The Sanskrit term Śvetārkakalpa can be transliterated into English as Svetarkakalpa or Shvetarkakalpa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)

Source: Wisdom Library: Ayurveda / Kalpa

Śvetārkakalpa (श्वेतार्ककल्प) is the name of a Kalpa (formulation/therapy) dealt with in a section [=śvetārkakalpaḥ] of the Gaurīkāñcalikātantra (i.e., “Gauri Kanchalika Tantra”): an ancient Sanskrit Shaiva Tantra framed as a dialogue between the God (Śiva) and the Goddess (Śivā). The text deals with spiritual and medical herbalism such as the treatment of fever and diseases in the form of Kalpas, commonly known in Āyurveda as “remedies” or “antidotes”. The Gaurīkāñcalikā-tantra further deals with a variety of harvesting techniques and rules for optimal efficiency in collecting herbs while respecting and preserving the natural environment.

Source: archive.org: Science And Technology In Medievel India (kalpa)

1) Śvetārkakalpa (श्वेतार्ककल्प) refers to Kalpa (medicinal preparation) described in the Auṣadhikalpa, as mentioned in A. Rahman’s Science and Technology in Medievel India: A bibliography of source materials in Sanskrit, Arabic and Persian.—Ancient and medieval India produced a wide range of scientific manuscripts and major contributions lie in the field of medicine, astronomy and mathematics, besides covering encyclopedic glossaries and technical dictionaries.—The Auṣadhikalpa is a medical work of the type of Materia Medica giving twenty-six medical preparations [e.g., Śvetārkakalpa] to be used as patent medicines against various diseases.

2) Śvetārkakalpa (श्वेतार्ककल्प) is the name of a chapter of the Kalpacintāmaṇi (or Kalpasāgara).

Śvetārkakalpa (श्वेतार्ककल्प) also refers to one of the various medicinal preparations described in the Vaidyakalpa.

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Śvetārkakalpa (श्वेतार्ककल्प) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—med. Np. I, 8. An extract from some medical work.

2) Śvetārkakalpa (श्वेतार्ककल्प):—ibid.

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

Śvetārkakalpa (श्वेतार्ककल्प):—[=śvetārka-kalpa] [from śvetārka > śveta > śvit] m. Name of [work]

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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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