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Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)

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

Kekin (केकिन्) (lit. “one whose calls are known as kekā”) is a synonym (another name) for the Peacock (Mayūra), 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

Kekin (केकिन्).—m. A peacock; इतः केकिक्रीडाकलकलरवः पक्ष्मलदृशाम् (itaḥ kekikrīḍākalakalaravaḥ pakṣmaladṛśām) Bhartṛhari 1.93; अकेकी किं केकी किमु कलरवोऽसौ क्षतरवः (akekī kiṃ kekī kimu kalaravo'sau kṣataravaḥ) Subhās.

See also (synonyms): kekāvala, kekika.

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

Kekin (केकिन्).—m. (-kī) A peacock. E. kekā the cry of the bird, and ini aff.

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

Kekin (केकिन्).—i. e. kekā + in, m. A peacock, [Bhartṛhari, (ed. Bohlen.)] 1, 44.

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

Kekin (केकिन्):—[from kekā] m. ([gana] vrīhy-ādi) idem, [Bhartṛhari i, 44; Skanda-purāṇa]

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

Kekin (केकिन्):—(kī) 5. m. Idem.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kekin 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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Starts with: Kekinartana.

Full-text: Kekika, Kekishikha, Kekavala, Keka.

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Animal Kingdom (Tiryak) in Epics (by Saranya P.S)

Chapter 4.31 - The Mayura (Peacock) in the Epics

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Hanuman Nataka (critical study) (by Nurima Yeasmin)

7. Information of Various Flora and Fauna < [Chapter 5]

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