Built from passages of the source by the curated extraction. Pending human review.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- जरावार्धक्य
- Hindi
- जराबुढ़ापावृद्धावस्था
- English
- Ageingageingagingold agesenescence
- Romanized
- jaravardhakya
What the text says
Each statement reports the source, with its chapter, page and verse. Traditional descriptions are not presented as proven medical facts.
Definition1
Old age (jara) is called a disease that gives pain to all living beings, which reliable (unfailing) drugs are said to calm.
Causes1
People of pitta constitution are said to be afflicted by old age early.
Treatment principle2
Nasya of the great aksha oil, given for a month after purification to a person overtaken by grey hair, wrinkles and old age, is said to make even an old man like a youth, with a face like a lotus.
Nasya of oils pressed from bibhitaki, white sesame, kanguka and ari seeds impregnated with shirisha, koranta, bhringaraja and nili juices is said to keep a person always young as he is.
Where else is this mentioned?
Named 6 times on 6 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.
- Book page 29Chapter 3… ावार्थ : इस प्रकार यह शरीर स्वभाव से ही कष्ट (अशुचि) स्वरूप है। उसमें बुढापा, मरण व इष्ट वस्तुओं का वियोग आदि और भी कष्ट हैं; जन्म लेना महाकष्ट है …
- Book page 83Chapter 6… ी़ण पदाथोँ के साथ उपयोग नहीं करें। इससे बडे-बडे रोग दूर हो जाते है और बुढापा, व वली (चमडे की सिकुडन) रहित होकर अनेक वषोँ तक जीता है। विडXसार रसायन …
- Book page 185Chapter 11… ाभिषक्रानि विवर्जयेत्तत्। प्रबद्धसंस्राव्युदराणि चापि॥ 139॥ भावार्थ : वृद्धावस्था में जलोदर हो तो उसे असाध्य समझाना चाहिए एवं बद्धोदर स्रावी उदर को भी …
- Book page 562Chapter 23… रने के लिए श्रोष्ठ चिकित्सा का, सर्व प्राणियों को दु:ख देने वाले जरा (बुढापा) रोग को उपमशन करने वाले, सत्यभूत (अव्यर्थ) औषधियों के कथन के साथ-साथ …
- Book page 600Appendix: Rishta… ं ते बिमयति मृत्युभीतितस्ततो न तेषां मरणं वदेदिह॥ 5॥ भावार्थ : जो लोग बुढापा रोग, मरण इनके भय से युक्त हैं और जो भवांतरों के विषय में कुछ भी जानका …
- Book page 607Appendix: Rishtaकल्याणकारके /रिष्टाधिकार: 607 (बुढापा) मरण इनके क्रम या स्वरूप और शरीर की अस्थिरता आदि बातों को चतिंन करते …
Questions and answers
How is the great aksha (bibhitaki) oil used, and what does the text say it does?
A person afflicted by grey hair, wrinkles and old age is first purified by emesis, purgation and the like, then given nasya of the oil with great care in a windless house, repeatedly for a month.
Detailed answer and sourcesAll references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Condition
- Categories
- Elderly care
- Source pages with records
- 4
- Pages naming it
- 6
- Chapters
- Chapter 3Chapter 23
- Extraction tasks
- T02, T26
- Record id
- condition_jara