an ancient medical treatise on the art of healing and prolonging life, sometimes regarded as a fifth Veda
Derived forms
Ayurvedic (ˌAyurˈvedic)
adjective
Word origin
from Sanskrit, from āyur life + veda knowledge
ayurveda in American English
(ˈɑjurˌveɪdə)
noun
a traditional Hindu system of medicine practiced in India since the first century a.d. and using combinations of herbs, purgatives, rubbing oils, etc. in treating diseases
Derived forms
ayurvedic (ˌayurˈvedic) (ˌɑjurˈveɪdɪk)
adjective, noun
Word origin
Sans āyurveda < āyur, life + veda, knowledge: see wise1
Examples of 'Ayurveda' in a sentence
Ayurveda
After a few weeks, I felt so much better and I asked him what exactly I'd been doing and he explained the basics of Ayurveda to me.
Scarlett Thomas GOING OUT (2002)
`Well, I mean, the New Age people do Ayurveda but I'm not exactly one of them.