ཚེའི་རིག་བྱེད་

ཚེའི་རིག་བྱེད། (Wyl. tshe'i rig byed ) Pron.: tsé rikjé

• Skt. आयुर्वेदः, āyurveda, Pron.: ayurveda. From Sanskrit: the science of health or medicine (it is classed among sacred sciences, and considered as a supplement of the Atharva-veda | it contains eight departments: 1. Śalya or (removal of) any substance which has entered the body (as extraction of darts, of splinters) | 2. Śālākya or cure of diseases of the eye or ear by Śalākās or sharp instruments | 3. Kāya-cikitsā or cure of diseases affecting the whole body | 4. Bhūtavidyā or treatment of mental diseases supposed to be produced by demoniacal influence | 5. Kaumāra-bhṛitya or treatment of children | 6. Agada-tantra or doctrine of antidotes | 7. Rāsāyana-tantra or doctrine of elixirs | 8. Vājīkaraṇa-tantra or doctrine of aphrodisiacs [Mahavyutpatti] [Sanskrit] MVP MW