See also abhyaṅgaḥ.
1 Rubbing the body with unctuous substances; smearing the body with oil, inunction.
2 Unguent, liniment, oily application.
3 Applying collyrium to the eyes.
4 Sediment of oil, cake.
E. abhi, and añja to anoint, ghañ aff.
minīyanyāyam.: jyotiṣṭome śrūyate dīkṣārthābhyaṅge…. tatra
barhiṣi samūlacchedasyābhyaṅge navanītasya puroḍāśe yathocitapā-
kasya ca vidheyatayā sarvamavaśiṣṭaṃ stāvakam. See also abhyañjana.
2 Rubbing the body with unctuous substances, smearing
the body with oil, inunction; e. g. Suśr.: snānābhyaṅgadivā-
svapnaśītavyāyāmayoṣitaḥ . na bhajeta svarotsṛṣṭo yāvanno balavā-
nbhavet.--Raghunandana quotes in the Śuddhitattva (II.
p. 132) the following definition (āyurvedoktapāribhāṣikaṃ) of
the word: mūrdhni dattaṃ yadā tailaṃ bhavetsarvāṅgasaṃgatam . sroto-
bhistarpayedbāhū abhyaṅgaḥ sa udāhṛtaḥ . tailamalpaṃ yadaṅgeṣu na ca
syādvāhutarpaṇam . sā mārṣṭiḥ pṛthagabhyaṅgo mastakādau prakīrtitaḥ
‘when oil is applied to the head, goes over the whole
body and delights with its flood the arms, this is called
Abhyanga; but when little oil comes on the body and the
arms are not much wetted, such partial inunction of the
head &c. is called Mārṣṭi’. The medicinal effect of this
practice is thus briefly described in the Rājanigh.: abhyaṅgo
mārdavakaraḥ kaphavātavināśanaḥ . dhātūnāṃ puṣṭijananaḥ sutvamvarṇa-
valapradaḥ . pādābhyaṅgo'tha nidrākṛccakṣuṣaḥ pādarogahā . cakṣuṣi
pratibaddhe dve śire pādagate nṛṇām . ataścakṣuḥprasādārthaṃ pādā-
bhyaṅgaṃ samācaret (comp. also Wise, Hindu syst. of Med. p. 93).
A religious student, an anchorite and a widow are for-
bidden to anoint themselves; Manu: (brahmacārī varjayet)
abhyaṅgamañjanaṃ cākṣṇorupānacchatradhāraṇam); Prachetas (as quoted
by Raghunand.): tāmbūlābhyañjanaṃ caiva kāṃsyapātre ca bhojanam .
yatiśca brahmacārī ca vidhavā ca vivarjayet). 3 Unguent, lini-
ment; e. g. Suśr.: sphoṭajanmarujāsrāvatvakpākaḥ svedanaṃ jvaraḥ .
daraṇaṃ cāpi māṃsānāmabhyaṅge viṣasaṃyute. [4 Applying colly-
rium to the eyes. 5 Sediment of oil, oil cake (Wilson)].
See the following. E. añj with abhi, kṛt aff. ghañ.
Unction, Man. 2, 178.
m. (-ṅgaḥ)
1. Rubbing the body with unctuous substances; smear-
ing the body with oil, inunction.
2. Unguent, liniment, oily applica-
tion.
3. Applying collyrium to the eyes.
4. Sediment of oil, oil cake.
E. abhi, and añja to anoint, ghañ aff.
abhyañjana n. huile pour la toilette ou pour l'onction sacrée.
1) das Salben, Bestreichen mit fettigen, öligen Stoffen: (varjayet) abhyaṅgamañjanaṃ cākṣṇoḥ M. 2, 178. SUŚR. 1, 36, 15. 2, 5, 12. 94, 9. 137, 18. KUMĀRAS. 7, 7.
— 2) Salbe SUŚR. 2, 248, 2. 4. 10. 422, 20. KATHĀS. 4, 53. °mardana PAÑCAT. 238, 7.
1) tailābhyaṅga Spr. 4140. vṛkṣaḥ prasīdati prāyaḥ pādābhyaṅgena na svayam das Salben der Füsse so v. a. das Begiessen der Wurzeln DṚṢTĀNTAŚ. 77 in HAEB. Anth. 224.
— 1) Salbung , Bestreichung mit fetten Stoffen Spr. 7711.
— 2) Salbe.