अष्टाङ्गहृदय

{ aṣṭāṅgahṛdaya }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

AṢṬĀṄGAHṚDAYA   The medical science which deals in eight separate division the treatment of the human body.
(1) Śārīra
(2) Bāla
(3) Graha
(4) Ūrddhvāṅga
(5) Śalya
(6) Daṁṣṭra
(7) Jara and
(8) Vṛṣa. Bāla--Body which has not attained maturity; Graha-- External elements which damage the health of infants; Śalya--extraneous substance lodged in the body; Vṛṣa-- The seminal fluid. (Directions of treatment).

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

अष्टाङ्ग—हृदय  n.  n. N. of a medical work of वाग्भट

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अष्टाङ्ग हृदय