The Sanskrit term Śukrakara can be transliterated into English as Sukrakara or Shukrakara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: archive.org: Vagbhata’s Ashtanga Hridaya Samhita (first 5 chapters)

Śukrakara (शुक्रकर) refers to that which is “productive of sperm”, as mentioned in verse 5.41 of the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā (Sūtrasthāna) by Vāgbhaṭa.—Accordingly, “invigorative (are) caseous milk, early beestings, condensed milk, late beestings, etc.; (they are) productive of sperm [viz., śukrakara], sleep, and phlegm, constipating, heavy, and morbific”.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śukrakara (शुक्रकर).—a. spermatic.

-raḥ the marrow of the bones.

Śukrakara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śukra and kara (कर).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śukrakara (शुक्रकर).—mfn.

(-raḥ-rā-raṃ) Producing semen, spermatic. m.

(-raḥ) The marrow of the bones. E. śukra seed, and kara what makes.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Śukrakara (शुक्रकर):—[=śukra-kara] [from śukra] mfn. producing semen, [Bhāvaprakāśa]

2) [v.s. ...] m. the marrow of the bones, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śukrakara (शुक्रकर):—[śukra-kara] (raḥ) 1. m. The marrow of the bones. a. Spermatic.

[Sanskrit to German]

Shukrakara in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Partial matches: Shukra, Kara.

Full-text: Shukrabhu.

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