Essentials of Panchakarma Therapy
author: Pulak Kanti Kar
edition: 2013, Chaukhamba Sanskrit Pratishthan
pages: 1445
Topic: Ayurveda
Kumbhi sveda
This chapter describes Kumbhi sveda located on page 284 from volume Volume 4 in the book Essentials of Panchakarma Therapy compiled by Pulak Kanti Kar. This book presents a Comprehensive view of Panchakarma and includes therapeutic modules and references for the Ayurvedic practitioners. Panchakarma registers the mechanism of the action of Ayurvedic drug..
Volume 4 deals with the principles and Practice of Panchakarma:—The subject is presented in such a way that Ayurvedic people can realise the matter with a ration vision and can perform the therapy in daily practice.
This book fully covers every detail related to Panchakarma (methods for eliminating toxic elements from the body). For example, this chapter describes Kumbhi sveda. The five methods are known as Vamana (‘emesis’), Virecana (‘purgation’), Asthapana (‘non-unctuous enema’), Anuvasana (‘unctuous enema’) and Shiro-Virechana (‘head-evacuation’ or ‘snuffing’).
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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Kumbhi sveda” according to 39 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Apastamba Yajna-paribhasa-sutras [by Hermann Oldenberg]
The rule should stand on account of the fitness of the Kumbhi, a large pot, the Shula, the spit for boiling the heart, and the two Vapashrapanis, the spits for roasting the vapa. Commentary. Kumbhi is explained by sronyadipakasamartha brihati sthali; Shula by hridayapakartha yashtih, and Vapashrapani by vapashrapanarthe yashti dve. The exact object of the Sutra is not quite clear. Prabhutva is explained by samarthatva, that is, fitness....
Read full contents: Sutras 151-159
The Skanda Purana [by G. V. Tagare]
Greatness of Kumbhishvara (Kumbhi-ishvara). Ishvara said: 1. Thereafter, O great goddess, a pilgrim should go to the excellent shrine of Kumbhishvara situated not very far to the east from the Sharabhasthana. O fair lady, by visiting that deity, a man is rid of all sins....
Read full contents: Chapter 266 - Greatness of Kumbhishvara (Kumbhi-ishvara)
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi [by Ganganatha Jha]
—‘He shall eat in leaves picked and split by himself; never in the leaves of the Vata or Ashvattha or Karanja or Kumbhi or Tinduka or Kobidara or Arka; never, even in distress, in a vessel made of bell-metal, or gold or silver or copper or tin or zinc.’...
Read full contents: Verse 6.53
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[Essentials of Panchakarma Therapy: index]
[About the Author (Pulak Kanti Kar)]
[Introduction vol 1 (essentials of Panchakarma)]
[Introduction vol 2 (applied Instruments in Panchakarma)]
[Introduction vol 3 (mechanism of Panchakarma)]
[Introduction vol 4 (practice of Panchakarma)]