The Sanskrit term Guhāśaya can be transliterated into English as Guhasaya or Guhashaya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: archive.org: Sushruta samhita, Volume I

Animals such as

• the lion,
• tiger,
• wolf,
• hyena,
• arboreal leopard (Vriksha-dipi),
• cat,
• jackal,
• bear,
• and Mriga(-ervaruka?) (a jackal-shaped, deer-eating species of tiger)

belong to the group of the Guhāśayas (cave-dwelling mammals).

The flesh of animals belonging to this family is sweet, heavy, demulcent and strength-giving. It subdues the deranged Vāyu. It is heat-making in its potency, and proves beneficial in diseases affecting the eyes and anus.

The Guhāśaya is a sub-group of the Jāṅghala group (living in high ground and in a jungle).

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Guhāśaya (गुहाशय).—

1) a mouse.

2) a tiger or lion.

3) the Supreme soul.

Derivable forms: guhāśayaḥ (गुहाशयः).

Guhāśaya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms guhā and śaya (शय).

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

Guhāśaya (गुहाशय).—m.

(-yaḥ) 1. A tiger. 2. Any animal or man living in caverns. 3. A name of Vishnu. E. guhā a cave, and āśaya abode.

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

Guhāśaya (गुहाशय).—I. adj. 1. reposing in the heart, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 3, 28, 19. 2. haunting caves, [Suśruta] 1, 200, 7. Ii. m. 1. a tiger. 2. Viṣṇu.

Guhāśaya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms guhā and śaya (शय).

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

Guhāśaya (गुहाशय).—[adjective] living in hiding-places or caverns, also = seq.

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

1) Guhāśaya (गुहाशय):—[=guhā-śaya] [from guhā > guh] mfn. dwelling in hiding-places or in caverns, [Raghuvaṃśa iv, 72; Suśruta]

2) [v.s. ...] being in the heart, [Āpastamba-dharma-sūtra; Muṇḍaka-upaniṣad; Śvetāśvatara-upaniṣad; Mahābhārata xiv; Bhāgavata-purāṇa] (‘Name of Viṣṇu’ [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.])

3) [v.s. ...] m. a tiger, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

1) Guhāśaya (गुहाशय):—[guhā-śaya] (yaḥ) 1. m. A tiger; Vishnu.

2) [guhā+śaya] (yaḥ) 1. m. (God) dwelling deep.

[Sanskrit to German]

Guhashaya 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.

Pali-English dictionary

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Guhāsaya refers to: hiding in the heart; or the shelter of the heart A.IV, 98 (maccupāso+); J.V, 367 (id.); Dh.37 (cittaṃ; see DhA.I, 304). (Page 253)

Note: guhāsaya is a Pali compound consisting of the words guhā and āsaya.

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Saya, Guha, Ashaya.

Ends with: Sarvabhutaguhashaya.

Full-text: Sarvabhutaguhashaya, Riksha, Marjara, Vriksha-dvipin, Mrigervaruka, Vrika, Simha, Vyaghra, Tarakshu, Shrigala.

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