The Sanskrit term Mūtraparīkṣā can be transliterated into English as Mutrapariksa or Mutrapariksha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: archive.org: Science And Technology In Medievel India (Ayurveda)

Mūtraparīkṣā (मूत्रपरीक्षा) refers to one of the eight parīkṣā (‘methods of diagnosing a disease’), according to the Aṣṭaparīkṣā, as mentioned in A. Rahman’s Science and Technology in Medievel India: A bibliography of source materials in Sanskrit, Arabic and Persian.—Ancient and medieval India produced a wide range of scientific manuscripts and major contributions lie in the field of medicine, astronomy and mathematics, besides covering encyclopedic glossaries and technical dictionaries.—The Aṣṭaparīkṣā is a small work on medicine giving the details of the eight-fold method of diagnosing a disease [e.g., Mūtraparīkṣā] and also deals with the seasonal effects of tridoṣas.

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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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Mūtraparīkṣā (मूत्रपरीक्षा).—uroscopy or examination of urine.

Mūtraparīkṣā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mūtra and parīkṣā (परीक्षा).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Mūtraparīkṣā (मूत्रपरीक्षा) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—med. L. 2682 (by a Jain author). B. 4, 232. Bik. 650 (followed by Nakhaparīkṣā). Rādh. 44.

2) Mūtraparīkṣā (मूत्रपरीक्षा):—Stein 185.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mūtraparīkṣā (मूत्रपरीक्षा):—[=mūtra-parīkṣā] [from mūtra] f. uroscopy, Name of a [chapter] of the [Śārṅgadhara-saṃhitā]

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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: Pariksha, Mutra.

Starts with: Mutraparikshana.

Full-text: Mutracikitsa.

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