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Ayurveda

//ɑjʊr.ved̪(ə)// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Traditional Hindu alternative medicine, involving balancing three bodily humours of wind, bile, and phlegm. uncountable

    "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. 2
    A text on this form of medicine. countable

Etymology

From Sanskrit आयुर्वेद (āyurveda).

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