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

Grāmakukkuṭa (ग्रामकुक्कुट) refers to a “domestic cock” and is a synonym (another name) for the Kukkuṭa, 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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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Grāmakukkuṭa (ग्रामकुक्कुट).—a domestic cock; Manusmṛti 5.12,19.

Derivable forms: grāmakukkuṭaḥ (ग्रामकुक्कुटः).

Grāmakukkuṭa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms grāma and kukkuṭa (कुक्कुट).

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

Grāmakukkuṭa (ग्रामकुक्कुट).—m.

(-ṭaḥ) A tame or domestic cock. E. grāma, and kkakuṭa a cock.

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

Grāmakukkuṭa (ग्रामकुक्कुट).—m. a town-cock, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 5, 12.

Grāmakukkuṭa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms grāma and kukkuṭa (कुक्कुट).

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

Grāmakukkuṭa (ग्रामकुक्कुट).—[masculine] village or house cock.

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

Grāmakukkuṭa (ग्रामकुक्कुट):—[=grāma-kukkuṭa] [from grāma] m. a domestic cock, [Manu-smṛti v, 12 and 19; Yājñavalkya i, 176.]

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

Grāmakukkuṭa (ग्रामकुक्कुट):—[grāma-kukkuṭa] (ṭaḥ) 1. m. A tame cock.

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Gramakukkuta 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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Partial matches: Kukkuta, Grama.

Full-text: Kukkuta.

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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)

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