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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

Kikīdivi (किकीदिवि) refers to the Kashmir Roller (Coracias garrulous), 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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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Kikidivi (किकिदिवि).—m.

(-viḥ) The blue jay. E. kiki, an imitative sound and div to play, ki affix; also in other forms kiki, kikidiva, kikidīvi, kikīdivī.

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Kikīdīvi (किकीदीवि).—m.

(-viḥ) See kikidivi.

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

Kikidīvi (किकिदीवि).—[masculine] the blue jay.

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

1) Kikidivi (किकिदिवि):—[=kiki-divi] [from kiki] m. a blue jay, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) Kikidīvi (किकिदीवि):—[=kiki-dīvi] [from kiki] m. idem, [Ṛg-veda x, 97, 13]

3) [v.s. ...] a partridge, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā v, 6, 22, 1.]

4) Kikīdivi (किकीदिवि):—[=kikī-divi] [from kikī > kiki] m. idem, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

5) Kikīdīvi (किकीदीवि):—[=kikī-dīvi] [from kikī > kiki] m. idem, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

1) Kikidivi (किकिदिवि):—[kiki-divi] (viḥ) 2. m. Idem,

2) Kikīdīvi (किकीदीवि):—[kikī-dīvi] (viḥ) 2. m. Idem.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kikidivi 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kikīdivi (ಕಿಕೀದಿವಿ):—

1) [noun] any of several birds of the family Coraciidae that tumble or roll over in flight as Coracias indica.

2) [noun] Boracus Indica the flight of which is consulted as an omen, Coracias benghalensis, etc.; the Indian roller.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Partial matches: Divi, