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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Surgery in ancient India (Study) (by P. P. Prathapan)
11. Surgeons and Tantras of Salakya departments < [Chapter 3 - Schools of Surgery in ancient India]
5. Description of the Sushruta Samhita < [Chapter 4 - Sushruta’s concept of SSurgery]
6. Contents of the Sushruta Samhita < [Chapter 4 - Sushruta’s concept of SSurgery]
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]
NIMI TANTRA (Opthalmology of Ancient India) < [Volume 3 (issue 4), Apr-Jun 1984]
Haridra (curcuma longa) and its effect on abhisayanda (conjunctivitis) < [Volume 8 (issue 3-4), Jan-Jun 1989]
Spectroscopic analysis of ‘yasada bhasma’ (zinc salt) < [Volume 5 (issue 4), Apr-Jun 1986]
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)]
Influence of Nyaya-Vaisesika on Ayurveda (by Sindhu K. K.)
11. Principles of medicinal preparation < [Chapter 4 - Reflections of Nyaya-Vaisesika on Ayurveda—Based on Caraka Samhitha]
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