Ayruveda Terms

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Mortar and Pestle

To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one’s family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one’s own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him. ~ Buddha

unctuous

unc·tu·ous
[uhngk-choo-uhs]

–adjective

1.  characterized by excessive piousness or moralistic fervor, especially in an affected manner; excessively smooth, suave, or smug.

2.  of the nature of or characteristic of an unguent or ointment; oily; greasy.

3.  having an oily or soapy feel, as certain minerals.

—Related forms

unc·tu·ous·ly, adverb

unc·tu·ous·ness, unc·tu·os·i·ty

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ether

e•ther
[ee-ther]

–noun
3. the upper regions of space; the clear sky; the heavens.
4. the medium supposed by the ancients to fill the upper regions of space.
5. Physics . a hypothetical substance supposed to occupy all space, postulated to account for the propagation of electromagnetic radiation through space.

—Related forms
e•ther•ic

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astringent

as·trin·gent
[uh-strin-juhnt]

–adjective

1. Medicine/Medical . contracting; constrictive; styptic.

2. harshly biting; caustic: his astringent criticism.

3. stern or severe; austere.

4. sharply incisive; pungent: astringent wit.

–noun

5. Medicine/Medical . a substance that contracts the tissues or canals of the body, thereby diminishing discharges, as of mucus or blood.

6. a cosmetic that cleans the skin and constricts the pores.

—Related forms

as·trin·gen·cy, noun

as·trin·gent·ly, adverb

non·as·trin·gen·cy, noun

non·as·trin·gent, adjective

non·as·trin·gent·ly, adverb

—Synonyms
2, 3. sharp, harsh, rigorous.

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jaggery

jag·ger·y
[jag-uh-ree]

noun
a coarse, dark sugar, especially that made from the sap of East Indian palm trees.

also, from Collins dictionary
— n
a coarse brown sugar made in the East Indies from the sap of the date palm

Origin:
1590–1600; < Portuguese (of India) jágara, jagre < Malayalam chakkara < Sanskrit ?arkar? sugar

Related Words for jaggery: jaggary, jagghery

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