The Sanskrit term Viṣkira can be transliterated into English as Viskira or Vishkira, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)

Source: Shodhganga: Portrayal of Animal Kingdom (Tiryaks) in Epics An Analytical study

Viṣkira (विष्किर) (lit. “one who is a scatterer”) is a synonym (another name) for the Kukkuṭa, according to scientific texts such as the Mṛgapakṣiśāstra (Mriga-pakshi-shastra) or “the ancient Indian science of animals and birds” by Hamsadeva, containing the varieties and descriptions of the animals and birds seen in the Sanskrit Epics such as the Ramayana and Mahabharata.

Unclassified Ayurveda definitions

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Viṣkira (विष्किर) is the Sanskrit name for a group of animals, referring to “birds who eat while scattering the grains”, the meat of which is used as a medicinal substance. Viṣkira is a sub-group of Māṃsavarga (“group of meat”). It is a technical term used throughout Āyurveda. They were originally composed by Caraka in his Carakasaṃhitā sūtrasthāna XXVII.

Animals in Viṣkira can be further classified in 2 sub-groups:

1. Lāvādi (starting with the Lāva, or ‘common quail’),
2. Vartakādi (starting with the Vartaka, or ‘male bustard’).

Source: archive.org: Sushruta samhita, Volume I

Birds such as the

• Lāva,
• Tittiri,
• Kapinjala,
• Vartira,
• Vartikā,
• Vartaka,
• Naptrikā,
• Vātika,
• Chakora,
• Kalavinka,
• Mayura,
• Krakara,
• Upachakra,
• Kukkuta,
• Sāranga,
• Shata-Patraka,
• Kutittiri,
• Kuruvāhuka
• and Yavalaka

belong to the Vishkira species. [They are so called from the fact of their picking up their food after scattering it first with their bills and claws (Skr. kira, to scatter)].

The flesh of a bird of this group is light, cooling, sweet and astringent in taste and tends to pacify the deranged humours of the body.

The Viṣkira is a sub-group of the Jāṅghala group (living in high ground and in a jungle).

Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

Viṣkira (विष्किर):—Gallinaceous those animals and birds which disperse food before taking; Includes birds which scratch the earth in search of food. Exp the watail, wild fowl, snake bird, lapwing, peacock etc.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Viṣkira (विष्किर).—

1) Scattering about, tearing up.

2) A cock.

3) A bird, gallinaceous bird; छायापस्किरमाणविष्किरमुखव्या- कृष्टकीटत्वचः (chāyāpaskiramāṇaviṣkiramukhavyā- kṛṣṭakīṭatvacaḥ) Uttararāmacarita 2.9.

Derivable forms: viṣkiraḥ (विष्किरः).

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

Viṣkira (विष्किर).—m.

(-raḥ) 1. A bird in general. 2. Pulling or tearing to pieces. 3. A cock. E. vi before kṝ to scatter, and ka aff., with suṭ aug.

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

Viṣkira (विष्किर).—i. e. vi-kṛ10 + a, m. 1. A bird, [Uttara Rāmacarita, 2. ed. Calc., 1862.] 40, 13. 2. Tearing to pieces.

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

Viṣkira (विष्किर).—[masculine] scratcher, a kind of bird.

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

1) Viṣkira (विष्किर):—[=vi-ṣ-kira] m. (√kṝ) ‘scatterer’, a gallinaceous bird (such as a domestic fowl, partridge, quail etc.), [Gautama-dharma-śāstra; Yājñavalkya] etc.

2) [v.s. ...] a [particular] Agni, [Āpastamba-śrauta-sūtra]

3) [v.s. ...] any bird, [Horace H. Wilson]

4) [v.s. ...] pulling or tearing to pieces, [ib.]

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

Viṣkira (विष्किर):—(raḥ) 1. m. A bird in general; pulling to pieces.

[Sanskrit to German]

Vishkira in German

context information

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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Viṣkira (ವಿಷ್ಕಿರ):—[noun] a bird (in gen.).

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Kira, Vish.

Starts with: Vishkirarasa.

Ends with: Nakhavishkira, Smeravishkira.

Full-text (+23): Smeravishkira, Nakhavishkira, Upacakra, Vaishkira, Sharapada, Vishkirarasa, Vartika, Cakora, Kukkuta, Saranga, Vartaka, Krakara, Lava, Kapinjala, Naptrika, Vatika, Yavalaka, Kalavinka, Kutittiri, Vartira.

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