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Atmagupta, Āٳܱ, Atma-gupta, Atman-gupta: 12 definitions

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In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Atmagupta in Ayurveda glossary

Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Āٳܱ (आत्मगुप्ता) is another name for Kapikacchu, a medicinal plant identified with Mucuna pruriens (velvet bean or cowhage or cowitch) from the Fabaceae or “bean family� of flowering plants, according to verse 3.50-53 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The third chapter (ḍūc徱-) of this book contains climbers and creepers (īܻ). Together with the names Āٳܱ and Kapikacchu, there are a total of twenty-six Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)

: Shodhganga: Edition translation and critical study of yogasarasamgraha

Āٳܱ (आत्मगुप्ता) refers to the medicinal plant known as “Mucuna pruriens (Linn.) DC� and is dealt with in the 15th-century Yogasārasaṅgraha (Yogasara-saṅgraha) by Vāsudeva: an unpublished Keralite work representing an Ayurvedic compendium of medicinal recipes. The Yogasārasaṃgraha [mentioning ٳܱ] deals with entire recipes in the route of administration, and thus deals with the knowledge of pharmacy (󲹾ṣaⲹ-첹貹) which is a branch of pharmacology (ⲹṇa).

Toxicology (Study and Treatment of poison)

: Shodhganga: Kasyapa Samhita—Text on Visha Chikitsa

Ātmagupta (आत्मगुप्�) is the name of an ingredient used in the treatment (쾱ٲ) of poison due to rabid dogs (alarka) and horses (ś), according to the Kāśyapa Saṃhitā: an ancient Sanskrit text from the Pāñcarātra tradition dealing with both Tantra and Viṣa쾱ٲ—an important topic from Āyurveda which deals with the study of Toxicology (Viṣavidyā or Sarpavidyā).—In the 12h , Kāśyapasaṃhita adds external and internal antidotes for poisons of various animals and insects [e.g., dogs (ś) and horses (ś)]. [...] Accordingly, “A concoction consisting of Yaṣṭi, Vyoṣa, powdered Ātmagupti (ٳܱٲ), Dhānyagupti, Priyañgu, with two measures of Karṇikāra, blended with jaggery and milk prescribed for treating rabies and horse-poison�.

Unclassified Ayurveda definitions

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Āٳܱ (आत्मगुप्ता) is another name for Avalguja (Psoralea corylifolia “Malaysian scurfpea�). The term is used throughout Ayurvedic literature.

: eJournal of Indian Medicine: Jajjaṭa’s Nirantarapadavyākhyā and Other Commentaries on the Carakasaṃhitā

Āٳܱ (आत्मगुप्ता) is a synonym of Kapikacchu, which refers to Mucuna pruriens (Linn.) DC. and is a medicinal plant mentioned in the 7th-century Nirantarapadavyākhyā by Jejjaṭa (or Jajjaṭa): one of the earliest extant and, therefore, one of the most important commentaries on the Carakasaṃhitā.�(Cf. Indian Medicinal Plants 4:68, Arya Vaidya Sala, 1993-96.).�(Cf. The Plant List, A Working List of All Plant Species 34, 461, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden).

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

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Biology (plants and animals)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Atmagupta in Biology glossary
: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Atmagupta in India is the name of a plant defined with Asparagus racemosus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Asparagopsis floribunda Kunth, nom. illeg. (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Tent. Fl. Abyss. (1850)
· Species Plantarum. (1799)
· Malpighia (1937)
· Nouv. Ann. Mus. Paris (1834)
· Linnaea (1841)
· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta� (1814)

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Atmagupta in Sanskrit glossary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Āٳܱ (आत्मगुप्ता).—The plant Mucuna Pruritus Hook (Mar. ܲⲹī).

Āٳܱ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ٳ and ܱ (गुप्ता).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Āٳܱ (आत्मगुप्ता).—f.

(-) A plant, Cowach, (Carpopogon pruriens.) E. ٳ self, gupta hidden; self-preserved.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Āٳܱ (आत्मगुप्ता):—[=ātma-ܱ] [from ātma > ٳ] f. the plant Mucuna Pruritus Hook, [Suśruta]

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Āٳܱ (आत्मगुप्ता):—[ātma-ܱ] () 1. f. A plant (Cowach).

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