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Vishahari, Visha-hari, վṣa󲹰ī, Vishaharin, Visha-harin, վṣa: 4 definitions

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Vishahari means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit terms վṣa󲹰ī and վṣa can be transliterated into English as Visahari or Vishahari or Visaharin or Vishaharin, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

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

Toxicology (Study and Treatment of poison)

: Shodhganga: Kasyapa Samhita—Text on Visha Chikitsa

վṣa (विषहारिन�) [=վṣaṇī] refers to “that which extirpates poison�, as described in the Kāśyapa Saṃhitā: an ancient Sanskrit text from the Pāñcarātra tradition dealing with both Tantra and Viṣacikitsā—an important topic from Āyurveda which deals with the study of Toxicology (Viṣavidyā or Sarpavidyā).—According to the Kaśyapasaṃhita verse V.63, “Adorned with ٰ貹ñ첹 and the syllables with the sound of bindu, the goddess extirpates the Kālakūṭa poison (ṣaṇ�) just as the rising sun at dawn destroys darkness at dawn�.

Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)

: Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts: Volume 12 (1898) (ay)

վṣa󲹰ī (विषहरी) or վṣa󲹰īvarti refers to one of the topics discussed in the 鲹첹ܻܳī, a Sanskrit manuscript collected in volume 1 of the catalogue “Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (first series)� by Rajendralal Mitra (1822�1891), who was one of the first English-writing historians dealing with Indian culture and heritage.—The 鲹첹ܻܳī by Mādhavakara represents a treatise on practice of medicine and therapeutics. It is a leading work on Hindu medicine, very largely studied in Bengal containing causes and symptoms of diseases. It contains 3,092 śǰ첹.—The catalogue includes the term—վṣa󲹰ī-varti in its ‘subject-matter list� or Viṣaya (which lists topics, chapters and technical terms). The complete entry reads: ṣa󲹰īٳپ�.

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context information

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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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

վṣa󲹰ī (विषहरी).—An epithet of the goddess Manasā.

վṣa󲹰ī is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ṣa and 󲹰ī (हरी). See also (synonyms): ṣaharā.

context information

Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Kannada-English dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Vishahari in Kannada glossary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

վṣa (ವಿಷಹಾರ�):�

1) [noun] the vine Momordica dioica of Cucurbitaceae family.

2) [noun] its gourd.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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