As a deity name
Name 776 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
As a Hindi name
आयुर्वेद · noun · masculine
[वि॰ आयुर्वेदीय] आयु संबंधी शास्त्र । चिकित्साशास्त्र । वैद्य विद्या — Śabdasāgara
आयुर्वेद · masculine
A traditional Indian medicine
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi आयुर्वेद — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit आयुर्वेद (āyurveda).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
āyur—veda m. the science of health or medicine (it is classed among sacred sciences, and considered as a supplement of the Atharva-veda; it contains eight departments: 1. Śalya or (removal of) any substance which has entered the body (as extraction of darts, of splinters, &c.); 2. Śālākya or cure of diseases of the eye or ear &c. by Śalākās or sharp instruments; 3. Kāya-cikitsā or cure of diseases affecting the whole body; 4. Bhūtavidyā or treatment of mental diseases supposed to be produced by demoniacal influence; 5. Kaumāra-bhṛtya or treatment of children ; 6. Agada-tantra or doctrine of antidotes; 7. Rāsāyana-tantra or doctrine of elixirs; 8. Vājīkaraṇa-tantra or doctrine of aphrodisiacs, Suśr.; MBh.; Hariv. &c.)
āyurveda m. (-daḥ) 1 The science of medicine. 2 The collective writings of authority on medicine, or medical Śāstra. E. āyas life, and veda a Veda.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
1 The science of medicine. 2 The collective writings of authority on medicine, or medical Śāstra. E. āyas life, and veda a Veda.
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āyur—veda m. the science of health or medicine (it is classed among sacred sciences, and considered as a supplement of the Atharva-veda; it contains eight departments: 1. Śalya or (removal of) any substance which has entered the body (as extraction of darts, of splinters, &c.); 2. Śālākya or cure of diseases of the eye or ear &c. by Śalākās or sharp instruments; 3. Kāya-cikitsā or cure of diseases affecting the whole body; 4. Bhūtavidyā or treatment of mental diseases supposed to be produced by demoniacal influence; 5. Kaumāra-bhṛtya or treatment of children ; 6. Agada-tantra or doctrine of antidotes; 7. Rāsāyana-tantra or doctrine of elixirs; 8. Vājīkaraṇa-tantra or doctrine of aphrodisiacs, Suśr.; MBh.; Hariv. &c.)
āyurveda m. (-daḥ) 1 The science of medicine. 2 The collective writings of authority on medicine, or medical Śāstra. E. āyas life, and veda a Veda.
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