OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 49375

Ayurveda

/ɑjʊr.ved̪(ə)/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
ayurveda
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, Dhanwantar…
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