Jvarankusha, Jvarāṅkuśa, Jvara-ankusha: 7 definitions
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Jvarankusha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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.
The Sanskrit term Jvarāṅkuśa can be transliterated into English as Jvarankusa or Jvarankusha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)
Source: Wisdom Library: Rasa-śāstraJvarāṅkuśa (ज्वराङ्कुश) is the name of an Ayurvedic recipe defined in the fourth volume of the Rasajalanidhi (chapter 2, dealing with jvara: fever). These remedies are classified as Iatrochemistry and form part of the ancient Indian science known as Rasaśāstra (medical alchemy). However, as an ayurveda treatment, it should be taken twith caution and in accordance with rules laid down in the texts.
Accordingly, when using such recipes (e.g., jvarāṅkuśa-rasa): “the minerals (uparasa), poisons (viṣa), and other drugs (except herbs), referred to as ingredients of medicines, are to be duly purified and incinerated, as the case may be, in accordance with the processes laid out in the texts.” (see introduction to Iatro chemical medicines)
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
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryjvarāṅkuśa (ज्वरांकुश).—m S A medicinal preparation used in fevers.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryJvarāṅkuśa (ज्वराङ्कुश).—a febrifuge.
Derivable forms: jvarāṅkuśaḥ (ज्वराङ्कुशः).
Jvarāṅkuśa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms jvara and aṅkuśa (अङ्कुश).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumJvarāṅkuśa (ज्वराङ्कुश) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—medical. Quoted in Ṭoḍarānanda. W. p. 289.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Jvarāṅkuśa (ज्वराङ्कुश):—[from jvara > jvar] m. a febrifuge
2) [v.s. ...] Andropogon Jvarāṅkuśa, [Horace H. Wilson]
3) [v.s. ...] Name of [work] on med, [Ṭoḍarānanda]
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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: Ankusha, Jvara.
Ends with: Brihajjvarankusha, Mahajvarankusha, Navajvarankusha, Sarvajvarankusha, Vriddhajvarankusha.
Full-text: Mahajvarankusha, Vishamajvarankushalauha, Vriddhajvarankusha, Brihajjvarankusha.
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Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 4: Iatrochemistry (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)
Treatment for fever (6): Vriddha-jvarankusha rasa < [Chapter II - Fever (jvara)]
Treatment for fever (108): Maha-jvarankusha rasa < [Chapter II - Fever (jvara)]
Treatment for fever (135): Sarva-jvarankusha rasa < [Chapter II - Fever (jvara)]