The Sanskrit term Auṣṭraka can be transliterated into English as Austraka or Aushtraka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

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

Auṣṭraka (औष्ट्रक) refers to “milk coming from the camel”, as mentioned in verse 5.25 of the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā (Sūtrasthāna) by Vāgbhaṭa.—Accordingly, “[...] among the (different kinds of milk [viz., payas]), [...] slightly rough, warming, and salt (is) camel’s milk [viz., auṣṭraka], (also) digestive (and) light; (it is) commended for wind, phlegm, constipation, worms, cutaneous and abdominal swellings, and hemorrhoids”.

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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

Auṣṭraka (औष्ट्रक).—a. (-kī f.) [उष्ट्र-वुञ् (uṣṭra-vuñ)] Relating to a camel.

-kam A multitude of camels; लोलोष्ठमौष्ट्रकमुदग्रमुखं तरूणाम् (loloṣṭhamauṣṭrakamudagramukhaṃ tarūṇām) Śiśupālavadha 5.65.

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

Auṣṭraka (औष्ट्रक).—n.

(-kaṃ) A herd of camels. E. uṣṭra a camel, and vuñ aff.

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

Auṣṭraka (औष्ट्रक).—[neuter] a multitude of camels.

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

1) Auṣṭraka (औष्ट्रक):—[from auṣṭra] mfn. coming from a camel, [Pāṇini 4-3, 157]

2) [v.s. ...] n. a herd or multitude of camels, [Pāṇini 4-2, 39.]

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

Auṣṭraka (औष्ट्रक):—(kaṃ) 1. n. A herd of camels.

[Sanskrit to German]

Aushtraka 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Auṣṭraka (ಔಷ್ಟ್ರಕ):—[adjective] of, related to or coming from a camel.

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Auṣṭraka (ಔಷ್ಟ್ರಕ):—[noun] a group of camels.

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

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