇatva śiraḥ) Feels as head filled with mucus
परिवाद (parivāda) Humiliation to respected persons
परिवृत्त नाभि (parivṛtta nābhi) Tortuous
परिवृद्धि (parivṛddhi) Enlargement
परिवेपन (parivepana) Tremor
परिवेष्टन (pariveṣṭana) Cramps
परिवेष्टितम् (pariveṣṭitam) Enveloping / covering
परिशोष (pariśoṣa) Muscular wasting
परिषेक (pariṣeka) Sprinkling or pouring the stream of medicated decoctions, milk, oil, ghee (clarified butter), takra (buttermilk) or meat juices over the body of the patients to minimize or to treat the effect of poison and disease.
परिषेक (pariṣeka) Fluid used to wash body parts with which may be used as a vehicle for administering poison causing harm.
परिसरण (parisaraṇa) Wandering
परिस्फुटन (parisphuṭana) Cracks
परिस्राव (parisrāva) Exudation, Discharge
परिहर्ष रोम (pariharṣa roma) Horripilaiton.
परिहारः (parihāraḥ) correcting the defects pointed out in respect of a previous statement
परिहार विरुद्द (parihāra virudda) Proscription - Intake of hot things after taking pork etc will comes under the unwholesome of proscription.
परीक्षा (parīkṣā) investigation or examinations which leads to correct knowledge
परुष (paruṣa) Rough; the property of the substance which causes hardness
पर्पटी (parpaṭī) 1. Thin flakes/wafers – a pharmaceutical Dośage form where the materials will be made to melt over fire and sandwiched in between leaves 2. external impurities of mercury
पर्याय (paryāya) Synonym;
पर्युषित (paryuṣita) Stale
पर्शुकाः (parśukāḥ) Ribs or costae. Curved Bones extending laterally and anteriorly from sides of thoracic vertebrae and forming skeletal thorax
पर्शुकाग्राणि (parśukāgrāṇi) Anterior ends of the ribs. Cartilaginous parts of the ribs
पल (pala) A unit of Measurement; Four karșas will make one pala i.e 48 g of metric units
पलितं रोम (palitaṁ roma) Graying of hair
पल्लव (pallava) Tender leaves; Synonym of leaf
पवक संस्थिता (pavaka saṁsthitā) Keeping /placing on embers
पवित्रांगुलिः (pavitrāṁguliḥ) Ring finger. Fouth finger
पश्चिमहानव्यदन्तः (paścimahānavyadantaḥ) Last molar- Wisdom tooth. The last molar tooth on each side of the jaw.
पाइणितल (pāiṇitala) A unit of Measurement; Synonym of one karșa=12g of metric units
पाक (pāka) Digestion; transformation of substances with the help of agni i.e. digestive & metabolic enzymes. 2. Suppuration 3. Ripening 4. Cooking
पाकः (pākaḥ) Suppuration
पाकः ओष्ठे (pākaḥ oṣṭhe) Rashes on lip or cheilitis
पाकः मुखे (pākaḥ mukhe) Stomatitis.
पाक विरुद्द (pāka virudda) Preparation of food etc., with a bad or rotten fuel and undercooking, overcooking or burning during the process of preparation comes under this category.
पाके छर्दि (pāke chardi) Vomiting in the time of digestion
पाङ्गल्यं (pāṅgalyaṁ) Paraplegia or limping
पाचक पित्त (pācaka pitta) One of the five subtypes of Pitta that is situated in between the stomach and large intestine. Due to dominance of Agni mahābhūta, this Pitta is devoid of liquidity. This divides the food into Sāra (nutritive) and Kiṭṭa (waste) portions. This also supports other subtypes of Pitta.
पाचन (pācana) Digestion; The process of digestive / metabolic transformation occuring mainly because of the action of Agni.
पाचन (pācana) 1. Digestives; substances having capacity to digest but not 1. necessarily increases the appetite; 2. Wound Suppuration
पांचभौतिक (pāṁcabhautika) Comprising of five mahābhūtas-Akasha, Vayu, Tejas, Jala and Pṛthvī;
पाटनं (pāṭanaṁ) Cracks or breaking pain.
पाठं इच्छा (pāṭhaṁ icchā) Fond of recitation.
पांडुमुख (pāṁḍumukha) Pallor on face.
पाणिः (pāṇiḥ) Hand. The part of the body attached to the forearm at the wrist
पाणितलम् (pāṇitalam) Palm. Anterior or flexor surface of the hand from wrist to finger
पाणिपादम् (pāṇipādam) Hands and feet. The part of the body attached to the forearm at the wrist / The terminal portion of the lower extremity
पाणिपादहृदयानि (pāṇipādahṛdayāni) Palms /sole. Anterior or flexor surface of the hand from wrist to finger/Under part of the foot
पाणिमूलम् (pāṇimūlam) Wrist. The joint or region lying between the hand and the forearm
पाणिशलाकाधिष्ठानम् (pāṇiśalākādhiṣṭhānam) Distal row of carpal bones
पाण् (pāṇ) Hand, Arm
पाण्डु (pāṇḍu) Pale color
पाण्डुत्वं (pāṇḍutvaṁ) Pale color
पाण्डुर (pāṇḍura) Pale color
पाण्दुरक्तं (pāṇduraktaṁ) Pale red
पातः (pātaḥ) 1. Falling 2. Drooping
पात्र (pātra) 1. A unit of Measurement; Synonym of one Ādhak= 3.073 g of metric units 2. vessel
पाद (pāda) Lower extremity, foot. One of the Karmendriyas.
पाद प्रक्षालन (pāda prakṣālana) Cleaning & washing feet with water which removes dirt and diseases of feet and fatigue, clarifies vision, promotes semen, wards off evil spirit and gives pleasure.
पादकुर्चास्थीनि (pādakurcāsthīni) Tarsal bones excluding talus and calcaneus
पादतलम् (pādatalam) Sole. Under part of the foot
पादत्र धारण (pādatra dhāraṇa) Regular wearing of foot wares – alleviates diseases of feet, promotes semen, ward off evil organisms, gives pleasure and comfort in moving and is wholesome for Ojas. prevents from abrasions of thorn, stone, gravels , dust etc.
पादनर्तन (pādanartana) Dancing movement of foot.
पादंशिक क्रम (pādaṁśika krama) Unwholesome food practices are to be tapered in quarter / quarter of quarters, and are substituted by Pathyahara (Wholesome food practice) in interval of one, two or three meal time according to condition. Substitution is to be augmented in gradual, phased manner.
पादशिष्टं (pādaśiṣṭaṁ) Reducing to 1/4th portion of decoction
पादसदनं (pādasadanaṁ) Fatigue of leg
पादांगुलयः (pādāṁgulayaḥ) Toes. Digits of the foot
पादांगुष्ठः (pādāṁguṣṭhaḥ) Toes. Digits of the foot
पादाग्रम् (pādāgram) Fore-foot. Front of the foot
पादाघात (pādāghāta) Body message with feet.
पादुका पादपीठेषु (pādukā pādapīṭheṣu) Mode of administration of poison along with shoes or foot cushions.
पान (pāna) drink; dietary substances to be drunk, e.g. juice, soup
पान इच्छा (pāna icchā) Desire to take alcohol.
पान द्वेष (pāna dveṣa) Aversion to take alcohol.
पानक (pānaka) Soft drinks prepared with fruit juices (grapes, dates and jujube), sugar and spices. It is guru and visṭaṁbhi
पायस इच्छा (pāyasa icchā) Desire to take Pāyasa (a sweet made from rice, milk and sugar.)
पायुः (pāyuḥ) Rectum
पायुमेढान्तरम् (pāyumeḍhāntaram) Perineum. The structures occupying the pelvic outlet and constituting the pelvic floor
पायुवलयः (pāyuvalayaḥ) Horizontal mucous folds of rectum-Houston's valves. Mucous folds of rectum
पारद (pārada) Mercury
पारावत इव आकूजन् (pārāvata iva ākūjan) Voice resembles the cooing sound of pigeon
पार्थिव (pārthiva) One of the category of substances that are of mineral origin like silver, gold, etc.
पार्थिव (pārthiva) dravya substances having pṛthvi as the predominant mahābhūta; these substances are heavy, compact, hard, etc. in nature
पार्थिवम् (pārthivam) the substance predominantly made of pṛthvi mahābhūta
पार्श्व (pārśva) Sides of the Chest, Flanks
पार्श्वजघनम् (pārśvajaghanam) Side of pelvis. Side of a bony structure formed by the innominate bones. The sacrum, the coccyx and the ligaments joining them
पार्श्वम् (pārśvam) Side of thorax. Side of the part of the body between the base of the neck superiorly and diaphragm inferiorly
पार्ष्णिः (pārṣṇiḥ) Heel. Rounded posterior portion of the foot under and behind the ankle
पार्ष्ण्यस्थि (pārṣṇyasthi) Calcaneus. A heel bone
पालिः (pāliḥ) Lobule. A small lobe or primary subdivision of a lobe
पालिक यंत्र (pālika yaṁtra) A cup shaped vessel with long curved handle used for melting of low melting materials and for jarana
पावकोउपमं (pāvakoupamaṁ) Character of poison is similar to fire so it gives rise to paittika (heat) symptoms in the body.
पाषण्डायतन् (pāṣaṇḍāyatan) Abode of atheist, when the snake bites in the abodes of pakhandas (hermits of kapalik sect), then it is incurable.
पांसुपूर्णम् इव अक्षि (pāṁsupūrṇam iva akṣi) Feels as eyes filled with dust
पांसुपूर्णाभं अक्षि (pāṁsupūrṇābhaṁ akṣi) Feels as eyes filled with dust
पिङ्गल वर्ण (piṅgala varṇa) Reddish brown color
पिचु (picu) A unit of Measurement; Synonym of one karșa=12 g of metric units
पिच्चटिका (piccaṭikā) Excreta of eye
पिच्चितं (piccitaṁ) Contused lacerated wound, a part of the body with the local bone crushed between the folds of door or by a blow becomes extended and covered with blood and marrow and is called a piccita (crushed wound) or ulcer.
पिठर यंत्र (piṭhara yaṁtra) An apparatus used to purify the low melting metals
पिठरपाकवादः (piṭharapākavādaḥ) concept of physical changes
पिडका (piḍakā) Papule
पिडकोलिका (piḍakolikā) Excreta of eye
पिडिका (piḍikā) Papule
पिण्ड धारण (piṇḍa dhāraṇa) Maintaining of stable body with positive health
पिण्डदर्शनं प्रेतानां (piṇḍadarśanaṁ pretānāṁ) Offer food to forefathers
पिण्डसदृशं (piṇḍasadṛśaṁ) Resembles mass form
पिण्डिका (piṇḍikā) Calf. The fleshy muscular back part of the leg below the knee.
पिण्डितं (piṇḍitaṁ) Contraction
पिण्डी (piṇḍī) A synonym of vaṭi-a ball/ a lump
पिण्याक (piṇyāka) Oil cakes
पितरक्त गोमूत्राभं मूत्रं (pitarakta gomūtrābhaṁ mūtraṁ) Yellowish red urine like cow's urine
पितृभक्ति (pitṛbhakti) Too much devotion to father or forefathers.
पित्त (pitta) One of the three bodily Doṣas that is responsible for digestion and metabolism in the body. It is situated in umbilicus, stomach, sweat, lymph, blood, watery fluids of the body, eye and skin. It is predominant of Agni mahābhūta. Its attributes are: Snehan (slightly unctuous), Tīkṣṇa (sharp), Uṣṇa (hot), Laghu (light), Visra (of pungent odour), Sara (flowing) and Drava (liquid). Pitta is of five types: Pācaka, Ālocaka, Raṅjaka, Bhrājaka and Sādhaka.
पित्त कोपन (pitta kopana) substances that vitiates Pitta Doṣa
पित्त संशमन (pitta saṁśamana) substances that pacify vitiated Pitta Doṣa
पित्तंछर्दि (pittaṁchardi) Vomit in the form of mere pitta
पित्तधरा कला (pittadharā kalā) Gastrointestinal mucosa. Mucous membrane of stomach, large intestine and small intestine
पित्तपञ्चक (pittapañcaka) Group of bile of following five animals Men, Peacock, Cow, Horse, Fish.
पित्ताक्तं रक्तं (pittāktaṁ raktaṁ) Blood mixed with pitta
पित्ताशयः (pittāśayaḥ) Digestive tube with its appendages
पित्तोत्क्लेश मुखं (pittotkleśa mukhaṁ) Salivation of pitta
पित्तोपहितं पुरीषं (pittopahitaṁ purīṣaṁ) Stool mixed with Pitta
पिपासा (pipāsā) Thirst, a sensation of dryness in the mouth and throat associated with a desire for liquids. A synonym of Tѓsna.
पिपासा असहत्व (pipāsā asahatva) Intolerance to thirst
पिपिलिकाः (pipilikāḥ) Type of insect which means ants. Bite causes inflammatory swelling and burning sensation at the seat of bite resembling those produced contact with fire.
पिप्पलकौ (pippalakau) Nipples. The conical protuberance in each breast from which the lactiferous ducts discharge in the female
पिशिताश्रितं पटलं (piśitāśritaṁ paṭalaṁ) Iris. The colored contractile membrane suspended between the lens and the cornea in the aqueous humor of the eye, separating the anterior and posterior chambers of the eyeball and perforated in the center by the pupil.
पिशितोदकाभं आर्तव (piśitodakābhaṁ ārtava) Menstrual blood resembles the washings of flesh
पीत वर्ग (pīta varga) Group of following substances used for Raṁjan(coloring) mercury Mamordia charantia, Banana, Terminalia chebula, Terminalia bellirica, Emblica officinals, Raw mango, Arundo donax, Nelumbo nucifera, Indigofera tinctoria, Kasis;
पीतरक्त (pītarakta) Yellowish red
पीतराजिमत् अप्सु (pītarājimat apsu) Drops of Breast milk make yellow lines in water
पीतलोहितं (pītalohitaṁ) Yellowish red
पीतव वस्त्र (pītava vastra) Yellow color clothes. Best for soft skin, indicated in vasaṁta ѓtu. decreases kaphja vyadhi
पीतवर्ण (pītavarṇa) Yellow color
पीतसर्पि (pītasarpi) Paraplegia.
पीतसिराराजि (pītasirārāji) Yellowish lines of veins
पीताभ दर्शनं (pītābha darśanaṁ) Sees objects in yellow color
पीन वदन (pīna vadana) Puffy face
पीनस (pīnasa) Nasal discharge
पीयूष (pīyūṣa) Heavy milk of newly delivered cow. Is heavy to digest and nourishing.
पीलुपाकवादः (pīlupākavādaḥ) concept of molecular changes
पुट (puṭa) A graded heating system used in preparation of bhasma of metals, minerals, marine products and medicines.
पुटपाक (puṭapāka) the drug material is to be subjected for heating in closed container
पुण्डरीकदलोपम (puṇḍarīkadalopama) Color of white lotus
पुण्यः (puṇyaḥ) Those who possesses the quality of purity.
पुनः पुनः (punaḥ punaḥ) Frequently
पुरीष (purīṣa) Semisolid form of Āhāramala. Feces. The function of Purīṣa is to support the body in general, and, Vāyu and Agni in particular.
पुरीष मार्गेण रक्तं (purīṣa mārgeṇa raktaṁ) Bleeding per rectum
पुरीषगन्ध (purīṣagandha) Smell of fecal matter
पुरीषगन्धी (purīṣagandhī) Smelling of fecal matter
पुरीषधरा कला (purīṣadharā kalā) Mucosa of colon and rectum. Mucous membrane of large intestine and rectum
पुरीषविरजनीय (purīṣavirajanīya) Substances used for imparting normal color to the fecal matter.
पुरीषसंग्रहणीय (purīṣasaṁgrahaṇīya) Substances used to solidify fecal matter.
पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) 1. The soul. 2. The living body; 3. Male
पुरुषाभिदष्ट (puruṣābhidaṣṭa) Person bitten by a male snake.
पुरुषेन्द्रियम् (puruṣendriyam) Penis. The male organ of copulation and in mammals urination
पुरुषो घोरदर्शनः (puruṣo ghoradarśanaḥ) A fearful and unpleasant looking person which emerged even before the yield of amѓta when gods and demons churned the sea.
पुलाकोदकप्रतिमं रक्तं (pulākodakapratimaṁ raktaṁ) Blood with the color of washing of flesh.
पुलालिका (pulālikā) Horripilation.
पुलिनवनान्तरोपसेवी (pulinavanāntaropasevī) Habit of playing in river banks
पुष्प (puṣpa) Flower
पुष्प वर्ग (puṣpa varga) Group of different flowers
पुष्प सहसा नख (puṣpa sahasā nakha) Sudden appearance of flower like spots on nail
पुष्पम् (puṣpam) Flowers
पुष्पम् (puṣpam) (1) Menstrual discharge. (2) Ovum (Periodic discharge). Periodic discharge of blood and mucus from the uterus (2) The female reproductive or germ cell
पुष्पित (puṣpita) Fatal prognostic symptoms
पूङ्गक्तम् (pūṅgaktam) Purulent
पूज्य (pūjya) Venerable: being entitled to honor.
पूति (pūti) Foul smell
पूतिगन्ध (pūtigandha) Fetid smell
पूतिता (pūtitā) Suppuration
पूतिपूयप्रकाशम् आर्तव (pūtipūyaprakāśam ārtava) Menstrual blood resembles pus
पूतिमुखता (pūtimukhatā) Fetid smell from the mouth
पूतिस्राव (pūtisrāva) Purulent discharge
पूप (pūpa) Prepared with milk and sugarcane juice. Is heavy, saturating and aphrodisiac.
पूपलिक (pūpalika) Kind of sweet cake fried in ghee or oil. One should kind the flour mix it up with sugar candey and fry it with ghee mildly, after which it becomes solid and round.
पूय पूर्णता (pūya pūrṇatā) Abdomen filled with pus
पूयं रक्तं (pūyaṁ raktaṁ) Blood with pus
पूयकल्पं रक्तं (pūyakalpaṁ raktaṁ) Blood resembles pus
पूयगन्ध (pūyagandha) Smell of pus
पूयगन्धि (pūyagandhi) Smell of pus
पूयनिभं (pūyanibhaṁ) Color of Pus
पूयप्रख्यम् (pūyaprakhyam) Smell of pus
पूयवत् (pūyavat) Filled with pus
पूयस्राव (pūyasrāva) Purulent discharge
पूयोपम (pūyopama) Resemblance of Pus or Purulent
पूरण (pūraṇa) Filling up, completing, something used to fill a cavity or container. The primary function of Majjā Dhātu.
पूर्णता (pūrṇatā) Feeling of fullness
पूर्णत्व कण्ठ (pūrṇatva kaṇṭha) Feels as throat filled with mucus
पूर्णत्वं शिरः (pūrṇatvaṁ śiraḥ) Feels as head filled with mucus
पूर्णलिअंग (pūrṇaliaṁga) Fully manifested
पूर्णास्यता मुखं (pūrṇāsyatā mukhaṁ) Mouth filled with mucus
पूर्वपक्षः (pūrvapakṣaḥ) Statement which is in the form of an objection to the previous statement
पूर्वपश्चिम विभागः (pūrvapaścima vibhāgaḥ) Anterior (ventral) & Posterior (dorsal). Before or in front of & towards the back or situated behind
पृथकत्व (pṛthakatva) Separation or exclusion , a character of particularity
पृथकत्व (pṛthakatva) Differentiation; one of the 10 parādi gunas.
पृथुका (pṛthukā) Flattened rice - Rice when parched and flattened. Paddy that is not husked is made wet, slightly fried and flattened to get this. It is heavy, increase strength, increases kapha and cause Visṭambha (constipation with abdominal discomfort)
पृथुता अस्थि (pṛthutā asthi) Widening of bone
पृथुदलं (pṛthudalaṁ) Separate thick lamellae- Cleavage
पृथुला स्नायुः (पृथ्वी वा) (pṛthulā snāyuḥ (pṛthvī vā)) Fibrous or membranous sheet. Apo neurosis. A Flat fibrous sheet of connective tissue that serves to attach muscle to bone
पृथ्वी (pṛthvī) 1. One of the five basic elements (Paṅcamahābhūtas) that make up all matter in the universe. 2. Earth. Indicative of solidity, mass, stability, compactness.
पृष्ठेषु गजवाजिनां (pṛṣṭheṣu gajavājināṁ) Mode of administration of poison to cause harm by applying the poison on the back of elephants & horses which were used as means of transport in ancient time.
पेय (peya) Thin gruel of rice along with its solid portion (Siktha). To prepare Peya, 14 parts of water and 1 part of broken rice are taken and boiled well till all the rice particles become soft. It increases digestive fire.
पेशी (peśī) Muscle. A type of tissue composed of contractile cells or fibers.
पेषन (peṣana) An act of grinding /rubbing/triturating
पैच्छिल्य (paicchilya) Sliminess
पोगर (pogara) With streaks a property of iron
पोट्टलकः (poṭṭalakaḥ) Caecum. A blind pouch or cul-de-sac.
पोट्टली (poṭṭalī) A kind of Dośage form where the materials (herbominerals) are to be shaped and processed by suspending it in sulphur bath etc,
पोदौ (podau) Natis. Buttock. Gluteal Prominence. Fleshy prominences on the lower back formed by the gluteal muscles with a covering of fat and skin.
पौत्तिक (pauttika) Variety of honey collected from the Pauttika type of bee – they are of big in size.
पौराणिक (paurāṇika) versed in ancient legends and stories
पौरुषं (pauruṣaṁ) (1) Penis. (2) Prostrate. (3) A measure. Full length of a man with his hands. (4) The male organ of copulation and in mammal’s urination. (5) A gland that surrounds the neck of the bladder and the urethra in the male.
प्रकटकोष्टी (prakaṭakoṣṭī) Open furnace used in various pharmaceutical processes
प्रकम्पः (prakampaḥ) Tremor
प्रकम्पमानं वेल्लते अस्थि (prakampamānaṁ vellate asthi) tremor of bone
प्रकरणसमः (prakaraṇasamaḥ) Reason appearing identical to the subject but is improper
प्रकाश (prakāśa) Enlightening; caused due to substance with Agni mahābhūta predominance.
प्रकाश असहत्व (prakāśa asahatva) Intolerance to light
प्रकाशक (prakāśaka) Illuminating, making apparent or manifest , disclosing , discovering
प्रकुंच (prakuṁca) A unit of Measurement; Synonym of one pala=48 g of metric units
प्रकूजनं (prakūjanaṁ) Voice resembles the sound of pigeon
प्रकृति (prakṛti) 1. The nature of an individual or a substance. 2. The physical and psychological features specific to an individual that are produced to the dominant Doṣa prevailing at the time of conception. Prakṛti may be classified as Deha Prakṛti (physical) and Manasa Prakṛti (psychological). Deha Prakṛti may be produced due to the dominance of a single, two Dośas or due to a combination of all the three Dośas.
प्रकृतिः (prakṛtiḥ) The primary and original cause of universe which is having three properties viz. sattva, raja, tama
प्रकृतिं भजेत् (prakṛtiṁ bhajet) Death.
प्रकृति भूत (prakṛti bhūta) Normal state-equilibrium state of 3 hands considered as health.
प्रकृतिस्थापन (prakṛtisthāpana) Synonym of therapeutics which establish the original state of health
प्रकोप (prakopa) Aggravation of vitiated Dośas in their own seats. The second stage of Kriyakāla.
प्रकोष्ठः (prakoṣṭhaḥ) (1) Forearm. Antebrachium. (2) Distal third of the forearm. The portion of the arm between the elbow and the wrist.
