Talk:Dhātu (ayurveda)
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[edit]This article currently reads like a dictionary entry. However, the topic is notable and could use expansion by those knowledgeable on the subject. If you can contribute, please do! ialsoagree (talk) 21:28, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
Dhatu disambigs now also to the "Buddhist technical term meaning 'realm'" Skandha#Eighteen_Dh.C4.81tus. Wakari07 (talk) 15:26, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
Dictionary meaning
[edit]dhātu
dhātu m. layer, stratum KātyŚr. Kauś. • constituent part, ingredient (esp. and in ṛV. only ifc., where often= 'fold', e.g. tri-dhā́tu, threefold &c • cf. triviṣṭi-, sapta-, su-) RV. TS. ŚBr. &c • element, primitive matter (= mahā-bhūta L.) MBh. Hariv. &c. (usually reckoned as 5, viz. kha or ākāśa, anila, tejas, jala, bhū • to which is added brahma Yājñ. iii, 145 • or vijñāna Buddh.) • a constituent element or essential ingredient of the body (distinct from the 5 mentioned above and conceived either as 3 humours [called also doṣa] phlegm, wind and bile BhP. [cf. purīṣa, māṃsa, manas, ChāndUp. vi, 5, ] • or as the 5 organs of sense, indriyāṇi .[s.v. and MBh. xii, 6842, where śrotra, ghrāṇa, āsya, hṛdaya and koṣṭha are mentioned as the 5 dhātu of the human body born from the either] and the 5 properties of the elements perceived by them, gandha, rasa, rūpa, sparśa and śabda L. • or the 7 fluids or secretions, chyle, blood, flesh, fat, bone, marrow, semen Suśr. [L. rasâdi or rasa-raktâdi, of which sometimes 10 are given, the above 7 and hair, skin, sinews BhP.]) • primary element of the earth, i.e. metal, mineral, are (esp. a mineral of a red colour) Mn. MBh. &c. element of words, i.e. grammatical or verbal √or stem Nir. Prāt. MBh. &c. (with the southern Buddhists dhātu means either the 6 elements see above Dharmas. xxv • or the 18 elementary spheres [dhātu-loka] ib. lviii • or the ashes of the body, relics L. [cf. -garbha])
Also posted on Talk:Dhatu (the disambig page) Wakari07 (talk) 16:37, 20 September 2012 (UTC)