Jadaya, Jāḍaya, Jaḍaya: 2 definitions
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Ayurveda (science of life)
Toxicology (Study and Treatment of poison)
Source: Shodhganga: Kasyapa Samhita—Text on Visha ChikitsaJāḍaya (जाडय) refers to the “lethargy” [?], according to 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).—Accordingly, while describing the sympyoms of Hemamaṇḍalī: “Dryness of tongue, a strange sensation, discolourisation, stomach ache, jaundiced yellow eyes and headache. In the forenoon, the victim is characterised by vomiting, disinterestedness and thirst. Cold, trembling of limbs and lethargy (jāḍaya) torment him at other times [jāḍayaṃ visarpapulakāni ca]”.
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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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Jaḍaya (जडय):—[from jaḍa] [Nominal verb] yati, to make without feeling for ([locative case]), [Mudrārākṣasa iii, 4];
—to render weak, [Ratnāvalī iv, 13].
2) Jaḍāya (जडाय):—[from jaḍa] [Nominal verb] yate, to be stiff (the tongue), [Subhāṣitāvali]
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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Studies in Indian Literary History (by P. K. God)
33. Sanskrit and Hindi Works of Maharaja Vishvanathasimha < [Volume 2 (1954)]
Village Folk-tales of Ceylon (Sri Lanka), vol. 1-3 (by Henry Parker)
Story 137 - The Rakshasa-eating Prakshasa < [Part III - Stories of the Cultivating Caste]
Abhijnana Shakuntala (synthetic study) (by Ramendra Mohan Bose)
Chapter 6 - Shashtha-anka (sastho'nkah) < [Abhijnana Sakuntalam, text and commentary]