Mushkakadi, Mushkaka-adi, Muṣkakādi: 2 definitions

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Mushkakadi 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 Muṣkakādi can be transliterated into English as Muskakadi or Mushkakadi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Muṣkakādi (मुष्ककादि) is the Sanskrit name for a group of medicinal plants, classified as having the effect of “removing the defects of semen,” efficacious in meha, piles, jaundice, chlorosis, gravels and urinary calculi in the bladder, etc.. It was originally composed by Suśruta in his Suśrutasaṃhitā sūtrasthāna XXXVIII, a classic work on Āyurveda. The name is derived from the words Muṣkaka (Schrebera swietenioides) and ādi, translating to “first” or “commencement”. Examples of plants pertaining to this category include Muṣkaka, Palāśa, Dhava, Citraka, Madana, Śiṃśapā and Triphalā, etc. The collection of herbs named Muṣkakādi is but one of the thirty-seven gaṇas (‘sections’) of such groups.

Source: archive.org: Sushruta samhita, Volume I

The group of medicinal drugs known as the Mushkakādi consists of

Mushkaka,
Palāsha,
Dhava,
Chitraka,
Madana,
Shinshapā,
Vajra-Vriksha
and Triphalā.

The present group is possessed of the therapeutic virtue of destroying fat and removing the defects of semen. Meha, piles, jaundice, chlorosis, gravels and urinary calculi in the bladder are the diseases which yield to its curative efficacy.

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.

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Chapter XXXVIII - Groups of drugs