Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

kapha कफ – kapha; phlegm

substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive masculine

kapha; phlegm

Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

kapha ·m. phlegm (one of the three humours of the body).

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

kapha kapha, as, m. phlegm, one of the three humors of the body (the other two are vāyu and pitta), watery froth or foam in general.

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive masculine

kapha m. SIDDH. K. 250,a,3. Phlegma, Schleim, eine der drei Feuchtigkeiten (doṣa) des menschlichen Leibes, welche die Medicin aufstellt (neben vāyu und pitta), WISE 46. AK. 2,6,2,13. H. 462. SUŚR. 1,4,8. SUŚR. 1,5,16. SUŚR. 1,52,16. SUŚR. 1,81,20. SUŚR. 2,186,2. SUŚR. 2,194,21. SUŚR. 2,344,6. kaphaja aus dem Phlegma entspringend SUŚR. 1,62,7. kaphasaṃbhava dass. SUŚR. 128,14. kaphahara das Phlegma entfernend SUŚR. 138,10. kaphahṛt dass. SUŚR. 19. kaphaprāya phlegmatisch SUŚR. 162,13. kaphātmaka dass. SUŚR. 58,17. Ind. St. 2,287. kaphavātika (von kapha + vāta) Ind. St. 286. Ind. St. 287. — Vgl. abdhikapha, wo das Wort eine schleimige Substanz überth. bezeichnet.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

kapha vgl. ghana˚, megha˚.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

kapha m. Phlegma, Schleim (eine der 3 Flüssigkeiten im menschlichen Körper).

Apte 1890 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

kaphaḥ [kena jalena phalati phal-ḍa Tv.] 1 Phlegm, one of the three humours of the body (the other two being vāta and pitta); kaphāpacayādārogyaikamūlamāśayāgnidīptiḥ Dk. 160; prāṇaprayāṇasamaye kaphavātapittaiḥ kaṃṭhāvarodhanavidhau smaraṇaṃ kutaste Udb. 2 A watery foam or froth in general. Comp. — ariḥ dry ginger. — kūrcikā saliva, spittle. — kṣayaḥ pulmonary consumption. — ghna, -nāśana, -hara a. removing phlegm, antiphlegmatic. — jvaraḥ fever caused by excess of phlegm. — virodhin m. pepper.

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

kapha m. Phlegma, Schleim. ˚dhna das Phlegma vertreibend.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

Original text · French · substantive masculine

kapha kapha m. écume de l'eau; écume. Lymphe [par oppos. au sang]. kaphakūrcikā f. salive, crachat.

Occurrences in source texts (14)

GoS 2 occurrences
GoS 42–49: Breath as Bellows 1 occurrence

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GoS 81–88: Moon, Fluid and Union 1 occurrence

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HP 5 occurrences
HP 2.24-2.29: Dhauti and Basti 2 occurrences

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HP 2.34-2.36: Naulī and Kapālabhātī 1 occurrence

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HP 2.37-2.43: Path to Manonmanī 1 occurrence

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HP 2.60-2.68: Bhastrikā 1 occurrence

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HTK 6 occurrences
HTK 10.0*1–5: Sītkā, Śītalī and Sūryabheda 1 occurrence

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HTK 10.5*1–6*1: Sūryabhedana / Sūryabheda 1 occurrence

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HTK 10.6*2–9*1: Ujjāyī / Ujjāyikā and Sūryabheda 1 occurrence

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HTK 10.11*2–14*1: Bhastrikā: Breath like a bellows 2 occurrences

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HTK 10.30–33*1: Nāḍī-viśudhy-ākhyaka-kumbha and Nāḍīśuddhi 1 occurrence

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SiSa 1 occurrence
SiSa 3.41-3.48: Atemkraft und Hindernisse 1 occurrence

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