Sharp agni (tikshnagni)

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit: तीक्ष्णाग्निअत्यग्निभस्मक
Hindi: तीक्ष्णाग्नितीक्ष्ण अग्निअधिक भूख
English: Sharp agnisharp digestionhyper-metabolismtikshnagni
Romanized: tikshnagni

What the text says

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Definition1

A footnote defines sharp fire as the fire that digests properly even food taken in an ample or excessive amount.
Chapter 2 · p. 15 · v. 12FootnoteTraditional description

Causes1

Sharp digestive fire is said to arise from aggravated pitta.
Chapter 2 · p. 15 · v. 12Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Treatment principle1

The text pairs purgation with the digestive fire troubled by pitta, the second of the measures named in order for vāta, pitta and kapha.
Chapter 2 · p. 16 · v. 13Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Historical1

Arguing that plants have the power to remove even the most terrible diseases, the editor asks whether Samantabhadrācārya's bhasmaka disease was not removed by Ayurvedic medicine.
Front matter · p. 40IntroductionTraditional description

Discussed in topics6

Emetic going downward, and its treatmentवमन का अधोगमन और उसकी चिकित्सा Further particulars about the authorग्रन्थकर्ता का विशेष परिचय Patients to be fed beforehand, that is, fit for emesisसंभोजनीय अर्थात् वमन योग्य रोगी Residual medicine and digested medicine, and their treatmentसावशेष औषध और जीर्ण औषध के लक्षण व चिकित्सा The kinds of disordered digestive fireविकृत जठराग्नि के भेद Treatment of irregular and other disordered firesविषमाग्नि आदि की चिकित्सा

Sessions2

Conception and the growing embryoगर्भोत्पत्तिलक्षण Introduction and table of contentsप्रस्तावना एवं विषयानुक्रमणिका

Questions1

Which states of the digestive fire does chapter 2 describe, how are they defined, and which procedures does the text pair with the disordered ones?द्वितीय परिच्छेद में जठराग्नि की कौन सी अवस्थाएँ बताई गई हैं, उनकी परिभाषा क्या है और विकृत अग्नियों के लिए ग्रन्थ कौन से कर्म बताता है?

Where else is this mentioned?

Named 1 times on 1 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.

PDF page 40Front matter… है, जिससे भयंकर से भयंकर रोग दूर हो सकते हैं। क्या समंतभद्राचार्य का भस्मक रोग आयुर्वेदीय औषधि दूर नहीं हुआ? महर्षि पूजयपाद और नागार्जुन को गगन- …

Questions and answers

Which states of the digestive fire does chapter 2 describe, how are they defined, and which procedures does the text pair with the disordered ones?

Balanced fire digests a proper meal properly; irregular fire (from vāta) sometimes digests it and sometimes not; sharp fire (from pitta) digests even an excessive meal; weak fire (from kapha) cannot digest even a small one. The text pairs enema therapy, purgation, and emesis with nasal therapy with the vāta, pitta and kapha types in that order.

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