Sutra Vocab Flashcards
raga
desire/passion, attachment
roga
disease
kaya
body
moha
delusion
apurva
unparalleled
vaidya
physician
smrti
memory
muni
sage
Agnivesa
a disciple of Atriputra, Agniveśa was an ancient teacher of Ayurveda
tantra
text
hetu
etiology, cause
linga
symptomatology, sign
ausadha
therapeutics, medicine
jnana
knowledge
svastha
health, healthy
bala
pediatrics, child
graha
psychiatry, seizure
urdhvanga
treatment of diseases of the head and it’s organs, ENT
salya
surgery
damstra
toxicology, poisons
jara
geriatrics, old age
vrsa
virilization, “bull”
sukha
happiness
duhkha
sorrow
sarira
body
indriya
sense organ
sattva
mind
atma
self
jivita
living, alive
deha
body
sirsa
head
sira
head
sirobrahma
brain
tvac
skin
sandhi
joint
धर्म - dharma
duty, conduct appropriate to one’s own nature
अर्थ - artha
means, wealth acquired from one’s dharma
काम - kāma
pleasure, gratification from proper fulfillment of dharma and artha
मोक्ष - mokṣa
liberation, final emancipation
आरोग्य - ārogya
health, disease-free condition
मूल - mūla
foundation, root
बुद्धि - buddhi
intellect
अव्यक्त - avyakta
unmanifest
अहंकार - ahaṃkāra
ego, “I former”
भूत - bhūta
element
प्रकृति - prakṛti
nature
कर्मेन्द्रिय - karmendriya
motor faculty
धमनि – dhamani
artery
सिरा – sirā
vein
प्लीह – plīha
spleen
यकृत् – yakṛt
liver
पित्ताशय – pittāśaya
gall bladder
हृद् – hṛd
heart
कण्ठ – kaṇṭha
throat
स्तन्य – stanya
breast
मेरुदण्ड – merudaṇḍa
spine, spinal cord
नाभि – nābhi
navel
बस्ति – basti
bladder
जत्रु – jatru
thyroid
आमाशय – āmāśaya
stomach
क्लोम – kloma
pancreas
पक्वाशय – pakvāśaya
large intestine
ग्रहणी – grahaṇī
small intestine
अङ्गुलि – aṅguli
finger
उरु – uru
thigh
जानु – jānu
knee
गुल्फ – gulpha
ankle
पाद – pāda
foot
पादाङ्गुलि – pādāṅguli
toe
नासा – nāsā
nose
चेष्टा - ceṣṭā
activity
वेग - vega
urge
अल्प - alpa
little