Dictionary of Ayurvedic Terms

The Ayurvedic texts are in the Sanskrit and Ayurveda contains many terms that will be new to most people. All of these terms are listed in this exhaustive Glossary. The commonest meanings have been included and have been defined in the simplest way possible. It may be noted that some of these words may have more than one meaning as is very common with Sanskrit words. Here the terms have been compiled so that they are helpful while referring to this site too.

These terms are indexed alphabetically and you can search them using Index below -

We have tried to compile an exhaustive and comprehensive Glossary of Ayurveda and Yoga terminology.
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