Agnijara, Agnijāra: 7 definitions
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Agnijara means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Ayurveda (science of life)
Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)
Source: Wisdom Library: Rasa-śāstraAgnijāra (अग्निजार):—Sanskrit name for one of the drugs belonging to the Sādhāraṇarasa group, according to the Rasaprakāśasudhākara: a 13th century Sanskrit book on Indian alchemy, or, Rasaśāstra and other similar texts. According to some, Agnijāra is understood to mean the sun-dried external covering of a crocodile, while according to others, it refers to the dried mouth froth of a crocodile washed ashore by sea waves. Agnijāra has various medicinal and alchemical applications, such as improving the potency oof mercury.
Source: Indian Journal of History of Science: Rasaprakāśa-sudhākara, chapter 6Ambara (Agnijāra) is an external covering of āgninakra (a species of crocodile) and taken to the sea shore by the sea waves and got dried there by sunrays. According to other it is a dried mouth froth of a crocodile taken to sea shore by sea waves.
It pacifys all the three doṣaprakopa, acts as grāhī and a drug of choice for dhanurvāta (tatanus). It improves the potency of mercury and acts as the best jāraṇa drug for rasagrāsa.
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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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAgnijāra (अग्निजार).—m.
(-raḥ) A medicinal plant. See agnija .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAgnijāra (अग्निजार):—[=agni-jāra] [from agni] m. Name of a frothy substance on the sea (cf. -garbha and -ja), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAgnijāra (अग्निजार):—[tatpurusha compound] m.
(-raḥ) A medicinal plant. See agnija. E. agni and jāra.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: Jara, Agni, Ani.
Full-text: Agniniryasa, Arnavodbhava, Agnija, Agnigarbha, Agniniryyasa, Arnavodmava, Agnijata, Sadharanarasa.
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Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 2: Minerals (uparasa) (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)
Part 1 - Characteristics of Vahnijara or Agnijara < [Chapter XXI - Uparasa (21): Vahnijara or Agnijara]
Chapter XXI - Uparasa (21): Vahnijara or Agnijara
Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 4: Iatrochemistry (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)
Treatment for fever (107): Mritasamjivana-suchikabharana-rasa < [Chapter II - Fever (jvara)]
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