प्रजागर (prajāgara) To remain awake at night, sleeplessness, Vigilance
प्रजास्थापन (prajāsthāpana) Substances which helps in fetus fixation and promotes fertility;
प्रज्ञापराधः (prajñāparādhaḥ) It’s made out of two words Prjna and Aparadha. Prajna refers to knowledge, intellect. Aparadha means offence, transgression, and fault. Volitional transgression; erroneous deeds done on account of the impairment of intellect, wisdom and memory.
प्रज्ञाबोधि (prajñābodhi) Promotes memory-booster
प्रणाश (praṇāśa) Loss
प्रततं (pratataṁ) Continuous
प्रततिलोनं अधोवायु (pratatilonaṁ adhovāyu) Retention of flatus
प्रतप्त (pratapta) Heating over fire till red hot
प्रतिअमर्श नस्य (pratiamarśa nasya) Nasal installation which is done daily and frequently is called as pratiamarśa nasya. It’s a type of Sneha Nasya in which two drops of medicated oil/ghee is installed in nostril. This type of nasal installation is done for all age groups.
प्रतिकर्म (pratikarma) Measures for Prevention of diseases
प्रतिक्षेप दर्शनं (pratikṣepa darśanaṁ) Impairement of vision
प्रतिज्ञा (pratijñā) the statement that has to be proved; the 1st step of inference and reestablishment of truth
प्रतिज्ञाहानिः (pratijñāhāniḥ) shift from the original stands: contradiction of one’s own statement; Being attacked by opponent
प्रतितन्त्रसिद्धान्तः (pratitantrasiddhāntaḥ) The particular doctrine made by some school of thought or science and not accepted by other science
प्रतिपत्ति (pratipatti) ability to take quick and proper decision as per time and need
प्रतिपत्ति हानि (pratipatti hāni) Lack of interest.
प्रतिपुरण (pratipuraṇa) Prepacking, It is procedure in which sucking of the poisoned blood is done by filling the mouth cavity with linen before sucking.
प्रतिबालाः (pratibālāḥ) Eye lashes. A stiff hair on the margin of the eyelid.
प्रतिबोधनं कृच्छ्रेण (pratibodhanaṁ kṛcchreṇa) Difficulty in opening eye
प्रतिलोम (pratiloma) inverse direction:
प्रतिविषं (prativiṣaṁ) Agonis antidote, When the spread of poison becomes uncontrollable by mantra and tantra procedures and when the fifth phase of poison is over but the seventh phase is not over, prativișa (antitoxic substances) are to be made use of. This is the last resort in the treatment of poison and hence should be used only in extreme cases. Inanimate poison act upwards and animate poisons act downwards these opposing nature of actions of the said poisons are effectively made use of in prativișa therapy.
प्रतिश्याय (pratiśyāya) Nasal discharge
प्रतिष्ठापना (pratiṣṭhāpanā) giving a contrary meaning to a given proposition
प्रतिसारण (pratisāraṇa) rubbing powders on skin, while doing the bloodletting at the site of the snake bite, if the blood is not coming out by itself, then it should be expelled out by application of fine or coarse powders of dry ginger, black round pepper, turmeric, salt etc.
प्रतिस्तब्ध (pratistabdha) Stiffness
प्रतिस्तब्ध कण्ठ (pratistabdha kaṇṭha) Obstruction in throat
प्रदेशः (pradeśaḥ) Partial or brief description of a topic but not fully elaborated there, for risk of going out of context in view of vast detail and referred to other places in the text of details.
प्रदेशिनी (pradeśinī) Index finger. The forefinger.
प्रदोषः (pradoṣaḥ) the first part of the night , up to three hours after sunset
प्रध्वंसाभाव (pradhvaṁsābhāva) The ideology which describes every substance does not exists after its destruction
प्रनष्ट चेत (pranaṣṭa ceta) Confusion or absence of mind
प्रपतन (prapatana) Falling of
प्रपश्येद्विहतेन्द्रियः (prapaśyedvihatendriyaḥ) It is a symptom of gara vișa (artificial poisoning) in which the patient sees himself with distorted sensory organs in his dreams.
प्रपाक (prapāka) Suppuration.
प्रपाण्डुरं मूत्रं (prapāṇḍuraṁ mūtraṁ) Urine resembles the powder of conch
प्रपीडनं (prapīḍanaṁ) compressing; substances that pharmacologically squeezes the wound through local contraction
प्रपीडा (prapīḍā) Pain
प्रभा (prabhā) Lustier, Shine, Radiance, Glim; caused due to substance with Agni mahābhūta predominance.
प्रभाव (prabhāva) 1. Characteristic therapeutic effect of a substance; 2. A basis for nomenclature of plants
प्रभाहानि (prabhāhāni) Diminished complexion
प्रभूत (prabhūta) Excessive quantity.
प्रभेद (prabheda) Cracks
प्रमा (pramā) true knowledge
प्रमाण (pramāṇa) Measurement of the body(anthropometry)- will be described by the measure of individual fingers, hands etc in terms of height, breadth& length respectively
प्रमाणं (pramāṇaṁ) modes of examining and acquiring knowledge
प्रमाणजिज्ञासा बाह्वो (pramāṇajijñāsā bāhvo) Measuring frequently his arms
प्रमाथि (pramāthi) Substances that removes obstruction from the srotas and cleanse them;
प्रमीलक (pramīlaka) Dullness
प्रमूढ संज्ञा (pramūḍha saṁjñā) Loss of consciousness
प्रमूढता (pramūḍhatā) Impairment of orientation
प्रमेय (prameya) Objects and subjects of knowledge
प्रमोह (pramoha) Impairment of orientation
प्रमोहकः (pramohakaḥ) Syncope or clumsiness of the sense organs.
प्रम्थ्या (pramthyā) A decoction prepared by using paste of drugs and used for appetizer & digestant
प्रयत्न (prayatna) Ability to initiate
प्रयाकुल दर्शन (prayākula darśana) Frightened look.
प्रयोगकार्य (prayogakārya) Practical purposes
प्रयोजनं (prayojanaṁ) Statements which specifies the main idea, chief purpose of a particular science or method; Objective for which the actions are initiated or for which various measured are adopted.
प्ररोदन (prarodana) Crying
प्ररोह (praroha) off shoots of a plant
प्रलम्ब चर्मकोश (pralamba carmakośa) Drooping of the prepuce
प्रशमितरुजा (praśamitarujā) Pacification of ailments
प्रशस्त आहार काल (praśasta āhāra kāla) Best time for part taking food.
प्रशस्तवर्ण (praśastavarṇa) Pleasant color
प्रशातनं (praśātanaṁ) Decaying
प्रशातमः (praśātamaḥ) Putrefaction
प्रशोथः (praśothaḥ) Swelling
प्रशोष (praśoṣa) Wasting, Dryness
प्रसक्तं (prasaktaṁ) Continuous
प्रसक्तं सक्त भाषणं (prasaktaṁ sakta bhāṣaṇaṁ) Indistinct and restricted voice
प्रसङ्गः (prasaṅgaḥ) Repetition of statements when another occasion demands.
प्रसन्नं (prasannaṁ) Clear
प्रसन्न मुखं (prasanna mukhaṁ) Pleasant face.
प्रसन्ना (prasannā) It is the clear supernatant portion/layer after settling of the fermented liquid
प्रसर (prasara) Spreading of the aggravated Dośas from their own seats. Third stage of Kriyakāla.
प्रसहा (prasahā) Animals which extend their neck and front part of body for food or animals and birds who take their food by snatching. Exp- Domestic cow, Donkey/ ass, camel, horse, hyena, jackal, wolf etc.
प्रसह्य कन्यां अपहर्तो (prasahya kanyāṁ apaharto) Kidnapping of a girl or woman for sexual exploitation.
प्रसाद (prasāda) Nutrient portion formed during various processes of biotransformation.
प्रसादः (prasādaḥ) Beneficence:
प्रसारण (prasāraṇa) Extending, expanding, Stretching out
प्रसुप्तं (prasuptaṁ) Numbness
प्रसून नाभि (prasūna nābhi) Swelling in umbilicus
प्रसृति (prasṛti) A unit of Measurement; Two palas combinly will make one prasrtha= 96g of metric units
प्रसेक (praseka) Silalorrhhea, during the first impulse of poisoning, the patient suffers from excessive salivation due to vitiation of rasa.
प्रसेक (praseka) Flowing froth, oozing, Emission, running or watering of the mouth or nose , vomiting , nausea
प्रसेक मुखं (praseka mukhaṁ) Salivation
प्रस्तब्ध (prastabdha) Stiffness of the body.
प्रस्तम्भ (prastambha) Stiffness of the body
प्रस्पन्दनं (praspandanaṁ) Throbbing sensation
प्रस्पन्दितहरत्वं बाहु (praspanditaharatvaṁ bāhu) Loss of motor function of upper limb)
प्रस्फुरण (prasphuraṇa) Throbbing sensation
प्रस्रवणं (prasravaṇaṁ) Discharge
प्रस्राव नासिका (prasrāva nāsikā) Nasal Discharge
प्रस्राविणी (prasrāviṇī) Oozing, In bee sting, an eruption appears quickly which oozes blackish liquid.
प्रस्वाप (prasvāpa) Numbness
प्रहर (prahara) A measure of time equals 3 hours
प्रहरण (praharaṇa) Harassment (trouble and annoy continually or repeatedly) towards others
प्रहर्षणं रोम (praharṣaṇaṁ roma) Horripilation
प्रहसनं अस्थाने (prahasanaṁ asthāne) Laughing at inappropriate occasion.
प्राकाम्यं (prākāmyaṁ) The power of having an irresistible will, one of the supra normal psychic power derivable from the practice of Yoga
प्रागुत्पत्ति (prāgutpatti) Mythological origin of poison which indicates first emerging of poisons.
प्राग्भक्त (prāgbhakta) Just before meal- medicines consumed in this manner becomes quickly digested, does not harm the strength of the body, being enveloped by the food it does not come out of the mouth, hence medicine should be given before food for the aged person.
प्राग्भाव (prāgbhāva) the ideology which describes that each and every substance is nonexistant before its production
प्राचुर्यं (prācuryaṁ) Excess
प्राज्याणुदारी अस्थि (prājyāṇudārī asthi) Multiple fractures with tiny bone pieces.
प्राण (prāṇa) 1. Vitality. 2. Breath of life, 3. Spirit 4. Life
प्राण वायु (prāṇa vāyu) One of the five subtypes of Vāta (Vāyu) that is seated in head. It performs the functions like controlling the intellect, heart, sensory and motor organs and mind. It also regulates the activities like respiration, spitting, sneezing, belching and swallowing.
प्राणक्षय (prāṇakṣaya) Loss of physical strength or weakness.
प्राणघ्नं तद्विकासित्वात् (prāṇaghnaṁ tadvikāsitvāt) Because of vikāsi attribute of poison, spreads all over the body, causes death.
प्राणापान (prāṇāpāna) Respiration
प्राणोपताप (prāṇopatāpa) Loss of mental strength.
प्राणोपरोध (prāṇoparodha) Loss of mental strength.
प्राथितः (prāthitaḥ) pictured from inner desires (Dream)
प्राप्तः प्रकृतिविकारह् (prāptaḥ prakṛtivikārah) Abnormal behavior, the person who administers poison to someone else can be identified as he is having derangement of his normal behavior.
प्राय पुरीषं (prāya purīṣaṁ) Excessive stool
प्रार्थना (prārthanā) Desire
प्रास्रवण (prāsravaṇa) Small falls- Arising from mountains, this water is light, carminative and good for heart.
प्रिय (priya) Dear
प्रियता (priyatā) Loveliness; allure
प्रीणन (prīṇana) Satisfying; Nutrition; soothing, appeasing; Nourishing, the primary function of Rasa Dhātu.
प्रीति (prīti) Desire; Love; Affection
प्रेत चेष्टा (preta ceṣṭā) Ghost like activities, Unprecedented activities
प्रेतगन्ध (pretagandha) Smell of dead body
प्रेतरूप (pretarūpa) Appearance of dead body (faces hippocratia).
प्रेताकृति (pretākṛti) Appearance of dead body (faces hippocration).
प्रेत्यः (pretyaḥ) other births(other life)
प्रेरणं (preraṇaṁ) impulsion: Driving out; A force that moves something along
प्लीहा (plīhā) Spleen
प्लुष्टं (pluṣṭaṁ) Stage of a burn which is characterized by discoloring of its site and extreme burning and marked by absence of any vesicle or blister.
फणिन् (faṇin) Snakes (cobra).
फरफरायणं कर्ण (pharapharāyaṇaṁ karṇa) Sensation in the like moving in the insects
फल (phala) 1.Fruit; 2. Therapeutic Result
फल वर्ग (phala varga) Class of different fruits
फलक (phalaka) Surfaces/ facets - a property of material
फलम् (falam) fruits
फलिनी (phalinī) Group of 19 plants whose fruits are indicated in Paṁchakarma.
फलोद्भिः इव मूत्रं (phalodbhiḥ iva mūtraṁ) Micturition with splitting pain
फांट (phāṁṭa) a filtrate obtained by steeping the soft & aromatic substances in boiled water in liquid doses form
फाणित (phāṇita) Molasses is a semisolid condensed sugarcane preparation, traditionally used to prepare Arișta, Asava and other forms of alcoholic fermentation. Its heavy in nature,Sweet in taste, nutitive and non - aphrodisiac and aggravates Tri-Doṣa.
फेनं (phenaṁ) Froth
फेनयुक्तं (phenayuktaṁ) Frothy
फेनवत् (phenavat) Frothy
फेनवमी (phenavamī) Vomiting of frothy material.
फेनशान्ति (phenaśānti) One of the classical test indicating the completion of medicated ghee preparation
फेनागमनं (phenāgamanaṁ) Foaming at the mouth.
फेनानुगतं (phenānugataṁ) Frothy
फेनिलं (phenilaṁ) Frothy
फेनोद्गम (phenodgama) One of the classical test indicating the completion of medicated oil preparation
बक्कस (bakkasa) it is the sediment part of the fermentation process and Synonym of surabija- seed and is used for an initiation of the fermentation process
बद्धं (baddhaṁ) Tying/ligating/fastening
बद्ध अधोवायु (baddha adhovāyu) Suppressed
बद्धदर्शनं (baddhadarśanaṁ) Blurred vision
बद्धमुष्टि (baddhamuṣṭi) Closed fist
बद्धाबद्धं (baddhābaddhaṁ) Suppressed or loose motion irregularly
बन्ध (bandha) Suppressed
बन्ध (bandha) one of the action attributed to jala mahabhuta
बन्धनाश आर्तव (bandhanāśa ārtava) Loss of menstrual blood.
बन्धुजीवकनिभं (bandhujīvakanibhaṁ) Bright red eye, like the flower of Pentapetes phoenicae
बन्धुजीवप्रतीकाशं (bandhujīvapratīkāśaṁ) Bright red eye, like the flower of Pentapetes phoenicae
बल (bala) Energy required to perform daily activities is Strength. – Individual strength has been classified in 3 types. Sahaja – Hereditary, Yuktija Strength achieved from exercise, food etc. Kalaja – natural strength received during Visarga kala. As long as the patient has good strength he can resist the all sorts of the diseases easily. If this strength or immunity is decreased minor diseases can create serious symptoms.
बल प्रणाश (bala praṇāśa) Loss of physical strength or weakness
बलक्षय (balakṣaya) Loss of physical strength or weakness
बलनाश (balanāśa) Loss of physical strength or weakness
बलपरिक्षय (balaparikṣaya) Loss of physical strength or weakness
बलपरिहानि (balaparihāni) Loss of physical strength or weakness
बलभ्रंश (balabhraṁśa) Loss of physical strength or weakness
बलवत् पुरुषे देशेजन्मे (balavat puruṣe deśejanme) Birth in a place which is endowed with energized persons. One among the strengthening factor which is concerned with the place. Individual taken birth in that place where there is a good vitality. That is birth in Jangala desha (arid place), will have good tolerance capacity.
बलवत्पुरुषे काल जन्मे (balavatpuruṣe kāla janme) One among the strengthening factor which is concerned with the time. Individual taken birth in the time where there is a good vitality. That is birth in Visarga kala, will have good tolerance capacity.
बलविघात (balavighāta) Loss of physical strength or weakness
बलविनाश (balavināśa) Loss of physical strength or weakness
बलवृद्धिकर भाव (balavṛddhikara bhāva) Factors which increase and maintain the strength of an individual it includes birth in a place having strong person, that in a time conducive for strength, favorable time, excellence of seed and soil, excellence of diet, body, suitability and psyche, natural mechanism, youth, physical exercise and cheerfulness.
बलसङ्क्षय (balasaṅkṣaya) Loss of physical strength or weakness
बलह्रास (balahrāsa) Loss of physical strength or weakness
बलादान (balādāna) Loss of physical strength or weakness
बलापकर्षण (balāpakarṣaṇa) Loss of physical strength or weakness
बलापहरण (balāpaharaṇa) Loss of physical strength or weakness
बलाभाव (balābhāva) Loss of physical strength or weakness
बलिः (baliḥ) Sacrificial offering or propitiatory oblation.
बलिकर्म इच्छा (balikarma icchā) Likes to do oblation
बलेपघात (balepaghāta) Loss of physical strength or weakness
बलोप्तप्तिः (baloptaptiḥ) Loss of physical strength or weakness
बहुभुक् (bahubhuk) intake of more quantity of food
बहुला (bahulā) Excessive, thick
बहुवाक् (bahuvāk) verbosity
बहुशः (bahuśaḥ) Frequently
बह्वाशी (bahvāśī) Intake of more quantity of food
बाधा (bādhā) Pain
बाधिर्य (bādhirya) Loss of hearing
बाल (bāla) Childhood- it is determined from birth to 16 years, when dhatus are immature, sexual character are not manifested; the body is delicate with incomplete strength& dominance of kapha dhatu.
बाल इच्छा (bāla icchā) Fond of Children
बाहुः (bāhuḥ) Upper limb
बाहुकर्मक्षयः (bāhukarmakṣayaḥ) Loss of motor function of upper limb.
बाहुचेष्टापहारी (bāhuceṣṭāpahārī) loss of motor function of upper limb
बाह्य मल (bāhya mala) Impurities seen on external part of the body. It’s a sign of poor personnel hygiene, which may end up in many ailments like itching, burning sensation etc.
बाह्यद्रुति (bāhyadruti) It is a mercurial process where materials are Added after Melting the material outside separately.
बिन्दु (bindu) A spot
बिन्दुभिः आचय (bindubhiḥ ācaya) Multiple spots on skin.
बिन्दुशः मुत्रं (binduśaḥ mutraṁ) Passing urine drop by drop.
बिंबिसी (biṁbisī) defecation with burning and gripping pain
बिलेशया (bileśayā) Includes animals living in burrows. Exp- toad, Iguana, snake, porcupine.
बिल्व (bilva) indicating measure Synonym of one pala=48 g of metric units
बीजक्षेत्रगुण संपत् (bījakṣetraguṇa saṁpat) Excellence of seed (sperm and ovum) & soil (Womb) - it is the one of the strengthening factors of the body. Child grown to the parents having Excellency in sperm, ovum and womb will be endowed with good strength, vitality and immunity.
बीजावर्त (bījāvarta) A stage of satvapatana in which flame attains color of melting material indicating the metal supposed to melt
बुद् बुद् तुल्यमांस (bud bud tulyamāṁsa) Skin covered with bubble like flesh.
बुद्धि (buddhi) The power of forming and retaining conceptions and general notions , intelligence , reason , intellect , discernment , judgment
बुद्धि उपघात (buddhi upaghāta) Lack of intelligence
बुद्धि उपरोध (buddhi uparodha) Lack of intelligence
बृंहण (bṛṁhaṇa) All procedures and treatment which increase body weight and strength is called Brimhana. This therapy is indicated for emaciated, weak and debilitated and for those in convalescence from chronic illness like mal-absorption, tuberculosis, and anemia. Is reverse of reduction. This therapy consisting of rich diet, tonic herbs, rest and relaxing lifestyle. Food prepared with ghee, butter, seasame oil, milk, raw sugar and joggery.
बृंहणीय (bṛṁhaṇīya) anabolic/promoters of tissue growth
बृहत् पञ्चमूल (bṛhat pañcamūla) a combination of following five roots obtained from trees
बोधक कफ (bodhaka kapha) One of the five subtypes of Kapha that helps in the perception of taste.
ब्रध्नः (bradhnaḥ) Rectum
ब्रम्हचर्य (bramhacarya) Avoidance of sexual act physically, mentally & verbally all ways under any circumstances. Control over genital organ, which leads to pleasant mind & helpful to attain knowledge about Bramha (supreme god)
ब्रम्हा मुहूर्त (bramhā muhūrta) Brahmā means relating to Bramha or creator or supreme spirit or to sacred knowledge or study or divine or presided over by a Bramha. Muhūrta refers to partic, period of the day. Brahmā muhūrta includes time between 4th Ghatika and 2nd Ghatika before sunrise, or 48 minutes of auspicious period before sunrise. It’s the relevant time for thinking brahmā or to study.
ब्रह्मचर्य (brahmacarya) A state of continence and chastity abstaining from sexual relations and experience
भक्ति (bhakti) A natural inclination or fondness for something; Desire
भक्तिविभ्रमः (bhaktivibhramaḥ) Perverted desire or there will not be desire on things which were desired previously.
भक्थ (bhaktha) Food or drinks consumed by the individual.
भक्षण (bhakṣaṇa) Ingestion - oral administration
भक्ष्य (bhakṣya) masticable; dietary substances to be masticated; e.g.
भग्नत्वं (bhagnatvaṁ) Breaking pain
भग्नत्वं इव (bhagnatvaṁ iva) Micturition with breaking pain
भङ्गः अङ्गः (bhaṅgaḥ aṅgaḥ) Breaking pain in the body.
भङ्गः स्कन्धस्य (bhaṅgaḥ skandhasya) Drooping of shoulders.
भङ्गनील (bhaṅganīla) Bee like blue color
भङ्गुरम् (bhaṅguram) Quality of material indicating Brittleness/ fragility
भञ्जन (bhañjana) Breaking pain
भयः (bhayaḥ) Fear
भर्जन (bharjana) Frying/Roasting- one of the process applied in purification/refining of the material
भस्त्र (bhastra) used for blowing purpose
भस्म (bhasma) ash
भस्म (bhasma) Ashes of metals/minerals obtained through incineration/calcinations process
भस्मनिभः (bhasmanibhaḥ) Ash color.
भस्माभः (bhasmābhaḥ) Ash color.
भस्मोदकप्रतीकाशं मूत्रं (bhasmodakapratīkāśaṁ mūtraṁ) Urine resembles the washings of ash.
भा (bhā) reflection of the skin color
भाजन (bhājana) A unit of Measurement; Synonym of one adhak_ =3.073 g of metric units
भाजन (bhājana) a process where material is cooled by removing heat source- Vessel used for various purposes
भाजन (bhājana) Vessels or utensils which are used for preparing food. Bhajana is one among the Samskara (modulation of food properties) - āhara vidhi veshesha ayatana. Properties of the food vary according to the utensils used for preparation as well as eating. E.g.: advising anemic patients to have food prepared in iron vessels.
भानुपक (bhānupaka) certain pharmaceutical products are to be prepared by exposing them to sun rays
भार (bhāra) Indicating measure 40 tulas are equal to one bhar i.e. 96 kg (rounded to 1.0 quintals) of metric units.
भाराढय (bhārāḍhaya) Heavy in weight – indicating the concentration of the material
भारिकं (bhārikaṁ) Heaviness of the head.
भावः (bhāvaḥ) state of existence
भावन (bhāvana) Steeping - it’s a type of modulatory process of qualities of food & drugs. Steeping the food articles with any kind of decoction or juice will enhances the properties of the particular food and drug.
भावना (bhāvanā) One of the process applied in purification/refining of the material
भाविकस्वप्न (bhāvikasvapna) Dreams indicative of future happenings
भास्वर (bhāsvara) Shining indicating the mineral property of reflecting of light by the surface -
भिन्न कांस्यपत्रता (bhinna kāṁsyapatratā) Weak voice resembles the broken bell metal.
