Shalakya, Śālākya: 5 definitions
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Shalakya has 4 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Śālākya can be transliterated into English as Salakya or Shalakya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚālākya (शालाक्य):—(von śalākā)
1) m. a) oxyt. metron. gaṇa kurvādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 1, 151.] — b) Augenarzt [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 15, 12.] —
2) n. (nämlich tantra) eine Abtheilung der chirurgischen Medicin: Kur der Krankheiten des Auges, Ohrs, der Nase u. s. w., welche mit feinen Werkzeugen (śalākā) zu behandeln sind, [Suśruta 1, 2, 1. 7. 11, 5. 12, 2.] śāstra [2, 302, 8.]
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Starts with: Shalakyashastra, Shalakyatantra.
Full-text: Salaga, Shalakyashastra, Uttaratantra, Ayurveda, Salakiya, Urdhvanga, Ashtangasamgraha, Karnapurana, Ashtanga, Siddhanta, Salaka.
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Atharvaveda and Charaka Samhita (by Laxmi Maji)
Yogaratnākara (Āyurveda book) < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
History of Āyurveda < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Agniveśa (Āyurveda scholars) < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Shishupala-vadha (Study) (by Shila Chakraborty)
Knowledge of Āyūrveda in the Śiśupālavadha < [Introduction]
Vakyapadiya of Bhartrihari (by K. A. Subramania Iyer)
Verse 1.5 < [Book 1 - Brahma-kāṇḍa (or Āgama-samuccaya)]
Charaka Samhita and Sushruta Samhita (by Nayana Sharma)
Specialisation of physicians < [Chapter 2]
The Saṃhitās (Introduction) < [Chapter 1]
Sushruta Samhita, volume 1: Sutrasthana (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)
Sushruta Samhita, Volume 6: Uttara-tantra (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)
Chapter IX - Treatment of Vataja Ophthalmia < [Canto I - Shalakya-tantra (ears, eyes, nose, mouth and throat)]
Chapter XXII - Causes and symptoms of diseases of the nose < [Canto I - Shalakya-tantra (ears, eyes, nose, mouth and throat)]
Chapter XXVI - Treatment of diseases of the head < [Canto I - Shalakya-tantra (ears, eyes, nose, mouth and throat)]
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