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Agada

KeywordAgada
TypeA.T.
Etymology/ Definitionअगदम् विषहरम् ।
ReferenceC.Chi.23/51
Literary MeaningM / W – free from disease, a medicine, drug, ( especially ) antidote
Implied MeaningGada means disease, and Agada means a medicine, which pacifies disease developed due to poison.
ElaborationAgada term is specifically used to denote, identify the antipoison group of medicines. They include single medicines such as Khadira Usheera etc. or compound formulations that are also called Agada in the texts.
Contemporary ColloquialAntidotes

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