आयुर्वेद

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आयुर्वेद (āyurveda).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɑː.jʊɾ.ʋeːd̪/, [äː.jʊɾ.ʋeːd̪]

Noun

आयुर्वेद • (āyurved) m

1. A traditional Indian medicine

Declension

Declension of आयुर्वेद (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	आयुर्वेद āyurved	आयुर्वेद āyurved
oblique	आयुर्वेद āyurved	आयुर्वेदों āyurvedõ
vocative	आयुर्वेद āyurved	आयुर्वेदो āyurvedo

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• আয়ুৰ্বেদ (Assamese script)
• ᬆᬬᬸᬃᬯᬾᬤ (Balinese script)
• আয়ুর্বেদ (Bengali script)
• 𑰁𑰧𑰲𑰨𑰿𑰪𑰸𑰟 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀆𑀬𑀼𑀭𑁆𑀯𑁂𑀤 (Brahmi script)
• အာယုရွေဒ (Burmese script)
• આયુર્વેદ (Gujarati script)
• ਆਯੁਰ੍ਵੇਦ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌆𑌯𑍁𑌰𑍍𑌵𑍇𑌦 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦴꦪꦸꦂꦮꦺꦢ (Javanese script)
• 𑂄𑂨𑂳𑂩𑂹𑂫𑂵𑂠 (Kaithi script)
• ಆಯುರ್ವೇದ (Kannada script)
• អាយុវ៌េទ (Khmer script)
• ອາຍຸຣ຺ເວທ (Lao script)
• ആയുര്വേദ (Malayalam script)
• ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠶᡠᡵᠣᠸᡝᡩᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘁𑘧𑘳𑘨𑘿𑘪𑘹𑘟 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢗᠶ᠋ᠤᠷᠸᠧᢑᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦡𑧇𑧔𑧈𑧠𑧊𑧚𑦿 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐁𑐫𑐸𑐬𑑂𑐰𑐾𑐡 (Newa script)
• ଆଯୁର୍ଵେଦ (Odia script)
• ꢃꢫꢸꢬ꣄ꢮꢾꢣ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆄𑆪𑆶𑆫𑇀𑆮𑆼𑆢 (Sharada script)
• 𑖁𑖧𑖲𑖨𑖿𑖪𑖸𑖟 (Siddham script)
• ආයුර්‍වෙද (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩛𑩻𑩒𑩼 𑪙𑩾𑩔𑩭 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚁𑚣𑚰𑚤𑚶𑚦𑚲𑚛 (Takri script)
• ஆயுர்வேத³ (Tamil script)
• ఆయుర్వేద (Telugu script)
• อายุรฺเวท (Thai script)
• ཨཱ་ཡུ་རྭེ་ད (Tibetan script)
• 𑒂𑒨𑒳𑒩𑓂𑒫𑒹𑒠 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨊𑨪𑨃𑨫𑩇𑨭𑨄𑨛 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From आयुस् (ā́yus, “life”) +‎ वेद (véda, “knowledge”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑː.juɾ.ʋɐ́j.dɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɑː.juɾˈʋeː.d̪ɐ/

Noun

आयुर्वेद • (āyurvéda) stem, m

1. the science of health or medicine (it is classed among sacred sciences, and considered as a supplement of the अथर्ववेद (atharvaveda) ; it contains eight departments as below, (Suṡr.) (MBh.) (Hariv.) (et al.)
   1. शल्य (śalya) or (removal of) any substance which has entered the body (as extraction of darts, of splinters, etc.);
   2. शालाक्य (śālākya) or cure of diseases of the eye or ear etc. by शलाकाs or sharp instruments；
   3. कायचिकित्सा (kāyacikitsā) or cure of diseases affecting the whole body；
   4. भूतविद्या (bhūtavidyā) or treatment of mental diseases supposed to be produced by demoniacal influence；
   5. कौमारभृत्य (kaumārabhṛtya) or treatment of children；
   6. अगदतन्त्र (agadatantra) or doctrine of antidotes;
   7. रासायनतन्त्र (rāsāyanatantra) or doctrine of elixirs;
   8. वाजीकरणतन्त्र (vājīkaraṇatantra) or doctrine of aphrodisiacs.

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of आयुर्वेद (āyurvéda)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	आयुर्वेदः āyurvédaḥ	आयुर्वेदौ / आयुर्वेदा¹ āyurvédau / āyurvédā¹	आयुर्वेदाः / आयुर्वेदासः¹ āyurvédāḥ / āyurvédāsaḥ¹
Vocative	आयुर्वेद ā́yurveda	आयुर्वेदौ / आयुर्वेदा¹ ā́yurvedau / ā́yurvedā¹	आयुर्वेदाः / आयुर्वेदासः¹ ā́yurvedāḥ / ā́yurvedāsaḥ¹
Accusative	आयुर्वेदम् āyurvédam	आयुर्वेदौ / आयुर्वेदा¹ āyurvédau / āyurvédā¹	आयुर्वेदान् āyurvédān
Instrumental	आयुर्वेदेन āyurvédena	आयुर्वेदाभ्याम् āyurvédābhyām	आयुर्वेदैः / आयुर्वेदेभिः¹ āyurvédaiḥ / āyurvédebhiḥ¹
Dative	आयुर्वेदाय āyurvédāya	आयुर्वेदाभ्याम् āyurvédābhyām	आयुर्वेदेभ्यः āyurvédebhyaḥ
Ablative	आयुर्वेदात् āyurvédāt	आयुर्वेदाभ्याम् āyurvédābhyām	आयुर्वेदेभ्यः āyurvédebhyaḥ
Genitive	आयुर्वेदस्य āyurvédasya	आयुर्वेदयोः āyurvédayoḥ	आयुर्वेदानाम् āyurvédānām
Locative	आयुर्वेदे āyurvéde	आयुर्वेदयोः āyurvédayoḥ	आयुर्वेदेषु āyurvédeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Bengali: আয়ুর্বেদ (aẏurbed) (learned)
• → English: Ayurveda
• → Hindi: आयुर्वेद (āyurved) (learned)
• → Malayalam: ആയുർവേദം (āyuṟvēdaṁ)
• Pali: āyubbeda
  • → Burmese: အာယုဗ္ဗေဒ (ayubbeda.)
• → Telugu: ఆయుర్వేదము (āyurvēdamu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “आयुर्वेद”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 148.