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Lemma: śleṣman (m)
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mucus (MW)
phlegm (MW)
rheum (MW)
the phlegmatic humour (one of the three humours of the body) (MW)
Topic
Frequency
botany, plants 192
Medicine 158
Alchemy 59
Materia medica 50
Lexicography 38
Mineralogy, jewels, metals 27
pathogenesis, origin of a disease 23
fever, jvara, takman 22
urinary diseases 18
Zoology 18
nāḍīvijñāna 11
creates fever 10
(Im-)purity 8
kuṣṭha 7
gulma 6
prāyaścitta 5
raktapitta 5
Mahāyāna 4
arśas 4
good behaviour 4
vānaprastha 4
Dharmaśāstra 4
grahaṇīdoṣa 3
bad behaviour 3
atisāra, flux, diarrhea 3
jātaka, avadāna 3
Buddha's life 3
hathayoga 3
vātavyādhi 2
gṛhastha, householder 2
āśrama 2
worship of the Buddha 2
cough, kāsa 2
Cosmogony (gen.) 2
vidradhi 2
aśvamedha, hayamedha 2
(Non-)vegetarism, meat 2
madātyaya 2
brahman priest 1
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge 1
micro-macro cosmos speculation 1
āpaddharma 1
vātarakta 1
for cattle, cows 1
cattle 1
Marutta 1
hiṃsā, ahiṃsā 1
vraṇa, sore 1
errors in sacrifice 1
cow 1
Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu 1
dakṣiṇā 1
om, oṃ, oṃkāra 1
arocaka 1
worms, krimi, ghuṇa 1
war 1
Asceticism, tapas 1
narrative literature 1
Pashupata Shaivism 1
varṇas, castes 1
Law 1
Women 1
dāna, giving 1
avatāras 1
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra 1
eating, food, anna 1
śotha 1
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman 1
Sacrifice, yajña 1
Kṣatriya 1
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca 1
śvāsa 1
kṣaya, rājayakṣman 1
amlapitta 1
plīhan 1
udara 1
pāṇḍuroga 1
mahāvrata 1
Concept Notes Count kapha phlegm as one of the tridoṣas 228 phlegm expectorated matter; saliva mixed with discharges from the respiratory passages; in ancient and medieval physiology it was believed to cause sluggishness 5 mucus protective secretion of the mucous membranes 2
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