भिन्न कांस्यस्वरतुल्यघोषः (bhinna kāṁsyasvaratulyaghoṣaḥ) Weak voice resembles the broken bell metal.
भिन्न कांस्योपम ध्वनि (bhinna kāṁsyopama dhvani) Sound resembles the broken bell metal.
भिन्न विट्क (bhinna viṭka) Loose motion
भिन्न स्वरः (bhinna svaraḥ) Hoarseness of voice
भिन्नार्चि (bhinnārci) When poisonous food is put into fire, the food burns in severed & disjointed flames.
भिषक् द्वेष (bhiṣak dveṣa) Aversion to physician
भुक्तोपघात (bhuktopaghāta) Loss of appetite
भुग्न (bhugna) Curved
भुजः (bhujaḥ) Upper limb
भुरि अन्नं (bhuri annaṁ) Intake of more quantity of food
भुरिता (bhuritā) Excessive
भू (bhū) Earth: the proto-element
भूतः (bhūtaḥ) Evil spirits or extrinsic micro-organism
भूत धात्रि (bhūta dhātri) It is made up two words, Bhuta – living things, Dhatri- women giving nutrition to the baby by own breast milk. It is another name of Ratri swabhava prabhava Nidra, is a type of Nidra comes due to the effect of night. It’s a natural sleep. This type of sleep nourishes one’s own body similar breast milk nourishing the new born baby.
भूताग्नि (bhūtāgni) Five types of Agni, those act after Jatharagni, but before Dhatvagni on the food and its metabolites. They are: Parthiva, Apya, Taijasa, Vayaviya and Nabhasa. They act on the corresponding substrate based on Pancabhautika composition to make them homologous to that of the bodily constituents.
भूतात्मा (bhūtātmā) The self consisting of the elements, The soul of all being.
भूधर् यन्त्र (bhūdhar yantra) An apparatus used for purification, digestion etc processes by submerging it under ground and applying heat from above
भूषण (bhūṣaṇa) Ornaments
भृश (bhṛśa) Excessive
भृशवेगी (bhṛśavegī) Excess flow
भेकाभ (bhekābha) Color of frog
भेद (bheda) Splitting pain Breaking pain
भेद (bheda) This is the last stage of Kriyakala in which the disease may become chronic or incurable.
भेदन (bhedana) Breaking pain
भेदन (bhedana) Breaking- reduction of the hard substances into small pieces.
भेदनीय (bhedanīya) a group of purgatives
भेषज (bheṣaja) medicine
भैरव (bhairava) Bizarre look
भोजनशेषं (bhojanaśeṣaṁ) Stomach contents
भोजनस्यावरोध् (bhojanasyāvarodh) Stagnation of food in the gut.
भोज्योपरोध (bhojyoparodha) Difficulty in deglutition.
भौम सर्प (bhauma sarpa) Terrestrial snakes.
भ्रम (bhrama) Giddiness, Dizziness or tremor.
भ्रमण (bhramaṇa) Wandering
भ्रमण पाद (bhramaṇa pāda) Unsteady foot
भ्रमन्ति इव दर्शनं (bhramanti iva darśanaṁ) Objects look as revolving
भ्रंश (bhraṁśa) Prolapse
भ्राजक पित्त (bhrājaka pitta) One of the five subtypes of Pitta that causes Illumination or shining of the skin.
भ्राजिष्णु अक्षि (bhrājiṣṇu akṣi) Dazzling appearance of the eye
भ्राजिष्णु दर्शनं (bhrājiṣṇu darśanaṁ) Objects look as dazzling
भ्रान्त चेतः (bhrānta cetaḥ) Perplexed mind
भ्रान्त दर्शनं (bhrānta darśanaṁ) Perplexed sight
भ्रान्तंअक्षि (bhrāntaṁakṣi) Frantic eye
भ्रान्तप्रेक्षी (bhrāntaprekṣī) Seeing things in faulty manner
भ्रामर (bhrāmara) Variety of honey collected from Bhramara type of honey bee. Color of this honey will be of whitish.
भ्रूक्षेप (bhrūkṣepa) Spasmodic movement of the eyebrow
भ्रूव्युदास (bhrūvyudāsa) Spasmodic movement of the eyebrow.
मक्षिकाः (makṣikāḥ) Flies with poisonous stings.
मक्षिका तुल्यं पुरीषं (makṣikā tulyaṁ purīṣaṁ) Honey like stool
मक्षिका दर्शनं (makṣikā darśanaṁ) Honey bee like objects appear before eyes
मक्षिकाक्रान्तं पुरीषं (makṣikākrāntaṁ purīṣaṁ) Stool attracted by bees.
मक्षिकाभं (makṣikābhaṁ) Color like that of Honey
मज्जनं जले (majjanaṁ jale) Sinks in water
मज्जनम् (majjanam) Steeping- keeping the material immersed in a specified liquid
मज्जनि मज्जनं अस्थि (majjani majjanaṁ asthi) Bone merges in marrow in the fracture
मज्जा (majjā) Marrow
मज्जा धातु (majjā dhātu) Sixth of the seven basic Dhātus, whose function is to fill the bony cavities. It is predominant of Jala Mahābhūta.
मज्जा प्रकाशं (majjā prakāśaṁ) Resembles bone marrow in color and appearance
मज्जा रूपं (majjā rūpaṁ) Resembles bone marrow in color and appearance
मज्जागन्धं (majjāgandhaṁ) Smell of bone marrow
मज्जानं (majjānaṁ) Resembles bone marrow in color and appearance
मज्जाभं (majjābhaṁ) Resembles bone marrow in color and appearance
मज्जामिश्रं (majjāmiśraṁ) Mixed with bone marrow
मज्जोपसंसृष्टं (majjopasaṁsṛṣṭaṁ) Mixed with bone marrow
मञ्जिष्ठ उदकोपमं (mañjiṣṭha udakopamaṁ) Resembles the juice of Maṁjișṭha i.e. dark red
मञ्जिष्ठ वस्त्र (mañjiṣṭha vastra) Cloth is painted with MANJISTHA KWATHA. Best indicated in hemanta ritu& śiśira ritu& during cloudy time.
मञ्जिष्ठ सङ्काशं (mañjiṣṭha saṅkāśaṁ) Resembles the juice of Maṁjișṭha i.e. dark red
मञ्जिष्ठ सलिलसङ्काशं (mañjiṣṭha salilasaṅkāśaṁ) Resembles the juice of Maṁjișṭha i.e. dark red
मञ्जिष्ठाभं (mañjiṣṭhābhaṁ) Resembles the juice of Maṁjișṭha i.e. dark red
मणिबन्धः (maṇibandhaḥ) Wrist
मण्ड (maṇḍa) It’s a method of rice preparation. To prepare this 1 part rice and 14 part water is added and cooked. Liquid portion of that preparation is maṇḍa (rice gruel).It facilitates evacuation of flatus, relives thirst, weakness, improves digestion, softens the metabolic pathways.
मण्डल (maṇḍala) Circular patch, Round shaped
मण्डल दर्शनं (maṇḍala darśanaṁ) Circular objects appear before eyes.
मण्डल दृष्टिमण्डल (maṇḍala dṛṣṭimaṇḍala) Circular lesion in pupil
मण्डूक (maṇḍūka) Frog.
मत्कुणगन्ध (matkuṇagandha) Bug like smell on body
मत्रवत् अस्हन् (matravat ashan) Quantity of food which does not cause any disturbance in the body is considered mātrāvata āhāra
मत्स्य (matsya) Fish
मत्स्य इच्छा (matsya icchā) Fond of Fish
मत्स्यगन्ध (matsyagandha) Smell of fish
मत्स्यशकलसन्निभं (matsyaśakalasannibhaṁ) Resembles the scale of fish.
मंथनं (maṁthanaṁ) Churning pain
मथनं अरण्येव (mathanaṁ araṇyeva) Pain as being churned with Araṇī (Fire producing stick)
मद (mada) Intoxication
मदः (madaḥ) The state of being emotionally aroused and worked up
मदकारी (madakārī) Substances which intoxicates & vitiates intellect; e.g. wine
मदनयोहतम् (madanayohatam) One with clothes and limbs thrown about, with excessive vomiting and motions, he should hold as killed by a stupefying mixture.(a combination containing randia spinosa)
मद्य (madya) The liquid doses form containing alcohols obtained by fermentation process
मद्य इच्छा (madya icchā) Fond of Alcohol
मधित (madhita) Is prepared by churning the curd and removing butter, without adding water. Alleviates Kapha and Pitta.
मधु इच्छा (madhu icchā) Fond of Honey
मधु इव मूत्रं (madhu iva mūtraṁ) Urine resembles honey in color and appearance
मधु वर्ग (madhu varga) Class of different sources of Honey
मधुक्रोडा (madhukroḍā) Prepared with flour mixed up with honey and solidified by frying.
मधुर (madhura) Sweet; one among six rasa.
मधुर (madhura) Sweet, something that is sweet to taste
मधुर त्रय (madhura traya) Class of following 3 substances having Madhura Rasa viz. Sharkara, Madhu & Ghrita.
मधुर त्रिफला (madhura triphalā) Class of following three fruits having madhura rasa; viz. Gaṁbhārī (Gmelina arborea), khajūr(Phoenix sylvestris), Draksha(Vitis vinifera).
मधुर रसता (madhura rasatā) Sweet taste
मधुर स्कन्ध (madhura skandha) Class of substances having actions attributed to Madhura Rasa.
मधुरभक्षण द्वेष (madhurabhakṣaṇa dveṣa) Aversion to sweet food
मधुरास्यता (madhurāsyatā) Sweet taste
मधुशुक्त (madhuśukta) The fermented liquid using the honey on attaining acidity
मधुसमं (madhusamaṁ) Urine resembles honey in color and appearance
मध्यभङ्ग अस्थि (madhyabhaṅga asthi) Fracture in the middle of the bone
मध्यम कोष्ठ (madhyama koṣṭha) A physiological type of Koṣṭha produced because of the dominance of either Kapha, or due to the balanced state of all the three Doṣas. The individual with this type of Koṣṭha, passes normal bowels and has normal digestive ability.
मध्यम पन्चमूल (madhyama pancamūla) Combination of following five plants; Bala(Sida cordifolia), Punarnava(Boerhāvia diffusa), Eranda(Ricinus communis), Mudagparni(Phaseolus trilobus), Mashparni(Teramnus labialis).
मध्यम सत्व (madhyama satva) Medium psyche- sustains them at the instance of other or entirely by others. These persons are able to with stand grief, fear, anger, confusion and conceit to some extent.
मध्यमपाक (madhyamapāka) Completing the process in optimal stage
मध्यमवीर्य लूता (madhyamavīrya lūtā) Moderately venomous spiders with fatal period between 7 to 15 days.
मध्यम् वय (madhyam vaya) Middle age- from 16- 60 years .It is characterized by strength virility, quality of all dhātus having reached the normal limits with proper physical & mental strength, without degeneration in qualities of dhātus with predominance of pitta dhātu.
मध्याह्नः (madhyāhnaḥ) Midday:
मध्येभक्त (madhyebhakta) Medicine consumed in between the meal cure diseases bestows strength and alleviates diseases of head and neck
मन (mana) Weights and measures /metrology
मनस् (manas) The mind, the internal organ which link among soul, sensory and motor organs
मनस्कर (manaskara) Conducive to mind
मनो अवसाद (mano avasāda) Loss of mental strength.
मनोदैन्य (manodainya) wretchedness, Pathetic
मनोनाश (manonāśa) Confusion or absence of mind
मनोनुगतं (manonugataṁ) Reveals secrets
मनोन्मत्तविक्षोभण (manonmattavikṣobhaṇa) Perplexed mind
मनोपघात (manopaghāta) Confusion or absence of mind
मनोपहार (manopahāra) Disturbed mind
मनोसम्भ्रम (manosambhrama) Perplexed mind
मन्त्र (mantra) Mantra is a word or the combination of the words, which if recited in a prescribed manner, the person is able to reach the god or can possess the immortal power to heal, which is considered to be the best and most effective amongst all the types of the treatment of poisoning.
मन्थ (mantha) The liquid obtained by churning of any food substance after addition of 14 times of water.
मन्थन (manthana) The Process of churning
मन्द (manda) a gruel of rice by adding 14 times of water without rice particles
मन्द (manda) Dull/sluggish; One of the 20 gurvadi gunās. Caused due activated pṛthvī & jala mahābhuta; denotes physiological & pharmacological slowing down of processes; instrumental for palliative therapy; pacifies pitta, increases kapha.
मन्द इन्द्रिय (manda indriya) Weakness of sensory faculty
मन्दनादम् (mandanādam) Dull sound
मन्दबल (mandabala) Diminished strength
मन्दबुद्धि (mandabuddhi) Lack of intelligence
मन्दरुजा (mandarujā) Slight pain
मन्दवह्नि (mandavahni) Mild heat/fire
मन्दवाक् (mandavāk) less talking
मन्दवीर्यत्वम् (mandavīryatvam) At the end of rainy season, the effect of poison becomes milder i.e. it becomes less potent and sluggish in action.
मन्दाग्नि (mandāgni) The state in which the action of Agni is considerably depressed due to dominant influence of Kapha.
मन्दाहारो (mandāhāro) It is a symptom produced in third impulse of animal poisoning which means poisoned animal stops eating food.
मन्दोत्साह (mandotsāha) Lack of enthusiasm
मन्या (manyā) Sides of the neck
मयूरकण्ठप्रतिमो (mayūrakaṇṭhapratimo) When poisonous food is put into fire, color of the flame changes vividly like peacock’s throat.
मयूरकण्ठसदृश (mayūrakaṇṭhasadṛśa) Resembles the color of the throat of peacock
मयूरचन्द्रिकाछाय (mayūracandrikāchāya) Resembling the shade of peacock’s feather
मरकतः (marakataḥ) Emerald.
मरकतप्रभ (marakataprabha) Resembles like emerald grass like green in color
मरीचि दर्शनं (marīci darśanaṁ) Mirage appear once before eyes
मर्कट (markaṭa) Monkey.
मर्दः (mardaḥ) Pressing pain
मर्दन (mardana) Severe pressing of body from feet to waist.
मर्दनः (mardanaḥ) Frequent rubbing
मल (mala) The waste products of the body formed during various stages of digestion and metabolism. Mala is one of the fundamental constituent of the human body along with Doṣa and Dhātu. They are of two classes: Āhāramala and Dhātumala. Āhāramala are: Mūtra (Urine) and Purīṣa (faces). Following are the Dhātumalās: Kapha from Rasa, Pitta from Rakta, nose mucus and ear wax from the Māṃsa, Sveda (perspiration) from the Meda, nails and hair from the Asthi, rheum of the eye from the Majjā.
मलच्छवि (malacchavi) Dirty appearance
मलज (malaja) Parasites growing in external excreta
मलिन वस्त्र (malina vastra) Wearing of these clothes is considered inauspicious & causes itching & other skin disorders.
मलीमस (malīmasa) Dirty appearance
मलोत्पत्ति कण्ठे (malotpatti kaṇṭhe) Mucus coating in throat
मशक दर्शनं (maśaka darśanaṁ) Flies appearing before eyes
मशकाः (maśakāḥ) Mosquitoes.
मशी (maśī) the materials are subjected to heat in a closed vessel to obtain black form of ash
मश्रृणम् (maśrṛṇam) Smooth in touch
मसितुल्यं (masitulyaṁ) Resembles the color of ink
मसिवर्णं (masivarṇaṁ) Color of ink
मस्तकः (mastakaḥ) Head; Forehead
मस्तिष्क (mastiṣka) Head; Brain
मस्तुलुङ्गतुल्यं (mastuluṅgatulyaṁ) Resembles in color and appearance of the brain matter
मस्तुलुङ्गाभं (mastuluṅgābhaṁ) Resembles in color and appearance of the brain matter
मस्तुलुङ्गोपमं (mastuluṅgopamaṁ) Resembles in color and appearance of the brain matter
महत् (mahat) Severe, enlargement
महत् (mahat) Large/gigantic
महाकषाय (mahākaṣāya) Group of ten substances having similar pharmacological effect; described by Caraka; 50 in number
महाखुड्डाक (mahākhuḍḍāka) major, big one, in details
महान / महत् (mahāna) the second evaluated factor in the process of evolution which stands for buddhi, intellect and also for big
महानस (mahānasa) Kitchen.
महानिद्रा (mahānidrā) Excessive sleep
महापञ्च विष (mahāpañca viṣa) Combination of following five poisonous drugs; Musta(Cyperus rotundus), Vatsnābh(Aconitum ferox).
महाभूत (mahābhūta) Great Elements; the five proto-elements ākāśa, Vāyu, Teja, Jala and Pṛthvi which are the basic constituents of all substances
महामृग (mahāmṛga) Among the animals which graze around in search of food, the larger ones are categorized as Mahamruga. Exp- pig, Buffalo, Elephant, Jungle cow.
महावेग कास (mahāvega kāsa) Cough with severe bout
महाशन (mahāśana) Intake of more quantity of food
महास्नेह (mahāsneha) Class of four unctuous substance; Ghee, Oil, Fat and Marrow.
महास्रोतः (mahāsrotaḥ) Rectum
महास्वन कास (mahāsvana kāsa) Cough with loud sound
माक्षिक (mākṣika) Variety of honey which is collected from the reddish variety of honey bee. It is considered as the best among other varieties of honey. Color of this honey will be similar to seasam oil.
मात्र विरुद्ध (mātra viruddha) It’s a type of incompatibility (Viruddha) concerned with quantity, eg.Intake of honey and ghee in equal quantity will comes under this category.
मात्रवत् अश्नियात (mātravat aśniyāta) Food should be taken always in proper quantity, it get digested without any disturbance.
मात्रा (mātrā) a specific measurement, quantity or dose : A standard of measure
मात्रावत आहार (mātrāvata āhāra) Quantity of food which does not cause any disturbance in the body is considered mātrāvata āhāra
मात्राहीन (mātrāhīna) Less quantity of food / drug- for those who have weak digestive fire & who are sick, giving them less quantity of food/ drug is ideal.
मात्सर्य (mātsarya) Jealousy
मात्सर्यः (mātsaryaḥ) feeling of grudge or Enviousness
मानसिक भाव (mānasika bhāva) thoughts or factor, attribute related to mānas
मानिका (mānikā) A unit of Measurement; Two kuḍavas will make one manika= 384 g of metric units
मानुषी (mānuṣī) One of the four categories of medicines described in Atharva veda.
मारण (māraṇa) A process by which the metals/minerals are Reduced into ashes
मार्ग रोध (mārga rodha) Obstruction of passage
मार्गात् मार्गं चरेत् रक्तं (mārgāt mārgaṁ caret raktaṁ) Bleeding changes from one channel to other.
मार्गान् विवृणोति (mārgān vivṛṇoti) That which removes obstruction from the srotas
मार्गावरोध (mārgāvarodha) Obstruction of passage.
मार्गै अधोवायु (mārgai adhovāyu) Passing Flatus through ulcer
मार्गै पुरीषप्रवर्तनं (mārgai purīṣapravartanaṁ) Passing stool through ulcer
मार्गै मूत्रं (mārgai mūtraṁ) Passing Urine through ulcer
मार्गै शुक्रं (mārgai śukraṁ) Passing semen through ulcer
मार्जन (mārjana) Cleaning/sweeping- it is method of purification (external) which is used to clean the vitiated land; it takes the physical impurities out.
मार्दव (mārdava) Softening; caused due to Jala mahābhūta predominance.
माला इच्छा (mālā icchā) Fond of Garlands.
माल्य इच्छा (mālya icchā) Fond of Garlands
माल्य द्वेष (mālya dveṣa) Aversion of Garlands
माल्यगन्ध (mālyagandha) Smell of Garlands
माषा (māṣā) A unit of Measurement; 5/7/10 abrus seeds are equal to one masha kidney bean= 1 g of metric units
मांस इच्छा (māṁsa icchā) Fond of Meat
मांस धातु (māṁsa dhātu) Flesh. Third Dhātu among seven Dhātus, whose function is to provide covering over the skeleton. It is dominant of Pṛthvi Mahābhūta.
मांस वर्ग (māṁsa varga) Class of flesh sourced different animals.
मांसतोयप्रख्यं (māṁsatoyaprakhyaṁ) Resembles the color and appearance of the washings of meat.
मांसदरणं (māṁsadaraṇaṁ) Splitting of flesh.
मांसदुष्टि (māṁsaduṣṭi) Decaying of flesh
मांसधावन तुल्यं (māṁsadhāvana tulyaṁ) Resembles the color and appearance of the washings of meat
मांसधावन प्रकाशं (māṁsadhāvana prakāśaṁ) Resembles the color and appearance of the washings of meat.
मांसधावन सन्निभं (māṁsadhāvana sannibhaṁ) Resembles the color and appearance of the washings of meat.
मांसधावनवत् (māṁsadhāvanavat) Resembles the color and appearance of the washings of meat.
मांसपिण्ड (māṁsapiṇḍa) Fleshy mass.
मांसपिण्डोपम (māṁsapiṇḍopama) Resembles fleshy mass
मांसपेशीप्रभं (māṁsapeśīprabhaṁ) Color of muscles
मांसप्रक्षालनाभं (māṁsaprakṣālanābhaṁ) Resembles the color and appearance of the washings of meat.
मांसप्ररोह (māṁsapraroha) Polypus
मांसरस (māṁsarasa) soup prepared with meat by adding 8 times of water & reducing it to 1/4th and seasoned with 3 pungent, ghee & jiggery
मांसवृद्धि (māṁsavṛddhi) Fleshy mass.
मांसशात जिह्वा (māṁsaśāta jihvā) Decaying of tongue
मांसशोणितगन्ध (māṁsaśoṇitagandha) Smell of flesh and blood
मांससरम्भं (māṁsasarambhaṁ) Fleshy mass.
मांसाङ्कुर (māṁsāṅkura) Sprout like growth
मांसानामवशातनं (māṁsānāmavaśātanaṁ) Sloughing of the flesh produced by the bite of the Maṁḍali (vipers) snake.
मांसाभिवृद्धि (māṁsābhivṛddhi) Fleshy mass
मासिक प्राणहर योग (māsika prāṇahara yoga) Harmful preparation made up of slow acting poisonous substances which prove to be fatal in a period of 1 month.
मांसोत्सन्ना (māṁsotsannā) Fleshy mass.
मांसोदकच्छ्राय (māṁsodakacchrāya) Fleshy mass
मांसोदकसन्निकाशं (māṁsodakasannikāśaṁ) Resembles the color and appearance of the washings of meat
मांसोदकाभं (māṁsodakābhaṁ) Resembles the color and appearance of the washings of meat
मांसोदकोपमं (māṁsodakopamaṁ) Resembles the color and appearance of the washings of meat
मांसोद्गम (māṁsodgama) Sprout like growth
मांसोन्नाह (māṁsonnāha) Fleshy mass
मांसोपचय (māṁsopacaya) Fleshy mass
मित्रपञ्चक (mitrapañcaka) A group of five drugs used to test the bhasmas- Fusion mixture
मिथ्यायोग (mithyāyoga) Unusually or contrarily interaction of sense organs with their respective objects in accordance with time
मिन्मिन्य (minminya) Nasal voice.
मीनधावनतोयगन्धः (mīnadhāvanatoyagandhaḥ) Smell of washing of fish
मीलनं अक्षि (mīlanaṁ akṣi) Closing of the eye or nyctation
मुक्त त्वक् (mukta tvak) Snake which has recently molted.
