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Source: Wisdom Library: Rasa-śāstra

Mīnadhvaja (मीनध्वज) or Mīnadhvajarasa is the name of a Ayurvedic recipe defined in the fifth volume of the Rasajalanidhi (chapter 16, Tṛṣṇā: thirst). These remedies are classified as Iatrochemistry and form part of the ancient Indian science known as Rasaśāstra (medical alchemy). However, since it is an ayurveda treatment it should be taken with caution and in accordance with rules laid down in the texts.

Accordingly, when using such recipes (e.g., mīnadhvaja-rasa): “the minerals (uparasa), poisons (viṣa), and other drugs (except herbs), referred to as ingredients of medicines, are to be duly purified and incinerated, as the case may be, in accordance with the processes laid out in the texts.” (see introduction to Iatro chemical medicines)

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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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Mīnadhvaja (मीनध्वज).—the god of love.

Derivable forms: mīnadhvajaḥ (मीनध्वजः).

Mīnadhvaja is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mīna and dhvaja (ध्वज). See also (synonyms): mīnaketana.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mīnadhvaja (मीनध्वज).—[masculine] the god of love (lit. the fish-bannered).

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

Mīnadhvaja (मीनध्वज):—[=mīna-dhvaja] [from mīna] m. = -ketana, [Hemacandra’s Yoga-śāstra]

[Sanskrit to German]

Minadhvaja in German

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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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Partial matches: Dhvaja, Mina.

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Full-text: Minattuvacan, Minaketana, Madana.

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Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 5: Treatment of various afflictions (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)

Chapter 16 - Symptoms and treatment of Trishna (thirst)

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Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)

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