Gandhapushpaka, 骋补苍诲丑补辫耻峁补办补, Gandha-pushpaka: 2 definitions
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The Sanskrit term 骋补苍诲丑补辫耻峁补办补 can be transliterated into English as Gandhapuspaka or Gandhapushpaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Source: Wisdom Library: 膧yurveda and botany骋补苍诲丑补辫耻峁补办补 (啶椸え啷嵿ぇ啶啶粪啶) is another name (synonym) for Vetasa, which is a Sanskrit name for the plant Salix caprea (goat willow). This synonym was identified by Narahari in his 13th-century 搁腻箩补苍颈驳丑补峁囜弓耻 (verse 9.106), which is an Ayurvedic medicinal thesaurus. Certain plant parts of Vetasa are eaten as a vegetable (艣腻办补), and it is therefore part of the 艢膩kavarga group of medicinal plants, referring to the 鈥済roup of vegetables/pot-herbs鈥�.
膧yurveda (啶嗋く啷佮ぐ啷嵿さ啷囙う, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of 膧yurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation骋补苍诲丑补辫耻峁补办补 (啶椸え啷嵿ぇ啶啶粪啶) [=Gandhapu峁a?] refers to 鈥渇ragrant flowers鈥�, according to the 艢ivapur膩峁嘺 2.3.5.鈥擜ccordingly, as Brahm膩 narrated to N膩rada the birth of Men膩鈥檚 daughter:鈥斺�淸...] The beloved of the mountain worshipped the Goddess along with 艢iva, joyously. She gave charitable gifts always to the brahmins for their satisfaction. Desirous of obtaining a child, she worshipped 艢iv膩 everyday for twenty-seven years beginning it in the month of March-April. Observing a fast on the eighth day of the lunar fortnight, she made charitable gifts of sweets, offerings of oblation rice cakes, puddings and fragrant flowers [i.e., 驳补苍诲丑补辫耻峁补办补] on the ninth day. [...]鈥�.
The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur膩峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
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Partial matches: Pushpaka, Gandha.
Full-text: Pushpaka, Gandhapushpa, Vetasa.
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