A Comprehensive Guide to Ayurvedic Specialties
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इक्षु वर्ग (Ikṣu Varga)
:A class or group of sugarcane and its various products (e.g., jaggery, sugar, molasses).
इक्षुविकार (Ikṣuvikāra)
:Products derived from sugarcane processing.
इङ्गितज्ञो मनुष्याणां वाक्चेष्टामुखवैकृतः (Iṅgitajño Manuṣyāṇāṁ Vākceṣṭāmukhavaikṛtaḥ)
:An expert in kinesics (body language) can identify a poisoner by observing alterations in their speech, gestures, actions, and facial expressions.
इच्छा (Icchā)
:Desire; wish; a psychological impulse or craving for an object or experience that is perceived as pleasurable or fulfilling.
इच्छाद्वेषौ अनिमित्ततः (Icchādveṣau Animittataḥ)
:Likes and dislikes that arise without any apparent or logical reason.
इतराह्वय (Itarāhvaya)
:Other names; refers to the alternative or secondary names given to plants based on various characteristics like morphology, habitat, or use.
इतस्ततः दर्शनं (Itastataḥ Darśanaṃ)
:Looking here and there; a restless or anxious shifting of the gaze in all directions.
इन्दुपरिवेषदर्शन (Indupariveṣadarśana)
:Seeing halos or circular patches (like those around the moon) before the eyes; a visual disturbance.
इन्दुपाण्डुर दृष्टिमण्डल (Indupāṇḍura Dṛṣṭimaṇḍala)
:A pale, moon-like discoloration or pallor of the pupil.
इन्दुभिराजितमिव दर्शनं (Indubhirājitamiva Darśanaṃ)
:Seeing objects as if illuminated or bathed in a soft, moon-like light.
इन्द्रगोपक (Indragopaka)
:A small, bright red insect (often identified as a cochineal insect or a species of mite); used as a standard for describing a particular shade of red.
इन्द्रगोपाभ रक्तं (Indragopābha Raktaṃ)
:Blood that is a bright, vivid red, resembling the colour of the Indragopaka insect.
इन्द्रधनुषप्रभ रक्तं (Indradhanuṣaprabha Raktaṃ)
:Blood that is multi-coloured or iridescent, like a rainbow.
इन्द्रधनुषि दर्शनं (Indradhanuṣi Darśanaṃ)
:Seeing rainbows or rainbow-like colours in objects; a type of visual aberration.
इन्द्रिय (Indriya)
:The faculties of perception and action; encompasses the five sense organs (Jñānendriyas - ear, skin, eye, tongue, nose) and the five motor organs (Karmendriyas - hand, foot, speech, excretion, reproduction).
इन्द्रियबलहानि (Indriyabalahāni)
:Loss of strength or diminished function of the sense organs.
इन्द्रियबुद्धि (Indriyabuddhi)
:Sensory cognition; the knowledge or perception that arises from the direct contact of a sense organ with its object.
इन्द्रियाणां च वैकृत्यं (Indriyāṇāṃ Ca Vaikṛtyaṃ)
:Derangement or perversion of the sense organs; a symptom caused by poison affecting the nervous system after reaching the stomach.
इन्द्रियाधिष्ठान (Indriyādhiṣṭhāna)
:The specific seat or location of a sense organ (e.g., the eye is the seat of sight).
इन्द्रियान्तर संचार (Indriyāntara Saṃcāra)
:The rapid movement or switching of the mind's attention between different sense organs.
इन्द्रियार्थसन्निकर्ष (Indriyārthasannikarṣaḥ)
:The process of contact between a sense organ and its object, which is the fundamental cause of perceptual knowledge.
इन्द्रियार्थाः (Indriyārthāḥ)
:The objects of sense perception: sound (śabda), touch (sparśa), form (rūpa), taste (rasa), and smell (gandha).
इप्सा (Ipsā)
:Desire; wish; the urge to obtain something.
इष्ट देश अश्नीयात (Iṣṭa Deśa Aśnīyāta)
:One should eat in a favourable place—a clean, pleasant, solitary, and hygienic environment that allows for focused consumption of food.
इष्ट सर्वोपकरण अश्नीयात (Iṣṭa Sarvopakaraṇa Aśnīyāta)
:One should eat with all favourable accessories—using desired utensils and being served by attentive staff to create a conducive dining experience.
इष्टता (Iṣṭatā)
:Desirability; the state of being desired, liked, or favourable.
इष्टिका (Iṣṭikā)
:A brick.
इष्टिकाचूर्णसंकाशं (Iṣṭikācūrṇasaṃkāśaṃ)
:Resembling brick dust in colour; a characteristic used to describe the ideal colour of certain purified minerals (bhasma) like mica, or the powder of fruits like *Mallotus philippensis*.