The Sanskrit terms Kāṣṭhakuṭa and Kāṣṭhakūṭa can be transliterated into English as Kasthakuta or Kashthakuta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kāṣṭhakuṭa (काष्ठकुट) or Kāṣṭhakūṭa (काष्ठकूट).—a wood-pecker; Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1.332 (a worm generally found in wood).

Derivable forms: kāṣṭhakuṭaḥ (काष्ठकुटः), kāṣṭhakūṭaḥ (काष्ठकूटः).

Kāṣṭhakuṭa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kāṣṭha and kuṭa (कुट). See also (synonyms): kāṣṭhabhaṅgin.

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

Kāṣṭhakūṭa (काष्ठकूट).—m. A kind of bird, probably = kāṣṭha-kuṭṭa, [Pañcatantra] 80, 12.

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

Kāṣṭhakūṭa (काष्ठकूट):—[=kāṣṭha-kūṭa] [from kāṣṭha] m. = -kuṭṭa, [Pañcatantra]

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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: Kashtha, Kuta.

Ends with: Himali-kashthakuta.

Full-text: Kashthalekhaka, Kashthabhangin.

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