मुक्तनालं गुद (muktanālaṁ guda) Prolapsed rectum
मुक्तमांसता (muktamāṁsatā) Muscular wasting
मुक्त्¡ सन्धि (mukt¡ sandhi) Looseness of joints
मुक्त्वा कीटविषं तद्धि शीतेनाभिप्रवर्धते (muktvā kīṭaviṣaṁ taddhi śītenābhipravardhate) As a rule poisons are treated with remedies which have cold property. kīta vișa is an exceptions as it increases with use of cold .
मुखं (mukhaṁ) Mouth, Face, Opening
मुखगे त्वोष्ठचिमिचिमा (mukhage tvoṣṭhacimicimā) When poisonous food goes into the mouth, there is prickling sensation in the lips.
मुखपिच्छिलत्वं (mukhapicchilatvaṁ) Mucoid coating in the mouth
मुखवाद्य इच्छा (mukhavādya icchā) fond of musical instruments played by mouth
मुखसन्दश (mukhasandaśa) suckers
मुखात् रक्तं (mukhāt raktaṁ) Bleeding from mouth
मुञ्चति (muñcati) To propel
मुद्रा (mudrā) Sealing all sides using specified materials
मुहुर्मुह (muhurmuha) Administration of medicine again and again, either with the food or with out food. This method should be adopted in cases of repeated bouts of dyspneo, cough, hiccup and vomiting.
मुहुर्मुहुः शिरोन्यासः (muhurmuhuḥ śironyāsaḥ) The symptom where repeated jerks of the head (frequent dropping of the head) are seen if the quadruped is bitten by a poisonous animal.
मूअर्तद्रव्याणि (mūartadravyāṇi) embodied material having physical form
मूकत्वं (mūkatvaṁ) Dumbness
मूकमूषा (mūkamūṣā) A kind of crucible
मूढ उच्छास (mūḍha ucchāsa) Restricted expiration
मूढता अधोवायु (mūḍhatā adhovāyu) Suppression of flatus
मूढत्व (mūḍhatva) Loss of knowledge; Foolishness
मूढसंज्ञता (mūḍhasaṁjñatā) Loss of consciousness
मूत्र (mūtra) One of the liquid form of Āhāra-mala. Urine. Function of Mūtra is to carry away Kleda (watery waste) from the body.
मूत्र प्रकाशम् (mūtra prakāśam) Smell of urine
मूत्र वर्ग (mūtra varga) Class of urine sourced from different animals.
मूत्रगन्धि (mūtragandhi) Smell of Urine
मूत्रतुल्यगन्ध (mūtratulyagandha) Smell of Urine
मूत्रदशक (mūtradaśaka) Class of urine sourced from ten animals; sheep, Buffalo, Elephant, Camel, Goat, Horse, Donkey, Men, Women.
मूत्रपञ्चक (mūtrapañcaka) Class of urine sourced from following five animals; Cow, Goat, Sheep, Donkey, Buffalo.
मूत्रमार्गेण रक्तं (mūtramārgeṇa raktaṁ) Bleeding through urinary tract
मूत्रविरजनीय (mūtravirajanīya) Urinary pigment restorers; substances used to impart normal color to the urine.
मूत्रविरेचनीय (mūtravirecanīya) Diuretics; substances used to increase volume of urine.
मूत्रसंग्रहणीय (mūtrasaṁgrahaṇīya) Ischuretics; substances used to reduce volume of urine.
मूत्रस्रोतोरोध (mūtrasrotorodha) Obstruction of urinary passage
मूत्राष्टक (mūtrāṣṭaka) Class of urine sourced from following Eight animals; Cow, sheep, Buffalo, Elephant, Camel, Horse, Donkey, Goat.
मूर्च्छा (mūrcchā) Partial loss of consciousness; Fainting; Unconsciousness
मूर्च्छाय (mūrcchāya) Fainting
मूर्च्छित (mūrcchita) 1. One of the processes of mercury in which natural impurities present in the mercury is to be removed. 2. property of mercury in curing diseases
मूर्धा (mūrdhā) Head
मूल (mūla) Root
मूल द्रव्य (mūla dravya) Causative substances that are said to be the cause of manifestation of all other substances; Synonym of Karana Dravya.
मूलजानि स्थिराणि च (mūlajāni sthirāṇi ca) It is a group of poisons of immobile origin in which poison is especially present in its roots.
मूलम् (mūlam) root
मूलिनि (mūlini) A group of 16 plants whose roots are used indicated for Paṁchakarma therapy.
मूषा (mūṣā) Used in the preparation of Bhasma, extraction etc.
मूषोदर (mūṣodara) Inside the crucible- charged crucible
मृउत्पात्र (mṛutpātra) an earthen pot used for processing & storing the material
मृगा (mṛgā) Animal which grazes around in search of food.
मृजावर्जन (mṛjāvarjana) Avoiding cleanliness of the body
मृत (mṛta) Killed/ complete reduction of material / incinerated bhasma of metals & minerals
मृतसञ्जीवम् (mṛtasañjīvam) Mṛta saṁjīvan is an ancient classical therapy through which the life of even an almost dead person can be regained. This therapy can be used to nullify the toxic effects of almost all the types of toxins.
मृत् इच्छा (mṛt icchā) Fond of Mud
मृत्स्न (mṛtsna) Soft, Sticky
मृदितै इव (mṛditai iva) Pressing type of pain
मृदित्वं इव (mṛditvaṁ iva) Pressing pain
मृदु (mṛdu) Softness/mildness; One of the 20 gurvadi gunas. Caused due activated akash & jala; denotes physiological & pharmacological softness & mildness; causes relaxation; relieves burning sensation.
मृदु कोष्ठ (mṛdu koṣṭha) A physiological type of Koṣṭha produced because of the dominance of Pitta. The individual with this type of Koṣṭha passes soft bowels and has good digestive ability.
मृदु वीर्य (mṛdu vīrya) Mild Potency
मृदुपाक (mṛdupāka) Diminished digestive power
मृदुपाक (mṛdupāka) Completion of the Process in early than the optimal stage
मृदुस्पर्श (mṛdusparśa) Soft touch
मृद्यमान् इव (mṛdyamān iva) Pressing type of pain
मेचकाभ (mecakābha) Color of oily back or deep black color.
मेचकासन्निभं (mecakāsannibhaṁ) Deep black color
मेढ्र (meḍhra) Phallus or male genital organ, Penis, The male organ of copulation and of urination.
मेढ्रात् रक्तं (meḍhrāt raktaṁ) Bleeding from penis
मेद धातु (meda dhātu) The fourth Dhātu among seven Dhātus of the body, whose function is to provide Snehana. It is dominant of Jala and Pṛthvī Mahābhūtas. Designative of adipose tissue and other lipids in the body.
मेदःकल्पं रक्तं (medaḥkalpaṁ raktaṁ) Blood with the color of fat
मेदुर इच्छा (medura icchā) Desire to take fatty items
मेदोदक सन्निभं (medodaka sannibhaṁ) Resembles the color of washings of fat
मेदोदकोपमं (medodakopamaṁ) Resembles the color of washings of fat
मेद्य इच्छा (medya icchā) Desire to take fatty items
मेधा (medhā) that component of mental faculty which is responsible for grasping, understanding and retaining power
मेध्य (medhya) the substance which promote intelligence
मैथुन असहत्व (maithuna asahatva) Intolerance to intercourse
मैरेयक (maireyaka) The finished product obtained by allowing for further fermentation/maturation after mixing the āsav and surā in equal proportions
मोक्ष (mokṣa) Salvation: liberation, cessation from worldly existence or transmigration, the fourth mansion to achieve the goal of life
मोक्ष पुरीषम् (mokṣa purīṣam) Loose motion
मोक्ष हनू (mokṣa hanū) Dislocation of Jaw
मोदक (modaka) A synonym of vaṭi with variation in the size a quantum of solid dose form – little bigger than the vaṭi
मोह (moha) Disorientation, Because of the sharpness property of poison, it overwhelms the mind (produces disorientations) and tends to disintegrate the marmas (vital points).
मोह (moha) Unconsciousness, during the first impulse, because of vitiation of rasa the patient suffers from unconsciousness.
मोह (moha) Loss of consciousness, bewilderment, perplexity, distraction, infatuation, delusion
मोह (moha) Infatuation leads to flections of psychic status and ends up in psychological disorder.
मोहः (mohaḥ) confused state of mind that does not lead to correct perception
मोह हृदयं (moha hṛdayaṁ) Bradycardia or weak heart beat
मोहन (mohana) Loss of consciousness, Delusion, Distraction
मोहयति (mohayati) produces stupidity
मौलं च दंष्ट्रजम् (maulaṁ ca daṁṣṭrajam) Inanimate type of poison neutralizes the animate poison.
म्रियते श्वासेन् (mriyate śvāsen) In the fourth impulse of animal poisoning the animal dies because of the failure of respiratory system.
यमदंष्ट्र काल (yamadaṁṣṭra kāla) A junction period of Kārtika māsa- ) Mārgaśīrașa-) has been designated as Yama daṁștrākāla: as it is influenced by Yamaraja, one who takes heavy meal in this time he will loose his health.
यमला छाया (yamalā chāyā) Dual shadow
यव (yava) Cereal- barely, 8 mustard seeds are equal to one yava
यवागु (yavāgu) Gruel; it is type of congenial preparation of cereals, like rice, wheat, barley etc. Is of three types: Manḍa (is only the liquid portion of the prepared gruel), Peya and Vilepi.
यामम (yāmama) A measure of time equivalent to 3 hours
युक्ति (yukti) Wisdom/ skill
युक्ति (yukti) Includes 1. Property of physician and pharmacist to formulate the medicine 2. tool of examination
युक्ति (yukti) logical plan / tactics; pertains to the logic and plan of therapeutic action.
युक्तिकृत बल (yuktikṛta bala) Artificial immunity
युक्तिव्यपाश्रय (yuktivyapāśraya) substance given with proper logical reasoning and on the basis of certain underline principles.
युतायुक्तवाक् (yutāyuktavāk) Incoherent speech.
यूष (yūṣa) Soup prepared with pulses. Is a semisolid preparation obtained by boiling any type of pulse, but not with rice. To prepare Yūșa, as a liquid , water/ Kwata/ Swarasa/ Hima/ Takra and Kalka of Ousadha Dravya’s are taken and processed by adding 16 times of water.
योगः (yogaḥ) A state of meditation : where there is no existence of sensation
योगः (yogaḥ) Arrangement or orderly collection; arrangement of sentences by putting the different word and clauses in proper order so as to obtain the correct meaning.
योगः (yogaḥ) Union with self- here all sensation ceases to exist but in mokśa cessation is complete. Yoga leads to mokśa.
योगवाहि (yogavāhi) Catalyst; The one that accelerates the properties of others. An attribute of Vata. Drug vehicles; substances that when administered with/after the drug work in harmony with the drug to facilitate the purported action of the drug; e.g. Honey, Warm water, etc.
योनि (yoni) Vagina
योनि (yoni) source material
योनि (yoni) Place of origin; Root cause of everything
रक्त (rakta) The second Dhātu among seven Dhātus whose function is Jīvana (to give life). It is formed in Yakṛt (liver) and Plīhā (spleen) with the help of Raṅjaka Pitta and Rakta Dhātvagni. This is dominant in Agni mahābhūta. Is named so because of its Rakta i.e Red color.
रक्त वर्ग (rakta varga) Group of following 7 plants
रक्तपुष्टि (raktapuṣṭi) Nourishment of Rakta Dhātu.
रक्तमोक्षण (raktamokṣaṇa) Bloodletting. It means the procedure of blood-letting for the therapeutic purposes for removing morbid Doṣa/ poisons with blood. Blood can be eliminated through scraping, application of horn or leech or venesection. It is practiced in poisoned blood and blood born diseases in pitta (billeous) predominant diseases and also in a few vāta (neurological) disorders.
रक्तवर्ण (raktavarṇa) Color of blood, Red
रक्तवस्त्र इच्छा (raktavastra icchā) Fond of red colored garment
रक्तसिराजालं (raktasirājālaṁ) Network of reddish vessels
रक्ताभ (raktābha) Reddish
रक्ताभं मूत्रं (raktābhaṁ mūtraṁ) Urine with the color of blood
रक्षोघ्नं (rakṣoghnaṁ) substances used to prevent infection
रङ्जक पित्त (raṅjaka pitta) One of the five subtypes of Pitta that is situated in Yakṛt (liver) and Plīhā. This transforms Rasa into Rakta (blood).
रज (raja) to be affected or moved
रजः (rajaḥ) Synonym of curna- fine form of herbal powder- a solid doses forms used for therapeutics
रंजन (raṁjana) To Color; To stain; Dying; electroplating
रजस् (rajas) 1. One of the three qualities (sattva, Rajas and Tamas) or constituents of everything in creation. 2. Initiation, Mobility, Activity 3. The menstrual discharge of a woman. ; The quality of passion, one of the three ‘property’ of manas and conceived as the fundamental substratum of the universe.
रजो आवृतं इव दर्शनं (rajo āvṛtaṁ iva darśanaṁ) Sees objects covered by dust
रतं (rataṁ) Indulgent; Habituated
रतिः (ratiḥ) Delight; Desire; Love; Name of the wife of Kamadeva- god of Love
रत्न (ratna) Precious Stones
रत्न वर्ग (ratna varga) Group of precious and precious stones
रथ्याचैलपरिधान (rathyācailaparidhāna) Wearing rags from road sides.
रथ्यैक द्रुम सेवी (rathyaika druma sevī) Habit of sitting under tree on roadways
रदित (radita) A type of snake bite in which superficial puncture marks of snake fangs and the affected part being attended with reddish, bluish, whitish or yellowish lines or stripes and characterized by the presence of a very small quantity of venom in the punctured wound.
रमणीय (ramaṇīya) delightful
रश्मिभि (raśmibhi) Like rays-ply of colors/ fire
रस (rasa) Taste; feeling perceived by Rasanendriya(Tongue) when the substance comes in contact with it; 6 in number; Each Rasa indicates the pattern of pharmacological activity of the substance;
रस (rasa) Element mercury with atomic weight 200.6 symbol Hg
रस (rasa) Refers to meat soup. Qualities of this are nutritive, provide satiety, aphrodisiac, improve vision and cure wound.
रस अग्राहिता (rasa agrāhitā) loss of gustatory sensation
रस अज्ञानं (rasa ajñānaṁ) Loss of gustatory sensation
रस अपरिज्ञानं (rasa aparijñānaṁ) Loss of gustatory sensation
रस इच्छा (rasa icchā) Fond of staying in solitude.
रस धातु (rasa dhātu) The first Dhātu among seven Dhātus and is dominated by Jala. This is pumped out of Hṛdaya and continuously circulates all over the body to nourish other tissues. It is of 9 Anjalis in quantity. Vyāna and Samāna Vāyu help in its circulation. The major function of Rasa Dhātu is Prīṇana (nourishing).
रस नाश (rasa nāśa) Loss of gustatory sensation
रस निन्दक् (rasa nindak) Abusers/ persons with no faith in science related with mercury
रसकर्म (rasakarma) Practical’s related to Iatrochemistry
रसक्रिया (rasakriyā) a decoction is concentrated without addition of sweetening substances to reduce semi-solid substances over heat
रसज्ञ (rasajña) Expert in the subject of Iatrochemistry
रसन (rasana) sense organ of taste
रसना (rasanā) Tongue. Gustatory apparatus. One of the five sense organs that perceives taste.
रसराज (rasarāja) Mercury – one of the synonym of mercury
रसलिङ्ग (rasaliṅga) Amalgamated mercury shaped like śiva linga for worship
रसविद्या (rasavidyā) The science of transmutation/alchemy/ chemiagiri
रसायन (rasāyana) The term Rasāyana comprises of two words I.e. Rasa and Ayana, Rasa signifies either Rasa Rakthadi Dhātus(tissues) of the body, Ayana convey the sense of Apyayana, which suggest a measure or methodology to saturate or enrich or conduct a special benefit to the body .Based on these principle, it has been said that one which capacity to enrich the Sapthadhātu of the body or the drugs possessing the qualities to saturate or replenish the Dhātu(tissues). Precisely stated as drug or food which has capacity to prevent ageing, improves longevity, provide immunity against the diseases, promote mental competence, increase vitality and luster of the body.
रसाल (rasāla) Curd when mixed with sugar and spices such as pepper and churned. Is nutritive, aphrodisiac, unctuous, provides strength and is tasty.
रहस्कामता (rahaskāmatā) Fond of staying in solitude.
रहस्य भाषाणं (rahasya bhāṣāṇaṁ) Reveals even secrets.
राग (rāga) Redness
राग (rāga) Sweet sour sauce- is prepared by using the juice of Vѓkśāmla, Parușaka and jambu, added with little quantity of Mustard powder, sugar candy, Sauarcala and Saindhava lavana. Or soft drinks prepared with drvyas of Madhura, amla and lavaṇa rasa.
रागः (rāgaḥ) attachment : affection or sympathy for
राजहस्त (rājahasta) Hand length of a king -Equals to 22 inches
राजिमत् (rājimat) Appearance of lines of veins
राजिमत् पुरीषं (rājimat purīṣaṁ) Stool with colored lines
राजिमान् (rājimān) Rājimān (kraits variety of snakes) snakes with characteristic pattern of variegated color with spots and streak.
राजी (rājī) Appearance of lines of veins
राजी अवनद्धं (rājī avanaddhaṁ) Appearance of lines
राजी सन्ततं (rājī santataṁ) Appearance of lines
रात्रिचर्या (rātricaryā) Night regimen, regimens starting from dawn to night. It includes Dinner, Sleep and cohabitation.
राशि (rāśi) A unit of Measurement; Synonym of one droṇa=12.288kg/l of metric units
राशि (rāśi) Quantity; consists of Sarvagraha (total account), and Parigraha (individual account) which ascertain the results of the food taken in proper or improper quantity.
राशि पुरुष (rāśi puruṣa) the concept about that body is made up of 24 constituents viz. 5 Mahā bhutas,the 5 organs of sense, 5 organs of action, 5 tanmatras, ayakta, Buddhi, ahamkara and Manas
रिक्तता सिरा (riktatā sirā) Emptiness
रिरंसा (riraṁsā) Excessive desire for sexual intercourse
रुक्ष (rukṣa) Dryness; one of the 20 gurvādi guṇa; caused due activated Vāyu mahābhūta; denotes physiological & pharmacological dryness; manifested by dryness of body parts, stoppage of flow in body channels; pacifies kapha, increases vāta.
रुक्षणं (rukṣaṇaṁ) To cause dryness ; emaciation
रुक्षम् (rukṣam) Dry parching, Poison aggravates the bodily vāyu in virtue of its parching quality.
रुक्षान्न् उपाचरेत (rukṣānn upācareta) Dry food treatment- those who have more of food accumulation in their body, who are unctuous, those suffering from Madhumeha, who have more of kapha in body should be treated with dry food.
रुग्णत्व (rugṇatva) Pain
रुचिः (ruciḥ) Taste, Desire
रुचिकर (rucikara) Stomachic, Excites desire; That which improves taste perception.
रुजा (rujā) Pain
रुढी (ruḍhī) Tradition; a basis for nomenclature of plants.
रुद्यते (rudyate) Smelting
रुद्रभाग ११% (rudrabhāga 11%) Commission given by the pharmaceutical traders to physicianrudra are eleven in number
रुद्रांश (rudrāṁśa) 1/11th portion of price of medicine
रुधिरगन्धं (rudhiragandhaṁ) Smell of blood
रुधिरष्ठीव (rudhiraṣṭhīva) Spitting of blood or haemoptysis
रुधिरान्वयं (rudhirānvayaṁ) Mixed with blood
रूप (rūpa) Form, figure, appearance of any visible object or thing.
रूपदर्शन असहत्व (rūpadarśana asahatva) Intolerance to see the objects
रेखापूरण (rekhāpūraṇa) Filling into papillary ridges of the fingers -One of the classical test for examining the bhasma indicating fineness
रेचनं (recanaṁ) An act of emptying, lessening, exhausting. 2. Emission of breath, exhalation, Purging, Evacuation; substances that expels excreta by increasing its liquid content;
रेतस् (retas) Semen
रोग (roga) Discomfort; pain; Disease
रोगनुत् (roganut) Substances that are primarily used for treating diseases;
रोचना (rocanā) Insaspissated bile
रोचनाचूर्णवर्ण मूत्रं (rocanācūrṇavarṇa mūtraṁ) Urine with the color of bezoar
रोचनाचूर्णसन्निभम् मूत्रम् (rocanācūrṇasannibham mūtram) Urine with the color of bezoar
रोदन (rodana) Crying
रोधः (rodhaḥ) Obstruction, Suppression, Stiffness
रोधनं (rodhanaṁ) Stiffness of pericardial region
रोधन् (rodhan) A process of mercury by which the mercury is reactivated from its inert state by submerging in liquid media
रौद्रयंत्र (raudrayaṁtra) Exposing of the material to scorching sun
लक्षणा (lakṣaṇā) specific expression indicated by a word or phrase or sentence
लंघन (laṁghana) Therapy which produces lightness of the body is called laṁghana.Reduction therapy consists of two parts Pallative and Purification. Laṁ ghana consist of 10 methods. The first 4 are types of purification process excluding blood letting. Remaining six are palliative therapy viz exposure to wind, exposure to sun, fasting, taking medicine / herbs to increase digestive function etc. This therapy is indicated in preventive and treating Kaphaja and Medo roga.
लंघन इच्छा (laṁghana icchā) Desire to fasting
लघु (laghu) Light/ lightness; one among 20 gurvadi gunas. opposite of guru guna; caused due to activated vayu, agni, akasha mahabhutas; denotes physiological & pharmacological lightness; manifested by lightness in the body, easy to digest, stimulates Agni, decreases all body tissues, pacifies kapha, aggravates Vata, heals wounds;
लघु पञ्चमूल (laghu pañcamūla) Combination of Five roots obtained from small plants; Shalparni (Desmodium gangeticum), Prishnparni (Uraria picta), Brahti (Solanum indicum), Kantkari (Solanum surattense), Gokshura (Tribulus terrestris).
लज्जा (lajjā) feeling of shame
लता (latā) plants with a weak stem; climbers/twinners/prostates/creepers
लम्बन (lambana) Pendulous or drooping
लयन (layana) Loss of consciousness, Delusion, Distraction
ललाटः (lalāṭaḥ) Forehead
लवण (lavaṇa) Salty; one of the six rasa.
लवण (lavaṇa) Salt; e.g. common table salt, rock salt
लवणं (lavaṇaṁ) Salt, Saline
लवण इच्छा (lavaṇa icchā) Fond of salt
लवण यन्त्र (lavaṇa yantra) Salt bath apparatus used in various processes for purpose of indirect heating
लवण रस (lavaṇa rasa) Salty taste
लवण वर्ग (lavaṇa varga) Class of different salts;
लवण स्कन्ध (lavaṇa skandha) Class of different salts;
लसिका (lasikā) 1. A watery component of the body, lymph, serum. 2. Mala of Rasa. 3. A site of Pitta.
लाक्षारस (lākṣārasa) a liquid preparation prepared of lakh by adding 6 times of water and processed in dolayantra
लाक्षारसोपमं आर्तव (lākṣārasopamaṁ ārtava) Menstrual blood in the color of the juice of Lac
लाघव (lāghava) Lightness
लाघवम् (lāghavam) lightness : a property of substance
लाङ्गलकी (lāṅgalakī) Gloriosa superba, a plant having poison in its root/rhizome.
लाज मण्ड (lāja maṇḍa) A thin gruel prepared out Laja (parched rice) or roasted rice. Is a good appetizer and pacifies thirst and diarrheas.
लाजगन्धि (lājagandhi) Smell is like fried paddy (corn)
लाजा (lājā) Obtained by roasting undried and unhusked paddy. Is light and easily digestible. Cures thirst, vomiting, diarrhea, diabetes, obesity, cough and pitta.
लाञ्छन (lāñchana) A mark or sign, one of the basis for naming plants.
