Ardhavabhedaka, Ardhāvabhedaka: 3 definitions
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In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Source: Research Gate: Internal applications of Vatsanabha (Aconitum ferox wall)Ardhāvabhedaka (अर्धावभेदक) refers to “migrain”. Vatsanābha (Aconitum ferox), although categorized as sthāvara-viṣa (vegetable poisons), has been extensively used in ayurvedic pharmacopoeia.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryArdhāvabhedaka (अर्धावभेदक) or Arddhāvabhedaka.—m.
(-kaḥ) Pain of half the head, hemicrania. n.
(-kaṃ) Dividing in equal parts. E. ardha, and avabhedaka cutting off.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Ardhāvabhedaka (अर्धावभेदक):—m. = ardhabheda above, [Caraka]
2) mfn. dividing into halves.
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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Sushruta Samhita, Volume 6: Uttara-tantra (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)
Chapter XXV - Symptoms of diseases of the head < [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)]
The Garuda Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter CLXXII - The Nidanam of diseases of the head < [Dhanvantari Samhita]
Charaka Samhita (English translation) (by Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurvedic Society)
Chapter 9 - Disorders affecting the Three Vital Regions in the body (trimarma-sddhi) < [Siddhisthana (Siddhi Sthana) — Section on Successful Treatment]
Sushruta Samhita, volume 4: Cikitsasthana (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)