pitta

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[mw] n. (etym. unknown) bile, the bilious humour (one of the three humours [ cf. kapha and vāyu ] or that secreted between the stomach and bowels and flowing through the liver and permeating spleen, heart, eyes, and skin; its chief quality is heat) AV.; &c &c... n. a kind of leprosy Gal. 079549 627,1 124197 (or ṣa) m. the gall-bladder MW. 079550 627,1 124198 m. excess and disturbance of the bilious humour ib. 079551...

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n. (etym. unknown) bile, the bilious humour (one of the three humours [ cf. kapha and vāyu ] or that secreted between the stomach and bowels and flowing through the liver and...

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Part of Speech: NOUN
Total Occurrences: 2,333
Texts Appeared In: 53

DCS: a buffalo | Monier-Williams: pitta/ n. ( etym. unknown) bile, the bilious humour (one of the three hum

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Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā surface: pittaṃ

vāyuḥ pittaṃ kaphaś ceti trayo doṣāḥ samāsataḥ
Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā surface: pittaṃ

pittaṃ sasnehatīkṣṇoṣṇaṃ laghu visraṃ saraṃ dravam
Rājanighaṇṭu surface: pitta

vātapittaharaṃ rucyaṃ valīpalitanāśanam