Gajashastra, Gajaśāstra, Gaja-shastra: 5 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Gajaśāstra can be transliterated into English as Gajasastra or Gajashastra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryGajaśāstra (गजशास्त्र).—the science of elephants.
Derivable forms: gajaśāstram (गजशास्त्रम्).
Gajaśāstra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gaja and śāstra (शास्त्र). See also (synonyms): gajaśikṣā.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumGajaśāstra (गजशास्त्र) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Quoted by Dinakara on Raghuvaṃśa.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryGajaśāstra (गजशास्त्र):—[=gaja-śāstra] [from gaja > gaj] n. a work treating of elephants or the method of breaking them in [commentator or commentary] on [Pratāparudrīya]
[Sanskrit to German]
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 corpusGajaśāstra (ಗಜಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ):—[noun] the scientific system of domesticating, tending, understanding the characteristics, tendencies, etc. of elephants, considered one of the sixty four essential arts.
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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Partial matches: Shastra, Gaja.
Full-text: Mrigacarmiya, Gajashiksha.
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Matangalila and Hastyayurveda (study) (by Chandrima Das)
Techniques of Capturing Elephants (Introduction) < [Chapter 3]
Summary of the Mātaṅgalīlā < [Chapter 1]
Introducing the two Major Texts: Mātaṅgalīlā and Hastyāyurveda < [Chapter 1]
Elephantology and its Ancient Sanskrit Sources (by Geetha N.)
Chapter 2 - Books on Elephants
Chapter 3 - Hastyayurveda (Hasti Ayurveda)
Shishupala-vadha (Study) (by Shila Chakraborty)
Knowledge of Zoology and Animals in the Śiśupālavadha < [Introduction]
The backdrop of the Srikanthacarita and the Mankhakosa (by Dhrubajit Sarma)
Part 7 - Literary genius of Maṅkhaka < [Chapter II - The Śrīkaṇṭhacarita]