लालन जिह्वा (lālana jihvā) Shaking of tongue
लाला (lālā) Saliva
लाला छर्दि (lālā chardi) Vomiting of saliva
लाला स्त्रावीः (lālā strāvīḥ) Excessive salivation, Symptom of a rabid dog.
लालातन्तुयुतंमुत्रं (lālātantuyutaṁmutraṁ) Saliva like urine
लालास्रावः (lālāsrāvaḥ) Salivation
लिङ्ग (liṅga) Penis
लिङ्ग (liṅga) a distinguishing mark or a feature, attribute, or trait; that’s points towards a co-relation
लिङ्ग शरीर (liṅga śarīra) the subtle body
लिङ्गनाशः (liṅganāśaḥ) Blurred vision
लिङ्गशैथिल्य (liṅgaśaithilya) Loss of erection of penis
लिप्सा (lipsā) Desire
लीयते (līyate) Miscible
लील इच्छा (līla icchā) Fond of playing
लुच्यते इव पार्श्व (lucyate iva pārśva) Feeling of drooping of the flanks
लुप्तचित (luptacita) Confusion or absence of mind
लुलित पक्ष्म (lulita pakṣma) Wavering of eyelashes
लूता (lūtā) Poisonous spiders which have poison in various sites in their body.
लूताविषं घोरतमं दुर्विज्ञेयतमं च तत् (lūtāviṣaṁ ghoratamaṁ durvijñeyatamaṁ ca tat) Cases of venomous spider bite are the most difficult to diagnose and treat.
लेखनं गुद (lekhanaṁ guda) Scrapping like feeling in anus
लेखनीय (lekhanīya) Scrapping, Scratching, Substances that reduce excess body tissues.
लेपः (lepaḥ) Coating
लेपः (lepaḥ) This is a method of treatment in which medicines are used topically in the form of paste or ointment.
लेपः (lepaḥ) a semi-solid medicament used for external application
लेपः (lepaḥ) 1. Smearing, anointing, to spread over a surface. 2. The function of Māṃsa Dhātu, i.e., to provide covering/ coating to the skeleton.
लेप मुखस्य (lepa mukhasya) Coating in the mouth
लेपन (lepana) Anointing/application- here application of antiseptics, any other germicidal solution to vitiated land to maintain biologically hygiene.
लेहः (lehaḥ) It means the preparation of the medicines topically in palatable form (in the form of linctus) given for licking.
लेहनं ओष्ठ (lehanaṁ oṣṭha) Habit of licking lips
लोक (loka) World or domain or universe
लोचनः (locanaḥ) Eye
लोठन (loṭhana) Nodding the head
लोभ (lobha) Greed: insatiable desire for having something; Excessive desire to acquire more than need.
लोम (loma) Body hairs
लोमहर्षणम् (lomaharṣaṇam) It is a symptom produced in animate type of poisoning which means raising of hairs.
लोलं (lolaṁ) Unsteady activities
लोलः (lolaḥ) Desire or Fond of
लोलता (lolatā) Greediness
लोलनं (lolanaṁ) Nodding the head.
लोहगन्ध (lohagandha) Smell of metal
लोहित दर्शनं (lohita darśanaṁ) Looks objects in blood color
लोहितगन्धी (lohitagandhī) Smell of blood
लोहितम् (lohitam) blood or synonym of blood
लोहितवर्ण (lohitavarṇa) Smell of metal
लौकिक (laukika) belonging to or occurring in ordinary world
लौकिक कर्म (laukika karma) It refers to Worldly action. All activities like sitting, standing, sleeping, running, throwing etc comes under this.
लौल्यं (laulyaṁ) Greediness
लौह (lauha) 1. Element iron ferrum with chemical symbol Fe at At.no 26 2.Applied to all metals
लौहपाराया (lauhapārāyā) used in grinding purpose
वंकनाल (vaṁkanāla) an apparatus used to intensify the flame by blowing
वक्त्रम् (vaktram) Mouth
वक्र (vakra) Curved or Tortuous
वक्र गति (vakra gati) Unsteady gait.
वक्र दर्शनं (vakra darśanaṁ) Look objects in curved shape
वक्षः (vakṣaḥ) Chest
वंग (vaṁga) Element Tin- Stannum with chemical symbol Sn at At.no 50 - one of the member of low melting metals
वज्रं (vajraṁ) Diamond.
वज्रसदृश (vajrasadṛśa) Resembles diamond - a property of described Vaikrānt Tourmaline
वटक (vaṭaka) Pills - one of the Dosage form with round solid masses/balls
वत्सनाभ (vatsanābha) A Poisonous Root Aconitum ferox having an appearance similar to that of the navel of a calf.
वदनं (vadanaṁ) Mouth
वनच्छनै (vanacchanai) Dried cow dung cakes obtained from forest area
वनस्पति (vanaspati) One among 4 categories of medicinal plants; big trees having fruits but having rudimentary or modified flowers like Ficus bengalanesis
वनस्पति (vanaspati) Those plants/ trees having only fruits (without visible flowers) such as vata, udumbara.
वपुः (vapuḥ) Body
वमथु (vamathu) Vomiting
वमथु (vamathu) Vomiting.
वमन (vamana) Therapeutic emesis.
वमन द्रव्य (vamana dravya) Emetics;
वमनोपग (vamanopaga) Substances that facilitate emesis
वमिः (vamiḥ) Vomiting
वय (vaya) Age- it is defined as the state of body correspondence to length of time, broadly divided in 3 stages, childhood, adulthood and old age.
वयः स्थापन (vayaḥ sthāpana) Substances which delay ageing process;
वयस् (vayas) Age, any time or period of life
वरदायी (varadāyī) Acting as giving boons
वर्चः (varcaḥ) Stool
वर्ण (varṇa) 1. Color 2. Complexion; an action attributed to Agni Mahābhūta
वर्णक्षय (varṇakṣaya) Diminished color or complexion
वर्णनाश (varṇanāśa) Diminished color or complexion
वर्णप्रणाश (varṇapraṇāśa) Diminished color or complexion
वर्णभ्रंश (varṇabhraṁśa) Diminished color or complexion
वर्णविकृति (varṇavikṛti) Diminished color or complexion
वर्णविनाश (varṇavināśa) Diminished color or complexion
वर्णसंकाश (varṇasaṁkāśa) Diminished color or complexion
वर्णहानि (varṇahāni) Diminished color or complexion
वर्णापघात (varṇāpaghāta) Diminished color or complexion
वर्णोपताप (varṇopatāpa) Diminished color or complexion
वर्ण्य (varṇya) Complexion promoters
वर्ति (varti) Wick like project
वर्ति (varti) Synonym of vaṭi-pill with change in shape- worm like
वर्तिमध्यम् (vartimadhyam) Holding the wick in the middle should be ignited; a method of preparing Liquefied Sulphur (Gaṅdhaka druti)
वर्तिवतस्नेहकल्क (vartivatasnehakalka) Formation of wick on rolling between fingers – a classical test indicating the completion of preparation of medicated oil/ghee
वल्कल वस्त्र (valkala vastra) Cloth made out of bark of tree. It pacifies vata ,
वल्मीक (valmīka) Ant hill or termatorium.
वल्मीकशिखराकारं (valmīkaśikharākāraṁ) appears like Peaks of Hillock - a type etc. of clay used for different processes like shodhana
वल्ल (valla) Indicating measure equivalent to dose of metric units 190,250,375 mg (1.5,2 & 3 guṅjā)
वल्ली (vallī) Climbers; weak stemmed plants; A synonym of latā
वशीः (vaśīḥ) One of the attributes and also synonym of the ātma (soul): Controller, The one who controls
वंशी (vaṁśī) The dust particle visible in the rays of sun
वसा (vasā) The upadhātu of Māṃsa Dhātu. The unctuous portion of pure Māṃsa; Animal fat.
वसागन्ध (vasāgandha) Smell of fat
वसातुल्यं (vasātulyaṁ) Resemblance of fat
वसामिश्रं (vasāmiśraṁ) Mixed with fat
वसोपमं (vasopamaṁ) Resemblance of fat
वस्त्र (vastra) Clothes.
वस्त्रगालित (vastragālita) Screening / filtering / straining through cloth
वस्त्रनिष्पीडन (vastraniṣpīḍana) Squeezing through cloth/flannel
वस्त्रबद्ध (vastrabaddha) It is a process generally used to segregate the material in bundles
वह्नि (vahni) Digestive power
वह्नि सुदुर्बलः (vahni sudurbalaḥ) Lack of digestive power
वह्निसंतप्तम् (vahnisaṁtaptam) Making red hot over fire
वाक् ग्रहः (vāk grahaḥ) Restricted speech
वाक् निग्रहः (vāk nigrahaḥ) Restricted speech
वाक् भङ्गः (vāk bhaṅgaḥ) Restricted speech
वाक् सङ्गः (vāk saṅgaḥ) Restricted speech.
वाक् स्तम्भः (vāk stambhaḥ) Restricted speech.
वाक्यदोषः (vākyadoṣaḥ) syntactical defects: a statement with deficiency in any of the five constituents of a sentence and does not convey the proper and complete meaning
वाक्यप्रशंसा (vākyapraśaṁsā) syntactical excellence: the statement is free from any syntactical impurity and express the exact meaning of the sentence
वाक्यशेषः (vākyaśeṣaḥ) Supply of ellipsis; such statements wherein some word or words are found missing, which has to be supplied or supplemented appropriately to get the exact meaning of a sentence in that context.
वाचं निगृह्णाति (vācaṁ nigṛhṇāti) impedes speech
वाट्य (vāṭya) Porridge- prepared with fried barley
वाट्य मण्ड (vāṭya maṇḍa) Is a gruel prepared out of 1 part of coarse powder of roasted Yava (barley) and 14 parts of water.
वात असहत्व (vāta asahatva) Irritation towards wind.
वात कोपन (vāta kopana) substances that vitiates Vata Doṣa
वात द्वेष (vāta dveṣa) Aversion to wind
वात प्रस्रवण (vāta prasravaṇa) Excessive passing of flatus
वात संशमन (vāta saṁśamana) substances that pacify vitiated Vata Doṣa
वातपूर्णता (vātapūrṇatā) Filled with gas
वातपूर्णदृतिस्पर्श (vātapūrṇadṛtisparśa) Looks as balloon filled with air
वादः (vādaḥ) debate ; argument in a hostile spirit of challenge with the aid of authoritative knowledge .
वादित्रसंप्रयोग अस्थाने (vāditrasaṁprayoga asthāne) Playing musical instrument at inappropriate occasion.
वाधनं (vādhanaṁ) substances having immediate adverse effects for short duration
वानस्पत्य (vānaspatya) One among 4 categories of medicinal plants; big trees having both fruits and flowers; e.g.: Mango tree
वापि (vāpi) step well water- which is well constructed with masonry works, which has stairs to descent inside and fetch the water. also called as Pacca well. Is sweet in taste and light for digestion.
वायव्यं द्रव्य (vāyavyaṁ dravya) substances having vayu as the predominant mahābhūta;
वायु (vāyu) A synonym of Vāta, one of the three bodily Doṣas, that is predominant of Vāyu and Ākāśa Mahābhūtas. This is a vital biological force that performs the fuctions like all sensory perceptions, all motor activities, and higher mental activities. This is of five subtypes: Prāṇa, Vyāna, Udāna, Samāna and Apāna. The major sites of distribution of Vāyu are: Large intestine, pelvis, extremities, ears, bones and skin. The attributes of Vāyu are: Rūkṣa (dry), Laghu (light), Śīta (cold), Khara (rough), Sūkṣma (minute), Cala (mobile).
वायुकोप (vāyukopa) Excessive passing of flatus
वायुसञ्चार (vāyusañcāra) Excessive passing of flatus
वाराह मेद सदृशं (vārāha meda sadṛśaṁ) Resembles the fat of the pig
वाराह स्नेह सदृशं (vārāha sneha sadṛśaṁ) resembles the fat of the pig
वारितर (vāritara) One of the classical test for examining the bhasma-when pinch of bhasma is sprinkled over constant water , it floats indicating lightness compared to water
वारिपूर्ण नेत्र (vāripūrṇa netra) Lacrimation
वारिबिन्दुकल्प अक्षि (vāribindukalpa akṣi) Water drop like projection in eye.
वारिविप्रहताः (vāriviprahatāḥ) Bettered by flowing water.
वारुणि (vāruṇi) It is the fermented liquid obtained from the palm trees like dates – familiarly known as tāḍi, nīra
वाष्प अक्षि (vāṣpa akṣi) Lacrimation
वासन (vāsana) Infusing
वासना (vāsanā) Perfuming/ fragrance/storing- one of the processes to impart some qualities
वाहि (vāhi) A unit of Measurement; Synonym of droṇi=49.152 kg/l of metric units
विकम्पन (vikampana) tremor
विकरण (vikaraṇa) derangement , because of subtle property of poison it penetrates into and deranges the minutest capillaries.
विकर्ण नासिकं (vikarṇa nāsikaṁ) One whose ear and nose are cut.
विकर्तन (vikartana) Cutting pain
विकर्तिका (vikartikā) Cutting pain
विकर्षिणः (vikarṣiṇaḥ) Sucking pain
विकल्प (vikalpa) Proportional variation there are many kinds of preprations.
विकल्पनम् (vikalpanam) Option; statement which do not fix a rule rigidly but give option for a suitable variant
विकल्पसामर्थ्य (vikalpasāmarthya) Having potential for various formulations; one of the specific character of dravya
विकारः (vikāraḥ) it signifies 1. derivatives 2. ailments
विकासरोध मणेः (vikāsarodha maṇeḥ) Phymosis
विकासी (vikāsī) Property of a substance by virtue of which it gets distributed all over the body without passing through routine digestive process and causes depletion of ojas & displaces tissues from their physiological places
विकूजनम् (vikūjanam) Voice resembles the sound of pigeon or indistinct sound
विकूणनं (vikūṇanaṁ) Contraction of the eye
विकृत अक्षि (vikṛta akṣi) Abnormal, Deformed
विकृत इव दर्शनं (vikṛta iva darśanaṁ) Sees obejcts in deformed size
विकृत उदक (vikṛta udaka) Vitiated water-water should be known as devoid of merits when it is excessively deranged in respect of smell, color, taste,& touches too slimy, deserted by aquatic bird-animals are reduced & is unpleasing.
विकृत काल (vikṛta kāla) Unwholesome time-if it is having contrary, excess, deficient to those of the seasons.
विकृत वायु (vikṛta vāyu) Air that known to cause illness such as not in accordance with the season excessively moist, speedy, harsh, cold, hot excessively clashing with each other, affected with unsuitable smell, vapor, gravel, dust & smoke
विकृतदेश (vikṛtadeśa) Unwholesome place-it contains excessive moisture , is troubled by reptiles, mosquitoes, flies, rats. Vultures, jackals etc. with dried & damaged crops, smoky winds crying birds & dogs, with natural calamities like flood ,earthquakes etc.
विकृतयन्ति (vikṛtayanti) Destroys/ damages/ deforms - a property of Vaikrānta
विकोथः (vikothaḥ) Putrefaction
विक्रान्त मुखं (vikrānta mukhaṁ) Awkward face
विक्रिया सन्धि (vikriyā sandhi) Depressed joint
विक्रोचनम् (vikrocanam) Contraction
विक्रोशनं (vikrośanaṁ) Crying
विक्लेद (vikleda) Wet
विक्षेपण (vikṣepaṇa) Abnormal movement
विक्षेपाः (vikṣepāḥ) Seizures; Irregular movement or sudden spasm
विगतलक्ष्मीः (vigatalakṣmīḥ) loss of lustier.
विग्रथितं (vigrathitaṁ) Nodular
विघातं (vighātaṁ) Loss of motor function
विचार (vicāra) morbidity; caused due to substance with Vayu mahābhūta predominance.
विट्संसृष्टं मूत्रं (viṭsaṁsṛṣṭaṁ mūtraṁ) Urine mixed with stool
विड (viḍa) a mixture of materials like kśāra, Amla, Gandhaka, lavaṇa etc along with group of urine mūtra used to hasten the process of jāraṇadigestion , also act as appetizer
विड लवण (viḍa lavaṇa) red granular salt
विडालपदक (viḍālapadaka) A unit of Measurement; Synonym of one karșa=12g of metric units
विण/विद (viṇa/vida) excreta of animal
वितण्डा (vitaṇḍā) Talk in which one cant establish his own view
विपाक (vipāka) principle that indicates the pharmacological behavior of a substance post digestion & metabolism; expressed in terms of rasa; 3 in number – Madhura, Amla & Kaṭu; it is ascertained based upon the action of the substance.
विमल (vimala) Stainless, spotless, clean, bright, pure, clear, transparent – in the contest of water refers to water which is free from all physical and chemical impurities like Clay, mud, turbidity, carbonate and non carbonate salts etc.
विमार्ग (vimārga) An abnormal path
विमुक्त (vimukta) Loose
विमुंचति (vimuṁcati) Disassociates/ releases
विमोह (vimoha) Impairment of orientation
विमोह पक्ष्म (vimoha pakṣma) Falling of eyelashes
विम्लापनं (vimlāpanaṁ) mutiliation of swelling by massage
वियतः (viyataḥ) Ether: space
विरमितशब्द (viramitaśabda) Subsiding of sound on placing the material over fire- one of the test indicating the completion of medicated oil/ghee preparation
विरसं (virasaṁ) Distaste
विरसास्यता (virasāsyatā) Distaste in mouth.
विरुद्ध आहार (viruddha āhāra) The food, drinks, & medicine, which does the dislodgement of Dośa from its site I.e. Dośatlkesa, but does not expel it out and which acts contradictory to the body tissues. They do not help in the nourishment of Dhātu and in due course produce many diseases/incompatible food. Food which are antagonist to body and Dhātu are called as Viruddha.
विरुप अक्षि (virupa akṣi) Deformed or Abnormal eye
विरेक (vireka) therapeutic purgation.
विरेक वैषम्यं (vireka vaiṣamyaṁ) Retention of urine or stool
विरेचनोपग (virecanopaga) adjuvant of purgation; D97 substances used to facilitate purgation
विरोचनं (virocanaṁ) Excessive defecation
विरोदन (virodana) Crying
विरोध (virodha) Suppression, Obstruction
विलाप (vilāpa) Lament; Utters moaning sounds
विलूनपक्ष (vilūnapakṣa) Bird with wings cut off.
विलेखनं आत्मानं (vilekhanaṁ ātmānaṁ) Scratches on his own body
विलेखनं स्वाधात्र्यङ्ग अकस्मात् परितः (vilekhanaṁ svādhātryaṅga akasmāt paritaḥ) Scratches his own body as well as that of the nurse.
विलेप (vilepa) Anointing
विलेपनं इच्छा (vilepanaṁ icchā) Fond of applying unguent
विलेपी (vilepī) A rice gruel preparation differing in consistency with Peya. It is more solid than Peya. To prepare Vilepi, 4 parts of water and 1 part of broken rice are taken and boiled till rice is soft.
विलोचनः (vilocanaḥ) Eye
विलोम अधोवायु (viloma adhovāyu) Retention of flatus
विवर्णत्वं (vivarṇatvaṁ) Discoloration
विवर्त ओष्ठ (vivarta oṣṭha) Twisted lip
विवर्तवाद (vivartavāda) the ideology of the Vedānt philosophy which believes that Brahma is only truth and others in the world are false
विविक्त इच्छा (vivikta icchā) Fond of staying in solitude
विवृतः (vivṛtaḥ) expanded or opened
विवृत अक्षि (vivṛta akṣi) Widely opened eye.
विवृतं कृच्छ्रेण मुखं (vivṛtaṁ kṛcchreṇa mukhaṁ) Mouth opens with difficulty
विवृतता मुखं (vivṛtatā mukhaṁ) Opened mouth
विवृत्ति मुखं (vivṛtti mukhaṁ) Whirling of mouth
विवेकः (vivekaḥ) Discrimination : the faculty of distinguishing and classifying things according to their real properties , a state of wisdom
विवेचन (vivecana) Discriminating , distinguishing, analyzing, and dividing.
विव्रीयते मुहु नासिका (vivrīyate muhu nāsikā) Frequent widening of nose.
विशद (viśada) Non adhesiveness.
विशदम् (viśadam) Clear; Transparent, Lucid; one of the 20 gurvadi gunas; caused due activated akash & pṛthvī; denotes physiological & pharmacological clarity and transparency; clears channels. An attribute of Vata.
विशर्धित (viśardhita) flatus
विशीर्ण (viśīrṇa) Decaying
विशीर्णं इव दर्शनं (viśīrṇaṁ iva darśanaṁ) Sees things as broad
विशीर्णं कूर्चकः (viśīrṇaṁ kūrcakaḥ) Falling down or teeth enamel
विशीर्ण रोम (viśīrṇa roma) Falling of hair
विशीर्ण वाक् (viśīrṇa vāk) Withering speech
विशीर्णबन्धन दन्त (viśīrṇabandhana danta) Looseness of teeth
विशीर्णमांसं (viśīrṇamāṁsaṁ) Putrefaction of flesh
विशीर्णाधारं मूत्रं (viśīrṇādhāraṁ mūtraṁ) Fluent less micturation
विशुद्धं छर्दि (viśuddhaṁ chardi) Whitish vomit
विशुष्कभाव अक्षि (viśuṣkabhāva akṣi) Absence of mucus in eye
विशेष (viśeṣa) Specialty; Dissimilarity; opposite of sāmanya; denotes dissimilarity between two substances, properties or actions; one of the fundamental concepts in āyurvedic pharmacology that states that substances can potentially lead to a decrease or negative impact in the dissimilar substances or attributes in the living system, when engaged in an effective interaction.
विश्लिष्टिं उरः (viśliṣṭiṁ uraḥ) Depression of chest
विश्लेषं (viśleṣaṁ) Dislocation, Flabbiness
विश्लेष जानु (viśleṣa jānu) Splitting pain in knee
विष (viṣa) adhiṣṭhāna poisonous part/ source of inanimate poison.
विषं (viṣaṁ) Poison
विष आश्रयस्थान (viṣa āśrayasthāna) part containing poison in animals
विष दूषित तृण (viṣa dūṣita tṛṇa) Poisoned grass.
विषकन्या (viṣakanyā) A girl/woman made poisonous by administering small amount of poison to her, right from birth becomes poisonous.
विषघातियोग (viṣaghātiyoga) Antitoxic medication.
विषघ्न (viṣaghna) Antitoxic medication.
विषघ्न (viṣaghna) General & Specific Antidotes;
विषघ्नम् (viṣaghnam) antidote for poison (antitoxic).
विषघ्नैर्गदैः स्पृष्टम् (viṣaghnairgadaiḥ spṛṣṭam) (The food) detoxified by antitoxic medication.
विषदाता (viṣadātā) poisoner.
विषपीतं (viṣapītaṁ) Person who had ingested poison.
विषमविनता अङ्गुलि (viṣamavinatā aṅguli) Irregular bending of fingers
विषमाग्नि (viṣamāgni) The state in which the action of Agni is rendered erratic (either excessive or decreased, variable from time to time) due to the dominant influence of Vata.
विषमाशन (viṣamāśana) Food takes untimely which is quantitatively either excess / low.
विषमासन (viṣamāsana) Unequal proportion
विषयेष्वसक्त (viṣayeṣvasakta) Unattached to sexual pleasure
विषवर्ग (viṣavarga) Class of poisons
विषवीर्य (viṣavīrya) Power of poison.
विषवेगः (viṣavegaḥ) Impulse (attacks) of poison, a poison produces 7 attacks in human, 4 in animals, 3 in bird. Impuse occur when poison cross one compartment/ membrane (kalā) to invade the next.
विषसंकटं (viṣasaṁkaṭaṁ) catastrophic stage of poisoning, a combination of factors like bodily constitution, season, food, vitiated body elements which on being present simultaneously produce fulminating symptoms in the victim.
