The Sanskrit term Dantapraveṣṭa can be transliterated into English as Dantapravesta or Dantapraveshta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)

Source: archive.org: The Elephant Lore of the Hindus

Dantapraveṣṭa (दन्तप्रवेष्ट) refers to the “sheaths of the tusks” (of an elephant), 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 5, “on marks of the stages of life”]: “4. With clearly developed nails, vidu, joints, ears, and sheaths (dantapraveṣṭa) and covering of the tusks; spotted on the breast, and on the lobes of the ears; hairy in the ears and on the head, with uplifted head, eating grass, with rather stout (firm) rows of teeth, in the third year he is an upasarpa”.

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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

Dantapraveṣṭa (दन्तप्रवेष्ट).—sheath of an elephant's tusk; Mātaṅga L.5.4; ऊर्ध्वार्धासिच्छिन्नदन्तप्रवेष्टम् (ūrdhvārdhāsicchinnadantapraveṣṭam) Śiśupālavadha 18.47.

Derivable forms: dantapraveṣṭam (दन्तप्रवेष्टम्).

Dantapraveṣṭa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms danta and praveṣṭa (प्रवेष्ट).

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

Dantapraveṣṭa (दन्तप्रवेष्ट):—[=danta-praveṣṭa] [from danta] a case round an elephant’s tusk, [Śiśupāla-vadha xviii, 47.]

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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: Praveshta, Danta.

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