Divyaushadhi, Divya-aushadhi, Divyauṣadhi: 7 definitions

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Introduction:

Divyaushadhi 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 term Divyauṣadhi can be transliterated into English as Divyausadhi or Divyaushadhi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)

Source: Indian Journal of History of Science: Rasaprakāśa-sudhākara, chapter 9

Divyauṣadhi (दिव्यौषधि):—These are sixty four in numbers and considered best for Rasa-Bandhana-karma. The names of Divyauṣadhis are:

Somavallī,
Somavṛkṣa,
Somakalā-latā,
Bhūpadminī,
Gonasa,
Uccatā,
Īśvarī,
Bhūtakeśī,
Kṛṣṇalatā,
Laśunī,
Rudantikā,
Varāhī,
Saptapatrā,
Nāgirī,
Sarpiṇī,
Chatriṇī,
Gośṛṅgī,
Jyotirnāmnī,
Raktikā,
Patravallī,
Kākinī,
Caṇḍālī,
Tāmra-vallikā,
Pītavallī,
Navanīta,
Mahauṣadhī,
Amarīlatā,
Divyauṣadhi,
Rudravallī,
Lambinī,
Bhūmitumbikā,
Gāndharvī,
Vyāghrapādī,
Gomārī,
Triśūlinī,
Tridaṇḍī,
Karasī,
Bhṛṅgavallī,
Camarikā,
Karavallī-latā,
Vajrāṅgī,
Ciravallī,
Rohini,
Bilvinī,
Bhūtaśocanī,
Markaṇḍī,
Karīrī,
Akshara,
Kuṭaja,
Mūlakanda,
Ambuvallī,
Munivallī,
Ghṛta-gandhā,
Nimbuvallī,
Tilakandā,
Atasīlatā,
Bodhavallī,
Satvagandhā,
Kūrmavallī,
Mādhavī,
Viśāla,
Mahānāgī,
Maṇḍūkī,
Kṣīragandhikā,

These sixty four powerful drugs are known as Divyauṣadhis. Of these the juice of even single drug may prove helpful in doing the bandhana (solidfication) of Rasa (mercury). What to say that if and when two, three or more drugs are mixed together and the mercury treated with these drugs (made baddha) may become useful in destroying jara–(ageing process/old age) and dāridrya (poverty).

These have been described with their characteristics by Śrī Somadeva.

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.

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Divyauṣadhi (दिव्यौषधि) refers to “divine herbs” (from the mountain Droṇa), according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.5.15 (“The birth of Jalandhara and his marriage”).—Accordingly, as Bhārgava said to Jalandhara: “Aṅgiras is bringing divine herbs (divyauṣadhi) from the mountain Droṇa and enlivening the gods. O dear, know my words to be true. O dear, if you wish for victory listen to my auspicious suggestion. Immediately you shall uproot the mountain Droṇa with your arms and hurl it into the ocean”.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Divyauṣadhi (दिव्यौषधि).—A son of Uttama Manu.^*

* Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 36. 39.

context information

The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s 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.

General definition (in Hinduism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Hinduism

Divyauṣadhi (दिव्यौषधि):—Sanskrit word which means “heavenly medicinal plants”.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Divyauṣadhi (दिव्यौषधि).—f. a herb of great supernatural efficacy, i. e. curing snake-poison; हिमवति दिव्यौषधयः (himavati divyauṣadhayaḥ) Mu.1.23.

Derivable forms: divyauṣadhiḥ (दिव्यौषधिः).

Divyauṣadhi is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms divya and oṣadhi (ओषधि).

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

Divyauṣadhi (दिव्यौषधि):—[from divya > div] f. red arsenic, [Bhāvaprakāśa]

[Sanskrit to German]

Divyaushadhi in German

context information

Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), 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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