Jyotsnapriya, Jyotsna-priya, Jyotsnāpriya: 7 definitions
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Jyotsnapriya (ज्योत्स्नप्रिय) (lit. “one who adores the moonlight”) is a synonym (another name) for the Cakora, 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.
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
Jyotsnāpriya (ज्योत्स्नाप्रिय).—the Chakora bird.
Derivable forms: jyotsnāpriyaḥ (ज्योत्स्नाप्रियः).
Jyotsnāpriya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms jyotsnā and priya (प्रिय).
Jyotsnāpriya (ज्योत्स्नाप्रिय).—m.
(-yaḥ) The Chakora or Greek partridge. E. jyotsnā moonlight, and priya fond of; this bird is said to feed upon the moonbeams.
Jyotsnāpriya (ज्योत्स्नाप्रिय):—[=jyotsnā-priya] [from jyotsnā > jyut] m. ‘fond of moonlight’, the bird Cakora, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Jyotsnāpriya (ज्योत्स्नाप्रिय):—[jyotsnā-priya] (yaḥ) 1. m. The Greek partridge. a. Loving moonlight.
Jyotsnāpriya (ज्योत्स्नाप्रिय):—(jyo + priya) m. ein Freund des Mondscheins, der Vogel Cakora [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1339.]
Jyotsnāpriya (ज्योत्स्नाप्रिय):—m. der Vogel Cakora.
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