विषसद्भाव (viṣasadbhāva) presence of toxicity.
विषसूदन (viṣasūdana) Antitoxic
विषहतम् (viṣahatam) death due to poisoning.
विषाद (viṣāda) Dejection; Depression
विषाधानं (viṣādhānaṁ) Vehicle of poison, blood is a vehicle for poison through which it circulates readily throughout the body producing fatal symptoms in the body.
विषोपद्रव (viṣopadrava) Complications/secondary diseases due to poisoning.
विषोपसर्ग (viṣopasarga) Poisoning.
विष्किर (viṣkira) Gallinaceous- those animals and birds which disperse food before taking; Includes birds which scratch the earth in search of food. Expthe watail, wild fowl, snake bird, lapwing, peacock etc.
विष्यन्द (viṣyanda) liquefaction; caused due to Jala mahābhūta predominance.
विसंज्ञकल्पः (visaṁjñakalpaḥ) Loss of consciousness.
विसंज्ञता (visaṁjñatā) Loss of consciousness
विसंज्ञा (visaṁjñā) Loss of consciousness.
विसर्ग (visarga) Period of liberation: period of time when moisture, unctuousness and strength of the body gets enhanced
विसर्गः (visargaḥ) suns act of hydration bestows strength to the living organisms
विसंहत हनु (visaṁhata hanu) Dislocation of Jaw
विस्फोट (visphoṭa) Blister
विस्मरण (vismaraṇa) Forgetting
विस्मापन (vismāpana) Creating surprise
विस्र (visra) A smell like that of raw meat, smell like blood. An attribute of Pitta.
विस्रं (visraṁ) Smell of live fish
विस्रगन्ध (visragandha) Smell of live fish
विहङ्गगन्ध (vihaṅgagandha) Smell of birds
विहतरसत्वं (vihatarasatvaṁ) Distaste
विहारपर (vihārapara) Unsteady activities
विह्वल (vihvala) Agitated
विह्वल दर्शनं (vihvala darśanaṁ) Perturbed vision
वीक्षण असहत्व (vīkṣaṇa asahatva) Intolerance to see the objects
वीतमांसं नख (vītamāṁsaṁ nakha) Nail with less flesh
वीतशोणितं नख (vītaśoṇitaṁ nakha) Nail with less blood
वीती भाव (vītī bhāva) Emaciation, Wasting
वीभत्स चेष्टा (vībhatsa ceṣṭā) Bizzare activities
वीरुध (vīrudha) plants having weak stem; creepers, climbers, prostate, etc; one of the 4 categories of medicine plants.
वीर्य (vīrya) 1. The principle responsible for the therapeutic action of the substance; may be compared with the fraction of a substance containing the active principles; it is ascertained either by contact or duration of its stay in the body. 2. One of the basis of nomenclature of plants.
वीर्य विरुद्ध (vīrya viruddha) Potency Unwholesome- taking diet and drugs having cold potency in combination with those of hot potency.
वीर्यविरुद्ध अश्नियात (vīryaviruddha aśniyāta) Non- antagonistic food. food doesn’t have two component of different VIRYA.
वृक्षः (vṛkṣaḥ) tree
वृत्तायत्तम (vṛttāyattama) property of gems
वृत्तिः (vṛttiḥ) path to be adopted. One should adopt only such of the means of livelihood as do not clash with virtuous path.
वृथि (vṛthi) It means round, circular, continued, routine works , daily regimen, regimen which is practised and adopted daily which may or may not responsible for good health.
वृद्धि (vṛddhi) Growth, Increase; gain; a state of gain of anybody constituent resulting in a positive balance.
वृद्धि (vṛddhi) A state of abnormal growth
वृन्ताक मूषा (vṛntāka mūṣā) Crucible with stem - a kind of crucible resembling brinjal -generally used in extraction of zinc from its ore.
वृषणः (vṛṣaṇaḥ) Scrotum
वृषता (vṛṣatā) Virility, generative power, ability to reproduce.
वॄत्त (vṝtta) Rounded
वॄत्तिकर (vṝttikara) life sustaining
वॄश्चनं (vṝścanaṁ) Cutting pain
वॄश्चिका (vṝścikā) scorpions.
वॄष्यं (vṝṣyaṁ) Eugenics; aphrodisiacs; substances that enhance the sexual power like that of bull
वेग (vega) Derived from Vij- to agitate, to make quickly. The Vega word means in the medical context, natural urges (for elimination), reflex, and excitement. Usually, however it is taken in the sense of natural urges of the body, which call for urgent satisfaction. in Ayurvedic parlance denotes natural reflexes or urges. They are of two types Dharaniya (Suppressible urges) such as Greed, Anger etc and Adhāraṇīya (non suppressible urges) such as Sneezing, Sleep etc.
वेग अप्रादुर्भाव (vega aprādurbhāva) Deprived of reflex
वेगवत् (vegavat) Sudden
वेगस्रावी (vegasrāvī) Sudden bleeding.
वेगान्तर (vegāntara) Interval between two attacks (impulses) of poison.
वेदनं श्वास (vedanaṁ śvāsa) Breathing with pain
वेदना स्थापन (vedanā sthāpana) Analgesics
वेपथु (vepathu) Tremors
वेपन (vepana) Tremors
वेशवार (veśavāra) Meat which is devoid of any bone is cooked, ground along with spices such as pepper, garlic etc and ghee. This mixture is made into flattened balls and cooked in steam. Resembles present day cutlet in many respect.
वेशवाराभं (veśavārābhaṁ) Stool resembles the veśavāra condiment
वेश्मनः विभूषा (veśmanaḥ vibhūṣā) Decoration of palace.
वेश्वार (veśvāra) soup prepared with boneless meat by adding sufficient water and seasoning with 3 pungent, ghee & jiggery
वेष्टन (veṣṭana) Cramps in body
वेष्टन (veṣṭana) Envelop
वेष्टनै इव पार्श्व (veṣṭanai iva pārśva) Cramps like pain in flanks
वैकरञ्जः (vaikarañjaḥ) Hybrid variety of the three types of snakes described in Ayurvedic literature i.e. darvikar, mandali and rajimān (folkore).
वैकल्य (vaikalya) Loss of motor function or deformity
वैगुण्यं अधोवायु (vaiguṇyaṁ adhovāyu) Retention of flatus.
वैचित्यं (vaicityaṁ) Confusion or absence of mind
वैडूर्यवर्ण दृष्टि मण्डलं (vaiḍūryavarṇa dṛṣṭi maṇḍalaṁ) Pupil with the color of cat's eye gem
वैदल वर्ग (vaidala varga) A class of different pulses
वैद्यभाग (vaidyabhāga) A synonym of Rudra Bhāga; Commission or Fees of a Vaidya.
वैद्यवशग (vaidyavaśaga) subordinate to vaidya.
वैभत्स्यं (vaibhatsyaṁ) Fierce appearance
वैरस्यं (vairasyaṁ) distaste
वैवर्ण्य (vaivarṇya) Discoloration.
वैशेषिकः (vaiśeṣikaḥ) one of the orthodox indian philosophy postulated by Ācharya kanada and famous for molecular theory
वैशेषिक गुण (vaiśeṣika guṇa) specific property; property specifically attributed to a particular mahābhūta & can be percieved only by one sensory organ; e.g. smell attributed to Pṛthvī mahābhūta & can be percieved by olfactory sense.
वैश्रुत्यं (vaiśrutyaṁ) Defective hearing
वैस्वर्यं (vaisvaryaṁ) Hoarseness of voice.
व्यकुलत्व कर्णं (vyakulatva karṇaṁ) Irritation in the ear
व्यक्त (vyakta) Fifth stage of Kriyakāla characterized by the manifestation of specific symptoms of a disease.
व्यक्तानुकूल अकस्मात् दर्शनं (vyaktānukūla akasmāt darśanaṁ) Looks as turbid and clear, frequently and alternatively
व्यथित इन्द्रिय (vyathita indriya) Weakness of sense organs
व्यथितचेत (vyathitaceta) Disturbed mind
व्यध (vyadha) Needling type of pain
व्यपदेशस्तु भूयसा (vyapadeśastu bhūyasā) concept of nomenclature of substances on the basis of the predominant mahābhūta within in it.
व्यवसायः (vyavasāyaḥ) the process by which ascertainment is made
व्यवस्थितत्व (vyavasthitatva) Stability; substance is relatively stable than its properties and actions;
व्यवाय (vyavāya) It indicates sexual intercourse/sexual regimen.
व्यवायी (vyavāyī) Quality due to which a substance permeates all over the body before getting digested; caused due to activated Vayu & akash; e.g. Cannabis sativa
व्याख्यानम् (vyākhyānam) Explanation; statements which elaborate a subject matter in detailed
व्याघ्र (vyāghra) tiger.
व्याधिक्षमत्व (vyādhikṣamatva) Immunity; Made of two words Vyādhi – disease and Kshamatva – Resistance i.e the power of the body which prevents the development of diseases or resists a developed disease is called as vyadhikshamatva. Compared to Immunity.when etiological factors come in contact with the body they try to produce disease. At the same time the body tries to resist, that power of resistance is Vyādhikśamatva.
व्यान (vyāna) Vāyu A subtype of Vāta that is seated in Hṛdaya. It is responsible for pumping Rasa from Hṛdaya to all parts of the body. It controls all types of movements in the body.
व्यापादनं (vyāpādanaṁ) Decaying, Defective or Putrefaction
व्याप्ति (vyāpti) inherent and inseparable adherence between the two things
व्यायाम (vyāyāma) Exercise; The act or movement of the body that causes fatigue. Etymologically the meaning vyāyāma (व्ममभ) is intensive development of self control of the mind over body or intensive bending of the body in various directions.
व्यायाम असहत्वं (vyāyāma asahatvaṁ) Intolerance to exercise.
व्यायाम शक्ति (vyāyāma śakti) Power of exercise- it is examined by capacity for work.
व्यालीढ (vyālīḍha) It is a type of snake bite in which marks of one- two fangs are seen but there is no bleeding.
व्यालुप्तम् (vyāluptam) It is a type of snake bite in which marks of two fangs are seen along with bleeding.
व्याविद्धं इव दर्शनं (vyāviddhaṁ iva darśanaṁ) Sees obejcts in distorted form
व्यावृतिः अक्षि (vyāvṛtiḥ akṣi) Protrusion of the eye.
व्यास (vyāsa) Throwing of extremities outward.
व्युदासः (vyudāsaḥ) Spasmodic movement or tics
व्युषित (vyuṣita) Allowing to stay overnight –soaking
व्रण (vraṇa) Ulcer
व्रण मुखात् पुरीषप्रवर्तनं (vraṇa mukhāt purīṣapravartanaṁ) Passing stool through ulcer
व्रण विद्ध (vraṇa viddha) Punctured or stab wound.
व्रणद्वारावसादी रक्तं (vraṇadvārāvasādī raktaṁ) Blood clotting in ulcer
व्रणै अधोवायु (vraṇai adhovāyu) Passing Flatus through ulcer
व्रणैः मूत्रं (vraṇaiḥ mūtraṁ) Passing urine through ulcer
व्रतः (vrataḥ) Continence: The exercise of self constraint
व्रत्यार्थ (vratyārtha) Maintain the health & life- foods consumed by healthy person, it is meant to maintain health & life.
शकुनिगन्ध (śakunigandha) Smell of birds
शकृत (śakṛta) Feces. Synonym of Purīṣa.
शकृत् छर्दि (śakṛt chardi) Vomiting of stool
शकृत् सृजत् मूत्रं (śakṛt sṛjat mūtraṁ) Defecation while passing urine.
शक्र धनुष्प्रभम् (śakra dhanuṣprabham) Multicolor like rainbow
शक्रचापगुण दर्शनं (śakracāpaguṇa darśanaṁ) Sees rainbow in objects
शक्रधनुष्प्रभं रक्तं (śakradhanuṣprabhaṁ raktaṁ) Blood with multicolor like rainbow
शंखः (śaṁkhaḥ) 1. Temples 2. conch
शंख चुर्णवर्णं मूत्रं (śaṁkha curṇavarṇaṁ mūtraṁ) Urine resembles the powder of conch
शंखपाण्डुर दृष्टिमण्डल (śaṁkhapāṇḍura dṛṣṭimaṇḍala) Pupil resembles the color of conch
शंखावभासं (śaṁkhāvabhāsaṁ) Color of conch
शंखैः आचितं इव (śaṁkhaiḥ ācitaṁ iva) Sees objects converted by the colors of conch
शङ्का विषं (śaṅkā viṣaṁ) suspension of poison, this is a psychological manifestation resulting from extreme nervousness and doubt due to dubious feeling of being bitten by a poisonous creature causes manifestation of symptoms of pseudo poison in the form of fever, vomiting, fainting, burning sensation, prostration, unconsciousness, diarrhoea.
शब्द (śabda) the finest and subtle source of proto-element of Akash mahābhūta,
शब्दः (śabdaḥ) Word: an aggregate of letters
शब्द असहत्व (śabda asahatva) Intolerance to sound.
शब्द प्रबलं छर्दि (śabda prabalaṁ chardi) Vomiting with more sound.
शब्दवत् दन्त (śabdavat danta) Gnashing of the teeth
शब्दवत् पुरीषम् (śabdavat purīṣam) Defecation with sound
शब्दानुकरणं असाम्ना (śabdānukaraṇaṁ asāmnā) Loudly and frequently imitating the musical sounds
शब्दायन (śabdāyana) Gudaguda like sound in abdomen.
शमन (śamana) Pacification of vitiated Doṣas; Palliative therapy.
शमी धान्य (śamī dhānya) Pulses, Dicotyledons;
शयन इच्छा (śayana icchā) Fond of lie down
शय्या (śayyā) Bed, mode of administration of poison along with bedding.
शय्या इच्छा (śayyā icchā) Fond of lie down
शय्यां पादेन हननं (śayyāṁ pādena hananaṁ) Striking on bed by limbs
शरीरः (śarīraḥ) Body
शरीर वृद्धिकर भव (śarīra vṛddhikara bhava) Factors lead to the growth of the body- there are four factors for growth of body:-kalayoga, sabhavasansidhi, aharasaushtham,avighat.
शरीर संपत् (śarīra saṁpat) Excellence of body .
शरीर सात्म्य (śarīra sātmya) Homologous with the body
शरीरस्थं उपभोगं (śarīrasthaṁ upabhogaṁ) Clothes.
शरीरोपकारक (śarīropakāraka) Factors which are beneficial to growth of body.
शर्करा सह मूत्रं (śarkarā saha mūtraṁ) Crystalluria
शव (śava) Dead body.
शवगन्ध (śavagandha) Smell of dead body
शाक (śāka) A class of plants used as vegetables viz. root, fruit, leaf, flower, etc. 2. A synonym of Tectona grandis
शाक वर्ग (śāka varga) Group of green leafy vegetables, roots and tubers.
शाकछदनप्रकाशा (śākachadanaprakāśā) Roughness like the leaf of teak tree (Tectonia grandia)
शाकपत्रखर (śākapatrakhara) Roughness of the leaf of teak tree (Tectonia grandia)
शाखाद मेद (śākhāda meda) Fat obtained from herbivorous animals
शाखादष्ट (śākhādaṣṭa) Bitten on limb.
शाण (śāṇa) A unit of Measurement; Four mashas are equal to one sana=3 g of metric units
शाण्डाकी (śāṇḍākī) Pickles – varieties of pickles prepared by fermentation process, which turns sour when kept for a long time, are tasty. Increases digestion and palatability, increases Pitta Doṣa and it is Amla pitta kara(gastrities).
शातः (śātaḥ) Putrefaction
शातनं (śātanaṁ) Falling of
शाद्वलप्रभं पुरीषं (śādvalaprabhaṁ purīṣaṁ) Stool with the color of green grass
शान्तः (śāntaḥ) Calm disposition; Peaceful
शान्ताग्नि (śāntāgni) Loss of digestive power.
शान्ताङ्गारप्रकाश (śāntāṅgāraprakāśa) Black color resembles extinguished fire.
शान्तात्मा (śāntātmā) Calm disposition
शारीर गुण (śārīra guṇa) Synonym of Guravdi gunas; Properties of substances that relate with the body and used for therapeutics.
शारीरव्रण (śārīravraṇa) Wounds caused by vitiation of Doṣas.
शालिशुष्काभराजी अक्षि (śāliśuṣkābharājī akṣi) Bristle like line in the eye.
शिम्बि धान्य (śimbi dhānya) Pulses- those which are covered with pod, are those derived from beans. They include black gram, green gram, horse gram, green pea, Dhal gram, pigeon pea, chick pea etc.
शिर (śira) Head. The site where all Prāṇas and Indriyas are situated. Also is the uppermost and chief part of the body.
शिरोधरः (śirodharaḥ) Neck
शिरोविरेचन द्रव्य (śirovirecana dravya) An act of emptying, lessening, exhausting vitiated Doṣas from Shira (Head) through nasal openings.
शिरोविरेचनोपग (śirovirecanopaga) Substances that help the Shirovirechan procedure.
शिरोऽभितापी (śiro'bhitāpī) Rage of slightest provocation, It is a symptom of rabid dog .
शिलापट्ट् (śilāpaṭṭ) Stone slab used for grinding
शिशिर (śiśira) Cold, Winter Season
शिशिर इच्छा (śiśira icchā) Fond of cold
शिशिर द्वेष (śiśira dveṣa) Aversion to cold
शिशिरैर्न लोमहर्षो (śiśirairna lomaharṣo) It is a sign of (imminent) death of a poisoned person in which the person does not experience raising of hairs even if touched by cold water or air.
शीघ्र (śīghra) Quick, rapid.
शीघ्र द्रावम् (śīghra drāvam) Quick melting
शीघ्रगं रक्तं (śīghragaṁ raktaṁ) Sudden bleeding.
शीघ्रगामिनः (śīghragāminaḥ) Swift, a feature which is characteristic of darvikar (cobra snake variety) snakes.
शीत (śīta) Cool; Cold; An attribute of Vāyu and Kapha. Coolness; one of the 20 gurvadi guna; caused due to activated Jala mahābhūta; denotes physiological & pharmacological coolness; manifested by reduction in burning sensation & thirst, facilitates stoppage of flow in channels like styptic, reduces sweating, increases urine, pacifies pitta, aggravates vata.2. Synonym of Gudatwak (Cinnamonum zeylanicum).
शीत अग्नि (śīta agni) Loss of digestive power
शीत असहत्व (śīta asahatva) Intolerance to cold
शीत इच्छा (śīta icchā) Fond of Cold
शीत उच्छ्वास (śīta ucchvāsa) Cold breathing
शीत द्वेष (śīta dveṣa) Aversion to cold
शीतकषाय (śītakaṣāya) synonym of hima; Cold infusion the squeezed and filtered liquid after steeping overnight the powdered material in 6 times of cold water
शीतता (śītatā) Cold
शीतप्रशमन (śītapraśamana) substances pacifies feelings of cold & chill ;
शीर्यमाणः तनूरुहः (śīryamāṇaḥ tanūruhaḥ) Falling of hair
शीर्षः (śīrṣaḥ) Head
शीलः (śīlaḥ) Character: natural or acquired way of living or acting,
शीलविभ्रम (śīlavibhrama) Perverted manners.
शीलवैकृतं अल्पं (śīlavaikṛtaṁ alpaṁ) Slight change in routine
शुक (śuka) Parrot
शुकपूर्णाभ कण्ठ (śukapūrṇābha kaṇṭha) Feeling as throat with bristles.
शुक्त (śukta) This is the fermented liquid which becomes acidic by losing original sweetness
शुक्त (śukta) Vinegar, is prepared from many source drugs by the process of acetic fermentation. The properties differ according to the drugs used.
शुक्त पाक (śukta pāka) Digestion with fermentation
शुक्ति (śukti) 1. A unit of Measurement; Two karshas will make one ardhapala i.e. 24 g (rounded to 25 g) of metric units
शुक्ति धौतं इव आभाति अस्थि (śukti dhautaṁ iva ābhāti asthi) Bone in the color of cleansed water of shell
शुक्र धातु (śukra dhātu) The seventh Dhātu, whose function is reproduction. Generally equated with Semen; Present in two forms: 1. Pervading the entire body 2. Fertilizing the ovum. It is dominant of Jala Mahābhūta.
शुक्रजनन (śukrajanana) substances which enhances Shukra (semen / sperm)
शुक्रप्रवर्तनं मूत्रयुतः पाक् पश्चात् वा (śukrapravartanaṁ mūtrayutaḥ pāk paścāt vā) Ejaculation before with or after micturation
शुक्रमार्ग रक्तं (śukramārga raktaṁ) Bleeding through penis
शुक्रमिश्रं मूत्र (śukramiśraṁ mūtra) Urine with semen
शुक्रविष् (śukraviṣ) A Animals with poisonous semen.
शुक्रशोधन (śukraśodhana) substances which rectifies vitiated Shukra (semen / sperm)
शुक्राभं मूत्र (śukrābhaṁ mūtra) Urine in the form of semen
शुक्लं (śuklaṁ) White in color
शुक्ल वर्ग (śukla varga) Class of following five substances having white color and contain natural calcium viz.
शुक्ल वर्ण (śukla varṇa) White
शुक्ल वस्त्र (śukla vastra) White cloth; alleviates vata Doṣa.
शुक्लदर्शनं (śukladarśanaṁ) Sees objects in white
शुक्लमाल्य इच्छा (śuklamālya icchā) Fond of white garlands
शुक्लसिराराजी (śuklasirārājī) White lines of vein
शुक्लाम्बर इच्छा (śuklāmbara icchā) Fond of white garments
शुचि द्वेष (śuci dveṣa) Aversion to Cleanliness
शुचिरोत्थितान् (śucirotthitān) Chronic origin/ originated a long back
शुचौ अपि अशुचि दर्शनं (śucau api aśuci darśanaṁ) Clean things seen as dirty
शुद्धावर्त (śuddhāvarta) Indicates the time of extraction of metal from their respective ores
शुभ (śubha) Beneficial for health.
शुभः (śubhaḥ) Pleasant, Beautiful
शुभगन्ध (śubhagandha) Pleasant smell
शुभ्रवर्ण (śubhravarṇa) White in color
शुलोपेतं पुरीषप्रवर्तनं (śulopetaṁ purīṣapravartanaṁ) Pain while defecation
शुल्बनिभं (śulbanibhaṁ) Resembling copper
शुल्व (śulva) Element Copper-Cuprum with chemical symbol Cu at at. no 29
शुष्क (śuṣka) Dry; dryness; one of the gunas described by Bhava Prakasha; caused due to activated Pṛthvī, Vayu & Tejas;
शुष्कच्छर्दि (śuṣkacchardi) Vomiting without any effort
शुष्कान्न उपाचरेत (śuṣkānna upācareta) Treated with dry food- those who have more moisture in their body, who are wounded & suffering from madhumeha should be treated with dry food.
शूक (śūka) Sting (small, thorn like).
शूक धान्य (śūka dhānya) grains with awn; monocotyledons;
शूक धान्य (śūka dhānya) Corns with bristles (Cereals) – have awn and spikes derived from grasses. They form the principle staple food the world over- rice, wheat, barley, rye, corn/ maize , oats etc.
शूकपुर्णाभं इव अक्षि (śūkapurṇābhaṁ iva akṣi) Feels as if eyes filled with bristles.
शूकपूर्णता मुखं (śūkapūrṇatā mukhaṁ) Feeling that mouth is filled with bristles
शूकपूर्णाभ नासिका (śūkapūrṇābha nāsikā) Feels as if nose filled with bristles.
शूकप्रवर्धनं (śūkapravardhanaṁ) Adherent bristles like appearance on skin.
शूकैः आकीर्णं इव (śūkaiḥ ākīrṇaṁ iva) Bristle like projections
शूकै आचितं इव (śūkai ācitaṁ iva) Feels as if filled with bristles.
