Ayurveda

See also: ayurveda

English

Etymology

From Sanskrit आयुर्वेद (āyurveda).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /aɪ.ʊəˈveɪ.də/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /aɪ.ɚˈveɪ.də/

Noun

Ayurveda (countable and uncountable, plural Ayurvedas)

1. (uncountable) Traditional Hindu alternative medicine, involving balancing three bodily humours of wind, bile, and phlegm.
   • 1788, Asiatic Society of Bengal, chapter XVIII, in Asiatic researches or transactions of the Society instituted in Bengal, for inquiring into the history and antiquities, the arts, sciences, and literature, of Asia‎^[1], volume 1, Calcutta, India: Manuel Cantopher, page 340:

     From these are deduced the four Upavédas, namely, Ayush, Gándharva, Dhanush, and St'hápatya; the first of which, or Ayurvéda, was delivered to mankind by Brahma', Indra, Dhanwantari, and five other Deities ; and comprizes the theory of Disorders and Medicines, with the practical methods of curing Diseases.

2. (countable) A text on this form of medicine.

Derived terms

• Ayurveda Day
• Ayurvedic

Translations

traditional Hindu alternative medicine

• Arabic: أَيُورْفِيدَا f (ʔayūrfīdā)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿育吠陀 (zh) (āyùfèituó)

• Czech: ájurvéda f
• Dutch: ayurveda (nl) m
• Finnish: ayurveda (fi)
• French: ayurveda (fr) m
• German: Ayurveda (de) m
• Greek: αγιουρβέδα (el) f (agiourvéda)
• Gujarati: આયુર્વેદ m (āyurved)
• Hindi: आयुर्वेद (hi) (āyurved)
• Indonesian: ayurweda
• Italian: Ayurveda
• Japanese: アーユルヴェーダ (āyuruvēda)
• Korean: 아유르베다 (ayureubeda)
• Latin: please add this translation if you can
• Latvian: ājurvēda f
• Marathi: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: ajurweda (pl) f
• Portuguese: ayurveda m
• Russian: аюрве́да (ru) f (ajurvéda)
• Sanskrit: आयुर्वेद (sa) m (āyurveda)
• Spanish: ayurveda m
• Swedish: ayurveda (sv)
• Tamil: ஆயுர்வேதம் (ta) (āyurvētam)
• Telugu: ఆయుర్వేదము (te) (āyurvēdamu)
• Urdu: آیوروید (āyurved)
• Vietnamese: Ayurveda

Further reading

• Ayurveda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia