ayurvedaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Sanskrit आयुर्वेद (āyurveda).

発音

• (North India) IPA: /ɑjʊr.ved̪(ə)/
• (South India) IPA: /ɑjʊr.ved̪ɑ/
• (英国発音) IPA: /aɪ.ʊəˈveɪ.də/, /-ðə/
• (米国発音) IPA: /aɪ.ɚˈveɪ.də/

名詞

Ayurveda (countable and uncountable, plural Ayurvedas)

1. (uncountable) Traditional Hindu alternative medicine, involving balancing three bodily humours of wind, bile, and phlegm.
   • 1788, Asiatic Society of Bengal, chapter XVIII, in Asiatic researches or transactions of the Society instituted in Bengal, for inquiring into the history and antiquities, the arts, sciences, and literature, of Asia‎, volume 1, Calcutta, India: Manuel Cantopher, page 340:

     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 Diseases.

2. (countable) A text on this form of medicine.

派生語

• Ayurveda Day
• Ayurvedic

Further reading

• Ayurveda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia