Vaishesha, Vaiśeṣa: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Vaiśeṣa can be transliterated into English as Vaisesa or Vaishesha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Ayurveda (science of life)
Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I (ayurveda)Vaiśeṣa (वैशेष) [=vaiseṣa?] refers to one of the sections of the Kokasāra by Ānanda Kavi (dealing with Poetics and Erotics), which is included in the collection of manuscripts at the ‘Vincenzo Joppi’ library, collected by Luigi Pio Tessitori during his visit to Rajasthan between 1914 and 1919.—The Kokasāra is a Hindi rewriting of the Kokaśāstra, a famous Sanskrit work of the Kāmaśāstra tradition. [...] In this manuscript [of the Kokasāra] the sections are distributed as follows: [e.g., paṃcama ṣaṃḍa vaiseṣa-v. (190r)] [...].
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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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
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