AYURVEDA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ayurveda mean? 

• AYURVEDA (noun)
  The noun AYURVEDA has 1 sense:

1. (Sanskrit) an ancient medical treatise summarizing the Hindu art of healing and prolonging life; sometimes regarded as a 5th Veda

  Familiarity information: AYURVEDA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AYURVEDA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Sanskrit) an ancient medical treatise summarizing the Hindu art of healing and prolonging life; sometimes regarded as a 5th Veda

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Instance hypernyms:

piece of writing; writing; written material (the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect))

Domain category:

Hindooism; Hinduism (a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on a caste system; it is characterized by a belief in reincarnation, by a belief in a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils)

Sanskrit; Sanskritic language ((Hinduism) an ancient language of India (the language of the Vedas and of Hinduism); an official language of India although it is now used only for religious purposes)

 Context examples 

Alternative medicine includes treatments and practices such as acupuncture, holistic medicine, homeopathy, ayurveda, Chinese medicine, massage therapy, herbal therapy, and biofeedback.

(Alternative Medical Procedure, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called Ayurveda.

(Ayurvedic medicine, NCI Dictionary)