Ayurvedic Dictionary
There are currently 82 terms in this directory beginning with the letter J.
jagavdiṣaṇṇam जगत्व्दषण्णभ ्
The whole world became despaired and gloomy after looking at the ferocious creature that emerged before the emergence of ambrosia during churning of the sea.
jaghanam जघनभ ्
Pelvis. (1)The external genitals. (2)The bony structure formed by the innomimante bones, sacrum coccyx, and the ligaments uniting them.
jala जर
1. Water. 2. One of the five basic elements (Paṅcamahābhūtas) that make up all the matter in the universe. Indicative of liquidity and cohesion.
jaladhra sira/jalandhara — जालधरा सिरा/जालन्धरा
Great saphenous vein. Superficial vein extending from the foot to the saphenous opening.
jalaukā जरौका
It is leech, belonging to annelida group of animal kingdom, which have anticoagulant enzymes in their saliva which helps them to suck blood continuously when they bite. Some of them are non poisonous which are used for therapeutic bloodletting while someone poisonous.
jalavāhinyaḥ sirāḥ जरिार्हन्म् मसया्
Lachrymal ducts. A duct that conveys tears from the lachrymal lake to the lachrymal sac
janapadodhvaṁsa जनऩदोध्िसॊ
It is made out of two words janapada and Dwamsa, Janapada refers to group of peoples leaving in specific location, community and Udwamsa refers to destruction, thus it Janapadodwamsa refers to the factors which destroys the health of the people living in a specific area due to pollution of Air(vayu), Water(Jala), Place(Bhumi/soil) and Time(Kala). In modern science it’s called as epidemics/Pestilence.
janapadodhvaṁsakara bhāva जनऩदोध्िसकय बाि
Factors involved in causing of epidemics / out breaks of certain diseases. These are 4 factors like place, time, air& water. Vitiation of these leads to epidemic outbreaks.
jāṅgama viṣa जाङ्गभ विष
The poison of animate origin in creatures like snakes, insects, spiders, scorpions, leeches, fish, frog, dogs, lion, tiger, jackal, hyena, etc.
jaṅgamasthāvar viṣa yoni जङ्गभस्थािय विष मोतन
Poison is of two types one is jangam (animal origin-mobile) & another is sthavar (plant and mineral origin- immobile).
jangamasyad urdhvabhagam — जङ्गमंस्याद् उर्ध्वभागं
Gangadhar's commentary on Charak Samhita says the tendency of animate poisons is to move upwards in the body.
jānukapālikā जानकु ऩामरका
Patella-knee cap. A lens shaped sesamoid bone situated in front the knee in the tendon of the quadriceps femoris muscle.
japā puṣpanibhaṁ जऩा ऩष्ु ऩतनबॊ
Resembling the color of the shoe flower- hibiscus- indicating an ideal property of Cinnabar, Copper
jaraṇa śakti जयण शत्तत
Individual capacity to digest the consumed food. Peoples who indulge in exercise or any kind of physical activity he will be having adequate digestive fire for proper digestion of taken food.
jāraṇa जायण
A mercurial process made to digest without increment in the weight of the initial mercury.
jātarasam जातयसभ ्
Formation of desired qualities in the prepared medicine- indicative of the completion of process of the fermentation process
jatrusandhiḥ जत्रसु त्न्ध्
Sternoclavicular joints. The joint space between the sternum and the medial extremity of the clavicle
jihvā त्जविा
Tongue. A freely movable muscular organ lying partly in the floor of the mouth and partly in the pharynx
jihvāsevanī त्जविासेिनी
Frenulum linguae. Fold of mucous membrane that extends from the floor of the mouth to the inferior surface of the tongue along its midline.
jīrṇaṁ aśniyāta जीणं अत्श्नमात
Another meal should be consumed after the previous food is get digested completely, this make easier to digest the food.
jīrṇāvasthā जीणाशिस्था
The organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age.i,e.after 60 years is considered as age of growing older. During this period body tissues, sense organ, strength, energy, virility, etc, goes down. This is the stage of Vata predominance.
jīvanīya pañcamūla जीिनीम ऩञ्चभरू
Group of following five plants having viz. Shatavari (Root of Asparagus racemosus), Jivanti (Leptadenia reticulata), Jeevak (Rhizome of Malaxis muscifera), Risbhak (Rhizome of Malaxis accuminata) Meda (Rhizome of Polygonatum verticillatum).
jvalanārkasamaprabhāḥ ज्िरनाकश सभप्रबा्
Characteristic of mandali (viper snake variety) snakes which means they have the glow like the fire and sun.
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