Antarashayin, Antara-shayin, Antaraśāyin, Antaraśāyī, Antara-shayi, Antarashayi: 2 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Antaraśāyin and Antaraśāyī can be transliterated into English as Antarasayin or Antarashayin or Antarasayi or Antarashayi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
Antaraśāyin (अन्तरशायिन्) refers to “those elephants who are hiding underneath (certain garments)” (i.e., a certain technique employed in the ‘cow-seduction’ method of catching elephants), according to the 15th century Mātaṅgalīlā composed by Nīlakaṇṭha in 263 Sanskrit verses, dealing with elephantology in ancient India, focusing on the science of management and treatment of elephants.—[Cf. chapter 10, “on the catching of elephants”]: “7. Taking five or six reliable cow elephants and covering their backs (literally ‘bellies’) with leather coverings, elephant tenders shall hide under (antaraśāyin) these skins [carmāntaraśāyino gajabhaṭāḥ], armed with ropes, etc. Then by striking them with their hands they shall drive the cows straight to a herd, and shall quickly tie up five or six elephants; thus the ‘cow-seduction’ is performed, by seducing them with cows”.
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
Antaraśāyin (अन्तरशायिन्).—a.
1) inward, internal, inherent; °स्थैर्गुणैः शुभ्रैर्लक्ष्यते नैव केन चित् (sthairguṇaiḥ śubhrairlakṣyate naiva kena cit) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1.221.
2) interposed, intervening, separate.
3) seated in the heart, an epithet of जीव (jīva).
Antaraśāyin is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms antara and śāyin (शायिन्). See also (synonyms): antarastha, antarasthāyin, antarasthita.
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: Sayin, Antara.
Full-text: Antarastha, Antarasthita, Antarasthayin.
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