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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

Kāga (काग) (lit. “one who makes the sound ‘kā-ga’”) is a synonym (another name) for the Crow (Kāka), 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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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

kāgā (कागा).—m (kāga S) A crow. Pr. śambhara varṣēṃ kāgā hajāra varṣēṃ nāgā.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

kāga (काग).—m A crow.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kāga (काग).—A crow; cf. काक (kāka).

Derivable forms: kāgaḥ (कागः).

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

Kāga (काग).—m.

(-gaḥ) A crow: (in the dialects, a raven.) E. kā an imitative sound, and ga who sings, from gai with ḍa or ka aff.

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

Kāga (काग):—m. (cf. kāka) a crow (in Prākṛt dialects ‘a raven’), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

1) Kaga (कग):—(e ma) kagati 1. a. To move.

2) Kāga (काग):—(gaḥ) 1. m. A crow.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kaga 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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Kāga (काग) [Also spelled kag]:—(nm) a crow; cork.

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See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with (+58): Kaga-purale-gida, Kagabala, Kagabbu, Kagada, Kagada-uppu-naerale, Kagadaca Ghoda, Kagadada-hu, Kagadahala, Kagadahu, Kagadakutari, Kagadali, Kagadapatra, Kagadauppunerale, Kagadega, Kagadi, Kagadi Cimva, Kagadi Jvana, Kagadi Khabutara, Kagadi Nimbum, Kagadi Velu.

Ends with: Asvakaga, Asvikaga, Bhote-kaga, Cakkaga, Duma-kaga, Ekaga, Gamdekaga, Kuhirako-kaga, Lekali-kaga, Oruvakkaka, Panikaga, Paralokaga, Ratocucce-kaga, Rijukaga, Sikkaga.

Full-text (+27): Kag, Kagam, Makappiranam, Kagali, Dum-kaag, Megharaga, Makanemi, Makalolam, Vetavirutti, Nirruntai, Naraiyun-tiraiyumillan, Porcceval, Nanasnanam, Ekatci, Kaga-purale-gida, Taramtar, Pintavirtti, Ciru-venkakkai, Tulluppotu, Parampati.

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