शून (śūna) Swelling
शूनता (śūnatā) Swelling
शून्यः (śūnyaḥ) Expressionless blank, it is a symptom produced in the third impulse of animal poisoning.
शून्य इच्छा (śūnya icchā) Fond of staying in solitude
शून्यत शिरसः (śūnyata śirasaḥ) Feeling of emptiness of head.
शून्यता (śūnyatā) Feeling of emptiness
शून्यता द्रवण (śūnyatā dravaṇa) Loss of knowledge.
शून्यभाव (śūnyabhāva) Loss of knowledge
शून्यायतनसेवी (śūnyāyatanasevī) Habit of being in solitute
शूर्प (śūrpa) A unit of Measurement; Synonym of kumbha= 24.576 kg/l of metric units
शोणितस्थापन (śoṇitasthāpana) Substances that restore the normal properties of Blood
शोणितागमनमुर्ध्वम् अधश्च (śoṇitāgamanamurdhvam adhaśca) It is a specific symptom of mandali (group of viper type snakes) which means that there is haemorrhage through both mouth and anus of the person being bitten.
शोथ (śotha) Swelling; Inflammation
शोथहर (śothahara) substances reducing inflammation and swelling;
शोधन (śodhana) A pharmaceutical process of Purification/Detoxification/Refining / imparting useful properties in the materials
शोधनं (śodhanaṁ) cleansing of the wound
शोफ (śopha) Swelling; Edema
शोष (śoṣa) Dryness, Wasting
शौक्ल्यं (śauklyaṁ) Whiteness, clearness, the quality or state of being white
शौच (śauca) Cleanliness; Cleaning in the context of food, cleaning dravya’s before preparation alters the basic qualities of raw food and even takes out the contaminants from the food.
शौर्य (śaurya) Heroism, velour, Strength
श्मशान (śmaśāna) Area for disposal of dead crematorium.
श्रुतस्वप्न (śrutasvapna) Dreams of auditory experiences
श्रुतिजाड्यं (śrutijāḍyaṁ) Loss of hearing
श्रुतिविनाश (śrutivināśa) Loss of hearing
श्रुतिहीन (śrutihīna) Loss of hearing
श्रॄङ्गीविषं (śrṝṅgīviṣaṁ) Aconitum chasmanthum -STAPF HOLMES EX , a plant mentioned in poisonous plant category having poison in its root.
श्रोणि (śroṇi) Pelvis; Hips and Loins
श्रोत्र (śrotra) the seat of auditory sense organ
श्रोत्र क्षय (śrotra kṣaya) Loss of hearing
श्रोत्र दौर्बल्यं (śrotra daurbalyaṁ) Loss of hearing.
श्लक्ष्ण (ślakṣṇa) Smoothness; one of the 20 gurvadi gunas. Caused due activated agni; denotes physiological & pharmacological smoothness; helps in healing. An attribute of Kapha.
श्लथं (ślathaṁ) Flabbiness, Soft
श्लथ सन्धिता (ślatha sandhitā) Dislocation of Joint
श्लथलता (ślathalatā) Flabbiness
श्लथाङ्गता (ślathāṅgatā) Soft body
श्लथेन्द्रिय (ślathendriya) Weakness of sense organs
श्लिष्ट्टं (śliṣṭṭaṁ) Compact
श्लेषक कफ (śleṣaka kapha) One of the five subtypes of Kapha that is situated in joints and junctions of the body and provides lubrication.
श्लेष्म छर्दि (śleṣma chardi) Vomiting sputum
श्लेष्मतन्तुगवाक्षितं छर्दि (śleṣmatantugavākṣitaṁ chardi) The vomit contains the network of thin phlegm
श्लेष्मप्रतिपूरण शिरः (śleṣmapratipūraṇa śiraḥ) Feels as head filled with mucus
सक्तु (saktu) Is a dietetic preparation. Prepared by frying and powdering husked grains like barley, wheat, rice, parched rice etc.
सक्थि (sakthi) Lower limb
सक्थ्युत्क्षेपं निगृह्णाति (sakthyutkṣepaṁ nigṛhṇāti) Restricted forward movement of lower limb
संक्रामिक रोग (saṁkrāmika roga) The word Sankraman means concurrence, transaction. Sankraman denotes passing from one point to another, Sankramika roga means the diseases which are passing from one person to another i.e. infectious or communicable diseases.
सक्रोध दर्शनं (sakrodha darśanaṁ) Wrathful sight
संक्लेदं गुडवद्गतं (saṁkledaṁ guḍavadgataṁ) Jiggery like stickiness, as poison originates from water & become sticky like jiggery when it comes in contact with water & spreads throughout body during rainy season.
संक्लेद हृदय (saṁkleda hṛdaya) Nausea
संक्षय ओज (saṁkṣaya oja) Diminished resistance power
सक्षि (sakṣi) A synonym of Ātmā. Witness to all actions.
सग्रास (sagrāsa) Administration of medicine with each morsel of food.
संघात (saṁghāta) Compactness; one of the action attributed to Pṛthvī mahābhūta.
सघोषं छर्दि (saghoṣaṁ chardi) Vomitting with sound
सङ्कुलानि इव दर्शनं (saṅkulāni iva darśanaṁ) Sees objects in mixed form or confused form.
सङ्गः (saṅgaḥ) Contraction of body parts, Retention.
सचन्द्रकं रक्तं (sacandrakaṁ raktaṁ) Blood with multi color
संचय (saṁcaya) Accumulation of vitiated Doṣas in their own seats. First stage of Kriyākāla.
संचारविचारवत् कर्ण (saṁcāravicāravat karṇa) sensation like opening and closing of the ear frequently
सजन कण्ठ (sajana kaṇṭha) Adhesion of throat.
संजृम्भिका (saṁjṛmbhikā) Yawning
संज्ञा (saṁjñā) Consciousness, Orientation
संज्ञा मोहः (saṁjñā mohaḥ) Loss of consciousness
संज्ञादौर्बल्य (saṁjñādaurbalya) Loss of consciousness
संज्ञानाश (saṁjñānāśa) Loss of consciousness
संज्ञाप्रणाश (saṁjñāpraṇāśa) Loss of consciousness
संज्ञामोषण (saṁjñāmoṣaṇa) Loss of consciousness
संज्ञासंस्तम्भ (saṁjñāsaṁstambha) Loss of consciousness
संज्ञासंस्थापन (saṁjñāsaṁsthāpana) revival of consciousness.
संज्ञास्थापन (saṁjñāsthāpana) one category of medicinal substances that restore consciousness
संज्ञाहारी (saṁjñāhārī) Loss of consciousness
संडासि (saṁḍāsi) An apparatus used for holding the utensils etc
सततं कास (satataṁ kāsa) Continuous cough
सत्कार्यवाद (satkāryavāda) the ideology which believes that the effect is always resides in cause even before its manifestation
सत्त्व (sattva) 1. One of the three qualities (sattva, Rajas and Tamas) or constituents of everything in creation. 2.Mind, harmony, Natural character, inborn disposition, Conscious mind, Being in existence
सत्यबुद्धि (satyabuddhi) Truth knowledge- is the state of self realization of ultimate reality. It eliminates all miseries and leads to liberation. The moment that truth knowledge’s (Satyabuddhi)emerges the soul transcends the ego and all worldly miseries come to an end. Universe is macrocosm while man is the microcosm. The realization that the entire universe and individual are one and same is Satya buddi.
सत्यवाक् (satyavāk) Truthful speaking
सत्व (satva) Means Mental tolerance or Stamina. This is a quality of the mind, sattva has been classified in three types. Prava, avara and madyama stva. Person having the Pravara Satva (Strong will power) are basically health oriented and they follow rules and regulation of Swasthavritta and hence remains health. Their pain bearing capacity is excellent usually they do not become ill, whenever they are sick it is easy to cure them .
सत्व संपत (satva saṁpata) Excellence of intellect.
सत्वपरिप्लव (satvapariplava) Perplexed mind
सत्वपातन (satvapātana) Process of Extraction of metals from ores
सत्वपातन कोष्ठी (Satvapatana koṣṭhī) Furnace used for the extraction of Satva metal contents from minerals
सदनं (sadanaṁ) Weakness, Fatigue, Falling of
सदनं मनसः (sadanaṁ manasaḥ) Loss of mental strength.
संदर्शनं (saṁdarśanaṁ) Clear manifestation of tendon network
संदंश (saṁdaṁśa) An apparatus for holding
संदंशन (saṁdaṁśana) Biting
संदंष्ट (saṁdaṁṣṭa) Bitten
सदाचार (sadācāra) Well behavior.
सदाहं पुरीषप्रवर्तनं (sadāhaṁ purīṣapravartanaṁ) Defecation with burning sensation
सदोषं पुरीषं (sadoṣaṁ purīṣaṁ) Undigested stool.
सद्यः (sadyaḥ) Instant, immediate.
सद्यप्राणहर धूम (sadyaprāṇahara dhūma) Harmful smoke/fumes from a preparation which turn out to be fatal almost instantaneously.
सद्योव्रण (sadyovraṇa) fresh wound.
सद्वृत्त (sadvṛtta) The good conduct/behaviour of man. It can be expressed as right conducts or good conducts or moral conducts which are followed to lead healthy life. Conducts which are good at physical, good at mental and good at verbal are called as Sadvritta.
संधान (saṁdhāna) Allowing the materials along with drugs and sweetening agents in association of liquids for a long time
संधानीय (saṁdhānīya) Substances that helps in tissue aggregation;
सन्तत (santata) Prominence, Continuous
सन्तर्जन (santarjana) Threatening to others.
सन्तर्पण (santarpaṇa) Word tarpaṇa means sense of well being. It is a function of Rasa Dhātu. Food substance and herbs that increase Rasa Dhātu and subsequently Kapha are all grouped under Santarpaṇa. Caraka as defined the word Tarpaṇa as that which satisfy the hunger. Contrary to this is Apatarpaṇa.
सन्ताप (santāpa) Hotness
सन्दिग्धा वाक् (sandigdhā vāk) Sceptical speech
सन्धिमुक्तता (sandhimuktatā) Looseness of joints
सन्निरोध अधोवायु (sannirodha adhovāyu) Retention of flatus
सन्निहितागदम् (sannihitāgadam) Physician should be fully provided with all kinds of antitoxic medicines.
सन्यस्तसंज्ञा (sanyastasaṁjñā) Loss of consciousness
सपाकं (sapākaṁ) Suppuration, it is a symptom produced in animate type of poisoning which means inflammation which after certain period converts into suppurative stage.
सपिच्छं मूत्रं (sapicchaṁ mūtraṁ) Slimy urine
सपिच्छाप्रतिमं रक्तं (sapicchāpratimaṁ raktaṁ) Blood in slimy touch.
सपिण्डिक (sapiṇḍika) Preparation is similar to Madhukroda , additionally honey is mixed and prepared in the form of bolus.
समत्रितय (samatritaya) Group of following three substances when taken in equal quantity Terminalia chebula, Zinziber officinale and Guḍa (Jiggery); Synonyms are Trisama, Samatraya.
समन्त्रपूताम्बु प्रोक्षणम् (samantrapūtāmbu prokṣaṇam) In the condition of fear of poison, water sanctified by the mantras should be sprinkled over the patient’s body.
सममगात्रं (samamagātraṁ) Uniform body surface one of the properties of the gems
समयोग (samayoga) Combination, a result or product of combining
समयोगः (samayogaḥ) appropriate interaction of sensory and motor organs with their objects
समवायः (samavāyaḥ) Coexistence/ concomitant relation; the eternal and inseparable relationship which subsist between earth and other proto-element and their qualities.
समवायि कारण (samavāyi kāraṇa) inherent cause;
समशन (samaśana) Taking an admixture of desirable and undesirable food items.
समष्टि मार्गै रक्तं (samaṣṭi mārgai raktaṁ) Bleeding through all openings
समाग्नि (samāgni) The state in which the action of Agni is normal due to a balanced state of all the three Doṣas.
समाधिः (samādhiḥ) The state of self –realization in the practice of yoga; Ultimate state of physical & metal control with gain of eternal happiness
समान वायु (samāna vāyu) One of the five subtypes of Vāta (Vāyu) that is seated in proximity to Agni (in between stomach and large intestine). It performs the functions like receiving the food, digestion of the food, division of the food into useful and waste portions, and propulsion of the food.
समीक्षकारी (samīkṣakārī) Astute; One who is judicious; Person who is judicious regarding do's and don'ts in Dietary habits and conduct will remain healthy for longer time.
समीपस्थं दूरे दर्शनं (samīpasthaṁ dūre darśanaṁ) Remote appearance of a near object
समुक्षिप्त वाक् (samukṣipta vāk) Speedy talk, Fast Talk
समुच्चयः (samuccayaḥ) words, sentence or paragraphs where in a multitude of things possessing some common property are grouped together and enumerated
समुत्पीडवत् मूत्रं (samutpīḍavat mūtraṁ) Micturition with pressing pain
समुद्रमंथन (samudramaṁthana) Churning of oceans for getting ambrosia/ nectar (mythology).
सम्पत् विरुद्द (sampat virudda) Unwholesome in richness of quality- intake of substance that are not matured, over matured or putrefied.
सम्मीलनं (sammīlanaṁ) closing of the eye or Nictation
सम्मूढा (sammūḍhā) loss of tactile sensation
सम्मूर्च्छा (sammūrcchā) Fainting.
सम्मोहः (sammohaḥ) Impairment of orientation
सम्मोहः (sammohaḥ) Stupefaction: Illusion of mind
सम्यक्द्रुतम् (samyakdrutam) Properly melted
सम्यक्योग (samyakyoga) Proper contact or proper utilization
सम्यग्दग्ध (samyagdagdha) Proper cauterization, Stage of burn in which the injury is superficial and assumes the color of ripe Tāl fruit (Borassus flabellifer) and is not raised above the surrounding skin and develops preceding symptoms.
संयम पार्श्व (saṁyama pārśva) Contraction of the flanks
संयोग (saṁyoga) Combination; one of the 10 parādi gunas; Combination of two or more substances together is saṁyoga. This kind of process exhibits peculiarities which are not seen in case of individual substances. Such as combination of honey &fish, fish & milk.
संयोग विरुद्द (saṁyoga virudda) Combination unwholesome- Intake of sour substance with milk.
सर (sara) Unstableness/mobilizes; one among 20 gurvadi guna; caused due activated jala; denotes physiological & pharmacological instability & mobility; causes mobilization; helps in reduction of body tissues.
सरक्त छर्दि (sarakta chardi) Vomiting with blood
सरक्त मूत्रं (sarakta mūtraṁ) Micturition with blood
संरब्ध (saṁrabdha) Swelling
संरब्ध अक्षि (saṁrabdha akṣi) Wrathful eye
संरम्भ (saṁrambha) Swelling
सरित् इच्छा (sarit icchā) Fond of ponds (water bodies)
सरुजं पुरीषप्रवर्तनं (sarujaṁ purīṣapravartanaṁ) Defecation with pain
सरुधिर मूत्रं (sarudhira mūtraṁ) Maturation with blood
संरोधः (saṁrodhaḥ) Retention
सर्पकीटहतं (sarpakīṭahataṁ) Death due to snake bite/ insect sting.
सर्पमणि (sarpamaṇi) Wearing of sarp-mani (a type of pearl or gem collected from the head of the snake) is useful as anti poison (antidote) and gives immunity against poisons (folklore).
सर्पाः (sarpāḥ) Snakes.
सर्पाङ्गभिहतं (sarpāṅgabhihataṁ) It is a pseudo snake bite in which snake does not bite the body part but comes in contact but in a naturally timid person this may cause the aggravation of his bodily vayu (neurological signs) and causing swelling of part. Such a man is said affected by the touch of a snake.
सर्पि (sarpi) Ghee; Synonym of Ghŗta;
सर्पि तुल्यं पुरीषं (sarpi tulyaṁ purīṣaṁ) Stool resembles with ghee
सर्पित् (sarpit) A type of snake bite in which marks (punctures) of fangs of considerable depth are found on the affected part attended with a slight bleeding as well as those which are extremely slender and own their origin to the turning aside and lowering of snakes’ mouth (head) immediately after the bite are attended with swelling and the characteristic changes (systemic).
सर्पिरूपं आर्तव (sarpirūpaṁ ārtava) Menstrual blood resembles with ghee
सर्पिरूपं पुरीषं (sarpirūpaṁ purīṣaṁ) Stool resembles with ghee
सर्पिवर्णं रक्तं (sarpivarṇaṁ raktaṁ) Blood in the color of ghee
सर्प्रिप्रकाशं मूत्रं (sarpriprakāśaṁ mūtraṁ) Urine resembles with ghee
सर्वकर्मोपरमः (sarvakarmoparamaḥ) Loss of motor function of joint
सर्वग्रह (sarvagraha) Accounting of the quantity of the entire food in totality. Considering all the food articles together in meal plate, which may includes cooked cereals, pulses, condiments, drinkables etc. it refers to the whole caloric value of all food articles of meal plate. It is contrast to Parigraha.
सर्वभूतहितैषिणः (sarvabhūtahitaiṣiṇaḥ) Well wisher of all creatures.
सलिलप्लावितानि इव परिज्ञानि दर्शनं (salilaplāvitāni iva parijñāni darśanaṁ) Sees objects dipped in water
सलिलप्लावी (salilaplāvī) Floats in water
संलोच (saṁloca) Plucking pain
सलोहितं पुरीषं (salohitaṁ purīṣaṁ) Stool with the color of blood.
संवाहन (saṁvāhana) Pleasing touch or thumping with hands slowly.
सविकल्पकम् (savikalpakam) Differentiated
संवित इव नासिका (saṁvita iva nāsikā) Feels as nose is more widened
सविदाह (savidāha) With burning sensation
सविपर्यय स्थानयोजना (saviparyaya sthānayojanā) Impropriety in sitting
संवृतः (saṁvṛtaḥ) contracted , covered
संवृतरोमकूप सिरा (saṁvṛtaromakūpa sirā) Vein covered by hair
संवृतलोमकूप सिरा (saṁvṛtalomakūpa sirā) Vein covered by hair
संवृतास्यत्वं (saṁvṛtāsyatvaṁ) Closed mouth
संवेजनं रोम (saṁvejanaṁ roma) Horripilation
संवेजयेत् (saṁvejayet) Horripilation;
सव्यभिचारम् (savyabhicāram) the statement which conveys the multiple implications
सशब्दं (saśabdaṁ) With sound
संशमनं (saṁśamanaṁ) Pacification of vitiated Doṣas; Palliative therapy.
संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) indefinite statements which leave doubt as to the final and correct opinion
संशून (saṁśūna) Swelling
सशूलं (saśūlaṁ) With pain
संशोधन (saṁśodhana) Substances used for expelling out vitiated Doṣa and mala through various body openings viz. Mouth, Nose, Anus, etc.
संशोष (saṁśoṣa) Dryness, Wasting
सष्कुलि (saṣkuli) Prepared by paste of rice together with the sesamum seeds fried with oil.
संसक्तं (saṁsaktaṁ) Desire
संसदन (saṁsadana) Exhaustion
संसर्गज (saṁsargaja) Means a contagious disease which spreads from person to person by direct or indirect by immediate contact with infected/sick person.
ससिक्तं (sasiktaṁ) Urine with sand like substance.
संस्कार (saṁskāra) Transformation or processing or value addition, one of the 10 parādi guna.
संस्कार (saṁskāra) It is the pharmaceutical process by which impurities, toxicities are removed
संस्कार विरुद्द (saṁskāra virudda) Drugs and diets which prepared in a particular way produce poisonous effect. Exp- meat of peacock roasted on a castor spit.
संस्कारवाहीः (saṁskāravāhīḥ) Anaphrodisia: hermaphrodite born with obstructed seminal passage
संस्कृत वादी (saṁskṛta vādī) Speaking in abnormal sound
संस्तम्भ (saṁstambha) Retention, Stiffness
सस्पन्दन (saspandana) Twitching in the head
संस्राव मुखम् (saṁsrāva mukham) Salivation
सहक्षतज मूत्रं (sahakṣataja mūtraṁ) Urine with blood
सहज बल (sahaja bala) Consititutional strength, innate immunity
संहतं (saṁhataṁ) Thick
संहतमांस (saṁhatamāṁsa) Decaying of flesh
सहत्वासहत्व (sahatvāsahatva) Desire and aversion frequently.
सहनन (sahanana) Compactness-synonyms are SANHATI & SANYOJAN- a well compact body is known by evenly well demarcated bones, well bound joints, well formed muscle & blood. Those having well compact body are strong otherwise weak & those having moderate compactness have medium strength.
संहनन हनु (saṁhanana hanu) Stiff Jaw
संहननम् (saṁhananam) compactness of body tissues
सहपान (sahapāna) the liquids/ solids given along with the drug administration of drug to absorb ,assimilate & distribute in the body
संहर्षणं (saṁharṣaṇaṁ) sense of friction, Horripilation
संहर्षित इव (saṁharṣita iva) Excitement.
सहसा रक्तं (sahasā raktaṁ) Sudden bleeding
सहिष्णुता (sahiṣṇutā) Tolerance
साक्षी (sākṣī) Witness, a person who gives generalized or specialized, account against or in favor of a subjudice matter, under oath when summoned by the presiding court, i.e. witness.
सात्मः (sātmaḥ) Concordance: A harmonious state of things or aggreable to natural constitution.
सात्म्य (sātmya) Agreeable to natural constitution, wholesome, suitableness, habituation
सात्म्य (sātmya) Daily activities and food which have become habitual to body. Homologation/habituation.
सात्म्य विरुद्ध (sātmya viruddha) Habit unwholesome of diet and drugs is considered as sātmya viruddha- intake of sweet and cold substance by persons accustomed to pungent and hot substance.
सात्म्य सम्पत् (sātmya sampat) Excellence of suitability
साद (sāda) Fatigue, exhaustion
साद (sāda) Depression, It is a symptom produced in first impulse of animal poisoning.
सादयति (sādayati) Depressing
साधक पित्त (sādhaka pitta) One of the five subtypes of Pitta that is seated in heart. This helps one achieve the desired goal. This Pitta is also responsible for intellect, talent and self respect.
साधनं (sādhanaṁ) synonym of therapeutics; Tool; Instrument
साधरण हेतु (sādharaṇa hetu) Common factors even though the person different entities like constitution. but there are other common factors due to derangement of which the disease took place, like air,water,time etc.
सानुनासिकं (sānunāsikaṁ) Nasal voice
सानुबाधनं (sānubādhanaṁ) substances having long term side effects
सान्त्वन (sāntvana) Consoling.
सान्द्र (sāndra) thickness/dense; one of the 20 gurvādi guṇa; caused due activated pṛthvī; denotes physiological & pharmacological density; nourishes; the property of the substance which causes viscosity and viscidity
सान्नं पुरीषं (sānnaṁ purīṣaṁ) Stool mixed with food articles
सामान्य (sāmānya) Similar: similarity which is found in many substances and leads to their categorization in one group. Samanya leads to increase of similar; Similarity; denotes similarity between two substances, properties or actions; one of the fundamental concepts in āyurvedic pharmacology that states that substances can potentially lead to an increase or positive impact in the similar substances or attributes in the living system, when engaged in an effective interaction.
सामान्य गुण (sāmānya guṇa) Common property; properties that are common to more than one mahābhūta like guru (heaviness) attributed to Pṛthvī & Jala mahābhūta.
सामान्य-विशेष सिद्धान्त (sāmānya-viśeṣa siddhānta) An applied principle of āyurveda which is used for maintaining the equilibrium of the body constituent; Doctrine of similar and Opposites
सामुद्ग (sāmudga) Consuming the medicine both at beginning and also end of the meals.
सामुद्र जल (sāmudra jala) Type of surface water. Sea water that which is very much prone for contamination with dust, soot, toxic gases, micro organisms etc environmental impurities by human activities.
