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Ayurveda (science of life)

Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)

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

Dārvāghāṭa (दार्वाघाट) [Dārvāghāta?] refers to the Heart-spotted wood pecker (Hemicircus Canente), 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.

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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

Dārvāghāṭa (दार्वाघाट).—the woodpecker.

Derivable forms: dārvāghāṭaḥ (दार्वाघाटः).

Dārvāghāṭa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dāru and āghāṭa (आघाट).

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

Dārvāghāṭa (दार्वाघाट) or Dārvvāghāṭa.—m.

(-ṭaḥ) The wood-pecker. E. dāru wood, han to injure, with āṅ prefixed, and aṇ affix, gha is substituted for ha, and ṭa for na in place of ta; also with ta, dārvāghāta .

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Dārvāghāta (दार्वाघात) or Dārvvāghāta.—m.

(-taḥ) The wood-pecker: see the preceding.

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

Dārvāghāṭa (दार्वाघाट).—i. e. dāru -āghāṭa = āghāta, m. The woodpecker, Mahābhārata 10, 268.

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

Dārvāghāṭa (दार्वाघाट).—[masculine] woodpecker.

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

1) Dārvāghāṭa (दार्वाघाट):—[=dārv-āghāṭa] [from dāru] (or dārv-āghāṭa) m. the woodpecker.

2) Dārvāghāta (दार्वाघात):—[=dārv-āghāta] [from dāru] (or dārv-āghāṭa) ([cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]) m. the woodpecker.

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

1) Dārvāghāṭa (दार्वाघाट):—(ṭaḥ) 1. m. A wood-pecker.

2) Dārvāghāta (दार्वाघात):—(taḥ) 1. m. A wood-pecker.

[Sanskrit to German]

Darvaghata 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

Dārvāghāṭa (ದಾರ್ವಾಘಾಟ):—[noun] any of the birds of Picidae family having stiff tail feathers, a strong, pointed, chisel-shaped bill, used for drilling holes in bark to get insects; a woodpecker.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Daru, Aghata, Taru.

Full-text: Darvida, Darvvaghata, Shatapatra.

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