Agantujvara, Āgantujvara, Agantu-jvara: 1 definition
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Ayurveda (science of life)
Source: Indian Journal of History of Science: Jvaranirnaya: a rare monograph on diagnosis of fevers from the pre-colonial eraĀgantujvara (आगन्तुज्वर) refers to “extrinsic fevers”, according to the Āgantuja-Prakaraṇa section of the Jvaranirṇaya: an Ayurvedic manuscript dealing exclusively with types of jvara (fevers) written by Sri Nārāyaṇa Paṇḍita in the 16th century CE.—The uniqueness of the text is that one can get a comprehensive classification, symptomatology and diagnosis of jvara, all at one place in this text. [...] The Āgantujaprakaraṇa is an exclusive section on extrinsic fevers (āgantujvara) which explains about the types, symptoms (lakṣaṇa), prognosis (sadhyāsādhyata) and omen (ariṣṭa-lakṣaṇa) related to it
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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Partial matches: Jvara, Agantu.
Full-text: Agantujaprakarana, Agantuja.
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