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Ayurvedas

Ayurvedas is the plural of Ayurveda.

Meaning of Ayurveda

Noun

Ayurveda (countable and uncountable, plural Ayurvedas)

  1. (uncountable) Traditional Hindu alternative medicine, involving balancing three bodily humours of wind, bile, and phlegm.
    • 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...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...
  2. (countable) A text on this form of medicine.

Questions about Ayurvedas

What is Ayurvedas the plural of?
Ayurvedas is the plural of Ayurveda.

Words near Ayurvedas in the dictionary

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  3. ayup
  4. Ayurveda
  5. Ayurveda Day
  6. Ayurvedas
  7. ayurvedic
  8. Ayurvedic medicine
  9. Ayurvedic medicines
  10. ayurvedically
  11. Ayurvedist

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