Ayurveda

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Ayurveda

  • /ɑjʊr.ved̪(ə)/ India, North
  • /ɑjʊr.ved̪ɑ/ India, South
  • /aɪ.ʊəˈveɪ.də/ UK
  • /-ðə/ UK
  • /aɪ.ɚˈveɪ.də/ US

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Borrowed from Sanskrit आयुर्वेद (āyurveda).

noun Ayurvedas

  1. uncountable 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, Dhanwantari, and five other Deities ; and comprizes the theory of Disorders and Medicines, with the practical methods of curing Di
  2. countable A text on this form of medicine.

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noun traditional Hindu alternative medicine

Españolayurveda
한국어아유르베다 ayureubeda
日本語アーユルヴェーダ āyuruvēda
中文阿育吠陀 āyùfèituó
हिन्दीआयुर्वेद āyurved
Portuguêsayurveda
Françaisayurveda
DeutschAyurveda
ItalianoAyurveda
Ελληνικάαγιουρβέδα agiourvéda
Русскийаюрве́да ajurvéda
Tiếng ViệtAyurveda
العربيةأَيُورْفِيدَا ʔayūrfīdā

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@misc{ayurveda_2026,
  title = {Ayurveda},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ayurveda},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}