Aushtrika, Auṣṭrika: 5 definitions

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Aushtrika means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term Auṣṭrika can be transliterated into English as Austrika or Aushtrika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Auṣṭrika (औष्ट्रिक).—a. Coming from a camel (as milk); Mahābhārata (Bombay) 8. 44.28;

-kaḥ An oil-miller; मानुषाणां मलं म्लेच्छा म्लेच्छाना- मौष्ट्रिका मलम् । औष्ट्रिकाणां मलं षण्ढाः षण्ढानां राजयाजकाः (mānuṣāṇāṃ malaṃ mlecchā mlecchānā- mauṣṭrikā malam | auṣṭrikāṇāṃ malaṃ ṣaṇḍhāḥ ṣaṇḍhānāṃ rājayājakāḥ) || Mahābhārata (Bombay) 8.45.25.

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

1) Auṣṭrika (औष्ट्रिक):—[from auṣṭra] mfn. coming from a camel (as milk), [Suśruta]

2) [v.s. ...] an oil-miller (tailika, [Nīlakaṇṭha]), [Mahābhārata viii, 2095.]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Auṣṭrika (औष्ट्रिक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Uṭṭiya, Uṭṭiyaya, Oṭṭhiya.

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Aushtrika 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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