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आयुर्वेद
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Hindi
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
आयुर्वेद • (āyurved) m
- A traditional Indian medicine
Declension
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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- আয়ুৰ্বেদ (Assamese script)
- ᬆᬬᬸᬃᬯᬾᬤ (Balinese script)
- আয়ুর্বেদ (Bengali script)
- 𑰁𑰧𑰲𑰨𑰿𑰪𑰸𑰟 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀆𑀬𑀼𑀭𑁆𑀯𑁂𑀤 (Brahmi script)
- အာယုရွေဒ (Burmese script)
- આયુર્વેદ (Gujarati script)
- ਆਯੁਰ੍ਵੇਦ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌆𑌯𑍁𑌰𑍍𑌵𑍇𑌦 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦴꦪꦸꦂꦮꦺꦢ (Javanese script)
- 𑂄𑂨𑂳𑂩𑂹𑂫𑂵𑂠 (Kaithi script)
- ಆಯುರ್ವೇದ (Kannada script)
- អាយុវ៌េទ (Khmer script)
- ອາຍຸຣ຺ເວທ (Lao script)
- ആയുര്വേദ (Malayalam script)
- ᠠ᠊ᠠᠶᡠᡵᠣᠸᡝᡩᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘁𑘧𑘳𑘨𑘿𑘪𑘹𑘟 (Modi script)
- ᠠᢗᠶ᠋ᠤᠷᠸᠧᢑᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦡𑧇𑧔𑧈𑧠𑧊𑧚𑦿 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐁𑐫𑐸𑐬𑑂𑐰𑐾𑐡 (Newa script)
- ଆଯୁର୍ଵେଦ (Odia script)
- ꢃꢫꢸꢬ꣄ꢮꢾꢣ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆄𑆪𑆶𑆫𑇀𑆮𑆼𑆢 (Sharada script)
- 𑖁𑖧𑖲𑖨𑖿𑖪𑖸𑖟 (Siddham script)
- ආයුර්වෙද (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩛𑩻𑩒𑩼 𑪙𑩾𑩔𑩭 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚁𑚣𑚰𑚤𑚶𑚦𑚲𑚛 (Takri script)
- ஆயுர்வேத³ (Tamil script)
- ఆయుర్వేద (Telugu script)
- อายุรฺเวท (Thai script)
- ཨཱ་ཡུ་རྭེ་ད (Tibetan script)
- 𑒂𑒨𑒳𑒩𑓂𑒫𑒹𑒠 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨊𑨪𑨃𑨫𑩇𑨭𑨄𑨛 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
आयुर्वेद • (āyurvéda) stem, m
- the science of health or medicine (it is classed among sacred sciences, and considered as a supplement of the अथर्ववेद (atharvaveda) ; it contains eight departments as below, (Suṡr.) (MBh.) (Hariv.) (et al.)
- शल्य (śalya) or (removal of) any substance which has entered the body (as extraction of darts, of splinters, etc.);
- शालाक्य (śālākya) or cure of diseases of the eye or ear etc. by शलाकाs or sharp instruments;
- कायचिकित्सा (kāyacikitsā) or cure of diseases affecting the whole body;
- भूतविद्या (bhūtavidyā) or treatment of mental diseases supposed to be produced by demoniacal influence;
- कौमारभृत्य (kaumārabhṛtya) or treatment of children;
- अगदतन्त्र (agadatantra) or doctrine of antidotes;
- रासायनतन्त्र (rāsāyanatantra) or doctrine of elixirs;
- वाजीकरणतन्त्र (vājīkaraṇatantra) or doctrine of aphrodisiacs.
Declension
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “आयुर्वेद”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 148.
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