स्वेदनsvedana

स्वेदन (svedana) is a Sanskrit word meaning perspiring, causing to perspire, an iron plate or pan, a remedy for causing perspiration, softening, fomenting, a particular process to which quicksilver is subjected. Its 15 recorded definitions are grouped into 8 contexts, among them Multiple Sweat-Related Meanings, Agent/Remedy Causing Perspiration, Causing Perspiration / Sudorific Treatment.

Etymology
E. ष्विद to be unctuous or sweaty, and ल्युट् aff
Definitions
15
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Meanings by context

Agent/Remedy Causing Perspiration

2 definitions
a remedy for causing perspiration

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a sudorific

Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Causing Perspiration / Sudorific Treatment

2 definitions
causing to perspire

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

causing to sweat or sweating treatment

Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Perspiration / Sweating

2 definitions
perspiring

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the act of sweating or perspiring

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Alchemical Process (Quicksilver)

1 definition
a particular process to which quicksilver is subjected

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Fomentation / Softening

1 definition
softening, fomenting

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Iron Plate/Pan

1 definition
an iron plate or pan

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Mucus

1 definition
mucus

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 8 works: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.