सामुद्र लवण (sāmudra lavaṇa) sea or common table salt
साम्य (sāmya) state of equilibrium or balance
सार (sāra) 1. heartwood/pith of a plant
सार (sāra) 1. Eight states of excellence an individual may have (seven of Dhātus and one of Sattva). 2. Essential, very good of its kind, Essence, essential part, Highest best, Most excellent.
सारविधमन (sāravidhamana) Ill nourishment.
सारस (sārasa) Lake water is source of ground water. It improves digestive power and does not aggravate Vāta. Best time for consumption of this kind of water is Hemanta rtu (early winter)
सारिका (sārikā) a bird turdus salica
साशृक् प्रतिमं (sāśṛk pratimaṁ) Menstrual blood in the color of blood of rabbit
सासृक् (sāsṛk) With blood
सास्मगर्भवत् हृदयं (sāsmagarbhavat hṛdayaṁ) Feeling of heaviness like bearing of stone in pericardial region
साहस इच्छा (sāhasa icchā) Desire for Adventure
साहस दण्डः (sāhasa daṇḍaḥ) Penalties imposed for offence which may harm life or cause loss of any nature; physical, mental, financial, social, to any person and his belongings or to the state.
सिकतानुरूपं मूत्रं (sikatānurūpaṁ mūtraṁ) Urine with sand like substance
सिकतानुविद्धान् मलान् (sikatānuviddhān malān) Urine with sand like substance
सिक्तआकार (siktaākāra) Resembling the granular appearance like that of sand crystals/ silicate
सितं (sitaṁ) White color
सितता (sitatā) White
सितमश्नियात् (sitamaśniyāt) Cold food treatments- person suffering from thirst, heat , intoxication , burning sensation, bleeding diseases, emaciation from copulation should treated with cold food.
सिता दर्शनं (sitā darśanaṁ) Sees objects white in color
सिता वर्ण (sitā varṇa) White color
सिद्धान्तः (siddhāntaḥ) a demonstrated truth established after several examinations and reasoning by scientists
सिन्दुराभ (sindurābha) Vermilion like in color
सिराजालं (sirājālaṁ) Network of veins
सिराजालगवाक्षितं (sirājālagavākṣitaṁ) Network of veins
सिराजालस्फुरण (sirājālasphuraṇa) Excessive pulsation of the head
सिराततः (sirātataḥ) Prominent network of vein
सिरातनुत्वं (sirātanutvaṁ) Thin vein
सिरादर्शन (sirādarśana) Appearance of veins
सिराभि असंवृत मुखं (sirābhi asaṁvṛta mukhaṁ) Appearance of veins on face.
सिरावनद्धराजीकं (sirāvanaddharājīkaṁ) Network of veins
सिरावृत (sirāvṛta) Appearance of veins
सिराहर्षः (sirāharṣaḥ) Engorgement of veins
सिंह (siṁha) Lion.
सीधु (sīdhu) Fermentation of the sweetening liquids with/without subjecting to heat
सीवनी (sīvanī) Frenulum
सुक्ष्म (sukṣma) minuteness/penetrating; one of the gurvadi gunas; caused due activated akash, agni & vayu; denotes physiological & pharmacological minuteness & penetration;
सुक्ष्मः (sukṣmaḥ) the property of the substance which causes minuteness and decrease body mass
सुक्ष्म शरीर (sukṣma śarīra) Subtle Body; see Ativāhika purușa
सुक्ष्मै शल्यै आचितं इव अक्षि (sukṣmai śalyai ācitaṁ iva akṣi) Feels as eyes being speared with tiny arrows
सुख (sukha) 1. A feature indicative of Ātmā. 2. A favorable perception. 3. Happy, delighted, joyful, pleased, Agreeable, pleasant
सुख (sukha) Refers to Happiness, joy, pleasure, satisfaction, at peace, in a state of comfort – those who are not affected with mental and physical ailments, who are endowed with youth, enthusiasm, strength, virility, reputation, manliness, boldness, knowledge of art and science, sense, object of sense, ability of the sense organs, richness and various luxurious articles for enjoyment, who achieve whatever they want and moves as they like lead a very happy life. Contrary to this is Dukha.
सुखनिर्मोच्य पत्रम् (sukhanirmocya patram) Literal meaning is easily separable lamellae indicates cleavage
सुखस्च कालयोग (sukhasca kālayoga) Favorable time
सुखायु (sukhāyu) Happy life , ailment free individual life; A life pleasant for self as well as society
सुगन्ध (sugandha) quality that is minute and give a sense pleasure & satisfaction; these improves appetite.
सुगन्धपिष्टसूतेन (sugandhapiṣṭasūtena) Mercury rubbed with gandhak
सुगन्धामलक (sugandhāmalaka) when dried seedless Emblica offcinalis is added to Sarvoushadhi gana;
सुगन्धि (sugandhi) Stool with fragrant smell
सुगन्धी त्रिफला (sugandhī triphalā) A Class of following 3 fragrant plants Areca catechu, Syzygium aromaticum, Myristica fragrans;
सुचरित (sucarita) Good behavior.
सुचिरत (sucirata) Delayed
सुतेज (suteja) Dazzling appearance.
सुदारुणं अक्षि (sudāruṇaṁ akṣi) Difficulty in opening eye
सुदीन (sudīna) Wretched, pathetic
सुदुर्बलः अग्नि (sudurbalaḥ agni) Loss of digestive power
सुपक्वं (supakvaṁ) Properly cooked/ processed indicative of Avaleha, gudapaka etc.
सुपपतिधनुष्प्रभं रक्तं (supapatidhanuṣprabhaṁ raktaṁ) Blood with multicolor like rainbow
सुरा (surā) Indigenous beer- beverage prepared from fermented cereals. The cereals that are either cooked or ground are mixed with Jiggery and other spices and are subjected to natural fermentation. Beneficial for emaciated, suffering from obstruction in urine, piles, alleviates Vata and useful in anemia.
स्तम्भ पुरीष प्रवर्तनम् (stambha purīṣa pravartanam) Retention of stool
स्तम्भनं (stambhanaṁ) substances used to check any flow through or out of the body
स्तिमित (stimita) Rigid, Inflexible, Fixed
स्तैमित्य (staimitya) Rigidness
स्तोकं (stokaṁ) Scanty
स्तोकं स्तोकं (stokaṁ stokaṁ) Frequent and scanty
स्त्यानं (styānaṁ) Feeling of heaviness, Thick, solid, Massive
स्त्यानता (styānatā) Feeling of heaviness
स्त्रक् (strak) Garland.
स्त्रीपुष्पहरण (strīpuṣpaharaṇa) Helps in arresting the menstrual bleeding as observed in yellow orpiment
स्थानसंश्रय (sthānasaṁśraya) The interaction between the Doṣas & Dushyas. Fourth stage of Kriyakala. This represents the prodromal phase of a disease.
स्थापना (sthāpanā) Justifying a proposition on the basis of reasons, instance, and conclusion.
स्थाली यन्त्र (sthālī yantra) A shallow iron pan used for frying/roasting of materials
स्थावरं (sthāvaraṁ) The poison obtained from inanimate things such as aconite, opium, cannabis, oleander, arsenic, orpiment etc.
स्थितं (sthitaṁ) Keeping/ placing
स्थिर (sthira) Stability; Immobility; One of the 20 gurvadi gunas; caused due activated pṛthvī; denotes physiological & pharmacological stability & immobility; causes obstruction; An attribute of Kapha
स्थिरः नयनः (sthiraḥ nayanaḥ) Fixed eye
स्थिरः हनू (sthiraḥ hanū) Stiff jaw
स्थिरता (sthiratā) Stiffness
स्थूल (sthūla) grossness/bulkiness; one of the 20 gurvadi gunas; caused due activated pṛthvī; denotes physiological & pharmacological grossness & bulkiness; causes covering or protection.
स्थूलाक्षः (sthūlākṣaḥ) Clumsy eye
स्थैर्य (sthairya) Stability
स्थौल्य (sthaulya) Obesity
स्नपन (snapana) Heating up to red hot and dipping in specified liquids
स्नान (snāna) Taking bath, is an auspicious , enhances virility, longevity, strength, compactness & immune system(oja), and at the same time cures tiredness, sweat and impurities of the body.
स्नानं इच्छा (snānaṁ icchā) Fond of bathing
स्नायु (snāyu) Tendon
स्नायु जालावत् (snāyu jālāvat) Covered by sinew
स्निग्ध (snigdha) Slimy/unctuous/oily; one of the 20 gurvadi gunas; caused due activated Jala mahābhūta; denotes physiological & pharmacological sliminess; manifested by moistening of body parts, increased strength and lustier; pacifies vata, increases kapha.
स्निग्ध दर्शनं (snigdha darśanaṁ) Sees objects in unctuous
स्निग्ध वर्ण (snigdha varṇa) Oily colored
स्निग्ध-अश्नियात् (snigdha-aśniyāt) Eating unctuous food gets digested quickly, taste well, stimulates the unstimulated digestive fire, and alleviates Vata and Pitta.
स्निग्धान उपाचरेत् (snigdhāna upācaret) Unctuous food treatment- person who are vata prakriti, dryness in the body, exhausted by copulation, who indulge in excess physical activities should be treated with unctuous food.
स्फोटरहितं (sphoṭarahitaṁ) Free from elevations & projections
स्फोटै चिता जिह्वा (sphoṭai citā jihvā) Spreading of blisters
स्मृति (smṛti) It means memory/ reminiscence/ recollection. Is that which results from a particular conjunction between the soul and mind and also from impression. Acc to Caraka memory is nothing but the remembrance of the things directly perceived, heard (scriptures) or explained earlier.
स्मृति अपध्वंसनं (smṛti apadhvaṁsanaṁ) Loss of memory
स्मृति अपाय (smṛti apāya) Loss of memory.
स्मृति उपघात (smṛti upaghāta) Loss of memory
स्मृति क्षय (smṛti kṣaya) Lack of memory
स्मृति प्रमोह (smṛti pramoha) Loss of memory
स्मृति भ्रंश (smṛti bhraṁśa) Loss of memory
स्मृति मोह (smṛti moha) Loss of memory
स्मृति विभ्रम (smṛti vibhrama) Perverted memory
स्मृति संप्लव (smṛti saṁplava) Perverted memory
स्मृति हानि (smṛti hāni) Loss of memory
स्मृतिविभ्रंश (smṛtivibhraṁśa) Derangement of memory- when on covering of the self by rajas & tamas the recollection of the knowledge of reality is unpaired, it is known as derangement of memory. It the cause of all sort of psychological disorders later may end up with psycho-somatic disorders.
स्यन्दन (syandana) Exudation
स्यन्दन अक्षि (syandana akṣi) Lacrimation
स्यन्दन मुखं (syandana mukhaṁ) Salivation
स्रक् इच्छा (srak icchā) Fond of garlands
स्रंसः (sraṁsaḥ) Dislocation
स्रंसनं (sraṁsanaṁ) Flabbiness, drooping
स्रंसनं (sraṁsanaṁ) Expel out; Substances that expels apakwa mala(semi digested fecal matter) from the Kostha(GIT) through Anus;
स्रंसन गुद (sraṁsana guda) Prolapsed rectum
स्रंसन रोम (sraṁsana roma) Falling of Hair
स्रस्तं अक्षि (srastaṁ akṣi) Flabbiness or drooping of the eye
स्रस्ताङ्गः (srastāṅgaḥ) Looseness of the body
स्रस्ताङ्गश्च (srastāṅgaśca) Loosened limbs, it is a symptom produced in the third impulse of bird poisoning which means the bird develops slothness of the limbs.
स्रस्तौष्ठकर्णता (srastauṣṭhakarṇatā) Pendulous lips and ears, the symptom of drooping (hanging down) of the lips and ears is seen if the quadruped is bitten by poisonous creature.
स्राव (srāva) Exudation, Discharge
स्राव अक्षि (srāva akṣi) Lacrimation
स्रुतक्षारप्रतिमं मूत्रं (srutakṣārapratimaṁ mūtraṁ) Urine resembling alkaline water
स्रोतसामवबध्नाति (srotasāmavabadhnāti) constricts the srotas.
स्रोतस् (srotas) 1. Structural or Functional Channels meant for the transportation of Dhātus undergoing transformation. 2. Appearance of a Srotas is similar to the Dhātu that it transports. 2. They are of two types: Sthūla (macro) and Aṇu (micro).
स्रोतोजकर्दमनिभ (srotojakardamanibha) Color of collirium
स्वगन्ध असहत्व (svagandha asahatva) Intolerance to self-body smell.
स्वजात्यवस्थान (svajātyavasthāna) A property attributed to the substance, a substance remains in the same Jati (category) even after processing;
स्वतन्त्र (svatantra) Independent, autonomous. An attribute of Ātmā.
स्वल्पत्रिफला (svalpatriphalā) A group of following 3 fruits
स्वल्पवाक (svalpavāka) Less talking
स्वसंज्ञा (svasaṁjñā) Technical Terminology; Jargon; Technical nomenclature; the meaning of certain words which are peculiar to any science wherein they are used in a different sense other than their usual popular meaning.
स्वस्थ (svastha) Healthy; Composed of two words, Swa and Stha. Swa means own, self and Stha means stable, steady, thus Swastha denotes self abiding, being in ones natural/prākritika state. 2. One who is in his own norms, individual who enjoys normal health.
स्वस्थवृत्तं (svasthavṛttaṁ) One who exists free from diseases is called Swastha, the actions or procedures or conduct which should be adopted to maintain health continuously without break is known as Swasthavŗtta. It includes a regular adherance to Dinacharya, Ratricharya,Rtu charya and such other doctrines of Ayurveda
स्वस्थहित (svasthahita) substances that maintains and promotes health
स्वस्थातुरपरायणं (svasthāturaparāyaṇaṁ) The science which is beneficial for the diseased as well as healthy persons.
स्वांगशीत (svāṁgaśīta) Allowing to cool on its own , self cooling- Annealing
स्वादु आस्यता (svādu āsyatā) Sweet taste in mouth
स्वादुभक्षण द्वेष (svādubhakṣaṇa dveṣa) Aversion to sweet food
स्वाप (svāpa) Numbness
स्वापन कटि (svāpana kaṭi) Numbness in hip
स्वाभावोपरमवाद (svābhāvoparamavāda) the ideology of the Buddhist philosophy which believes that natural destruction is inevitable to everything
स्वास्थ्य (svāsthya) Health; sound state of body/soul health, ease, comfort, contentment, satisfaction. State of well being.
स्विन्न (svinna) Process of Fomentation/Steaming
स्विन्नं मांस (svinnaṁ māṁsa) Putrefaction of flesh
स्वेद (sveda) Sweat, perspiration. Mala of Meda Dhātu. The function of Sveda is to withhold Kleda (watery portion) in the skin.
स्वेदज (svedaja) Substances which are believed to be originated from sweat glands.
स्वेदन (svedana) one of the process applied in purification/refining of the material
स्वेदनं (svedanaṁ) substances used for swedan (sudation)
स्वेदनी यन्त्र (svedanī yantra) An apparatus used for steaming / fomenting
स्वेदवत् (svedavat) Sweating
स्वेदापनयनं (svedāpanayanaṁ) substances that reduces excessive sweating
स्वेदोपग (svedopaga) substances which facilitates swedan (sudation)
स्हत् पदार्थः (shat padārthaḥ) The Six Matters : Samanya, Vishesha, Guna, Dravya, Karma and Samavaya.
स्हुचि (shuci) Shining, glowing, brilliantly white, holy, clear, clean, virtuous – in the context of water it refers to water which is free from all sort of biological impurities like all micro-organisms/ disease causing pathogens.
हठाग्नि (haṭhāgni) Strong heat
हतं (hataṁ) Loss of motor function
हतचूर्णक (hatacūrṇaka) Powdered arsenic
हतदर्शनं (hatadarśanaṁ) Blurred vision
हतनाम (hatanāma) Piles in rectum
हतप्रभं (hataprabhaṁ) Diminished complexion or weakness of sense organs
हतबल (hatabala) Debility or loss of physical strength or weakness
हतस्वरं (hatasvaraṁ) Aphonia
हतेन्द्रियः (hatendriyaḥ) Weakness of sense organs
हतोत्साह (hatotsāha) Loss of enthusiasm.
हनन (hanana) Harass, trouble and annoy others continually or repeatedly
हननं सन्धि (hananaṁ sandhi) Difficult function of joint
हनू (hanū) Jaw
हन्ति योगवशेनाशु चिराच्चिरतरात् (hanti yogavaśenāśu cirācciratarāt) Gara visha (artificial poison) kills the person either quickly or after long time because of the nature of combination of drugs.
हरिकेशता (harikeśatā) Tawny color of hair
हरिकेशो (harikeśo) Tawny hair person.
हरिणजं (hariṇajaṁ) related to deers/ stag
हरित (harita) Green color
हरित रूप दर्शनं (harita rūpa darśanaṁ) Sees green colored objects
हरित वर्ग (harita varga) Group of green leaves, vegetables, fruits, spices, etc. which can be used only in wet form; these can be used before and after food, but cannot give (Tripti) satiety. This category of food is consumed without any Samskara (Modulation of basic properties) along with main meal. Raw food articles which are used as Salad like Onion, Lemon, etc come under these categories.
हरितत्वं (haritatvaṁ) Greenish
हरितवर्णं (haritavarṇaṁ) Green color
हरितालवर्णं रक्तं (haritālavarṇaṁ raktaṁ) Blood with the color of orpiment
हरिरोम (hariroma) Tawny color of hair
हरिलोम (hariloma) Tawny colored hair
हर्ष (harṣa) Exhilaration
हर्ष दन्त (harṣa danta) Gnashing of teeth
हर्ष धमनी (harṣa dhamanī) Engorgement of artery
हर्ष पाद (harṣa pāda) Tingling sensation of foot
हर्ष रोम (harṣa roma) Horripilation
हर्षण (harṣaṇa) Sense of friction
हर्षणं रोम (harṣaṇaṁ roma) Horripilation
हर्षणम् (harṣaṇam) Causing pleasure
हंसः (haṁsaḥ) Swan.
हसनं अस्थाने (hasanaṁ asthāne) Laughing at inappropriate occasion
हंसपद (haṁsapada) A unit of Measurement; Synonym of one karsha equivalents to 12g of metric units
हंसोदकं (haṁsodakaṁ) Hamsodaka has two connotations. Hamsa stands for the sun and the moon: so the water purified by the rays of the sun and the moon is known as Hamsodaka. It is known as Hamsodaka also because this is the type of purified water which Swans (Hamsa) enjoy. Usually this type of water gets naturally in the month of Sharada. In this month by the action of Sun and moon rays and detoxifying effect of Agatsya Nakshatra, water gets purified.
हस्तः (hastaḥ) Hand
हस्तनर्तन (hastanartana) Dancing movement of hand.
हानि (hāni) Loss
हारिद्रं (hāridraṁ) Yellow like Turmeric
हारिद्रत्वं (hāridratvaṁ) Yellow like Turmeric
हारिद्ररूप दर्शनं (hāridrarūpa darśanaṁ) Sees objects in turmeric yellow color
हारिद्रवर्ण (hāridravarṇa) Yellow like Turmeric
हास इच्छा (hāsa icchā) Fond of laughing
हास्य इच्छा (hāsya icchā) Fond of laughing
हिक्का (hikkā) Hiccough
हिक्कानिग्रहण (hikkānigrahaṇa) substances used to restrain hiccough
हिंगुल (hiṁgula) An ore of mercury
हित (hita) Food which normalizes the vitiated Dosa’s/beneficial. Contrast to Ahita.
हितायु (hitāyu) a kind of life which is beneficial to the self and the society
हितोपदेशषु अक्षान्ति (hitopadeśaṣu akṣānti) Intolerance to the advices though it is good
हिध्मा (hidhmā) Hiccough
हिम (hima) Cold touch
हिम (hima) Cold infusion the squeezed and filtered liquid after steeping overnight the powdered material in 6 times of cold water
हिंसा इच्छा (hiṁsā icchā) Fond of torturing others
हीन (hīna) Diminished
हीनबल (hīnabala) Loss of strength
हीनमात्रा आहार (hīnamātrā āhāra) Deficient quantity is said to be causing loss of strength, complexion & development, harm to lifespan, virility& immunity.
हीनयोगः (hīnayogaḥ) Suboptimal interaction of sense organ with their respective objects and time
हीनरूप (hīnarūpa) Diminished complexion
हीनवाक् (hīnavāk) Less talking
हीनस्वरः (hīnasvaraḥ) Aphonia
हीनाङ्ग दर्शन (hīnāṅga darśana) Sees objects as defective organs
हीनोत्तरोष्ठ (hīnottaroṣṭha) Smaller upper lip or drooping of upper lip
हुण्डन (huṇḍana) Tics of the head, Nose, Eye, Jatru or Neck. Otherwise falling of hair or breaking pain in head especially forehead and temples; Anosmia; intrusion of the eye; Congestion in chest; or Wryneck
हृत् (hṛt) Heart, Cardiac
हृत् कम्प (hṛt kampa) Tachycardia or palpitation.
हृत् घट्टनं (hṛt ghaṭṭanaṁ) Pressing pain in heart
हृत् विरुद्ध (hṛt viruddha) Any substance which is not pleasant in taste.
हृत्क्रोडशूनता (hṛtkroḍaśūnatā) Feeling of emptiness in cardiac region.
हृदय (hṛdaya) Heart
हृदयावरण (hṛdayāvaraṇa) Poisons, by their penetrating property, weaken the heart and in order to protect it the patient should be administered pure ghee, ghee mixed with honey, juices of sugarcane etc.
हृदयाशुद्धि (hṛdayāśuddhi) Feeling of fullness in the epigastric region.
हृदयोत्क्लेदः (hṛdayotkledaḥ) Nausea
हृदयोत्क्लेश (hṛdayotkleśa) Nausea
हृदयोपलेप (hṛdayopalepa) Coating like feeling in heart
हृदिस्थितानि गुह्यानि वाक् (hṛdisthitāni guhyāni vāk) Reveals even secrets
हृद्य (hṛdya) beneficial/pleasing for cardiac health
हृद्रव (hṛdrava) Tachycardia or palpitation.
हृद्विशोधनम् (hṛdviśodhanam) It is one line of treatment in artificial poisoning in which there is cleansing of the heart by giving copper along with honey.
हृन्मोह (hṛnmoha) Bradycardia or weak heart beat
हृल्लास (hṛllāsa) Nausea
हृल्लासक (hṛllāsaka) Nausea
हृल्लासिका (hṛllāsikā) Nausea
हृल्लेप (hṛllepa) Coating like feeling in heart
हृष्ट रोमा (hṛṣṭa romā) Horripilation
हृष्येन्मयूर उद्विग्नः (hṛṣyenmayūra udvignaḥ) Peacock moves about and becomes delighted on seeing poisoned food.
हृस्व दर्शनं (hṛsva darśanaṁ) Objects look small in size
हृस्वं महत् दर्शनं (hṛsvaṁ mahat darśanaṁ) Sees object in magnificient form
हृस्व वृद्ध दर्शनं (hṛsva vṛddha darśanaṁ) Sees object in magnificient form
हेतु (hetu) Etiology: includes the immediate and distant causes of diseases;
हेत्वन्तरम् (hetvantaram) fallacy of reason: Giving of an irrelevant reasoning instead of relevant reasoning
हेत्वर्थः (hetvarthaḥ) Extension of arguments; application of knowledge of one phenomenon happening elsewhere or the extension of a principle enunciated at one place to many other places
हेत्वाभास (hetvābhāsa) false reason or fallacy
हैम (haima) One among the classification of Antariksha jala. It is a kind of water source, in which ice or snow is liquefied.
ह्रास (hrāsa) Reduction
ह्रास दृष्टि मण्डल (hrāsa dṛṣṭi maṇḍala) Small size of pupil.
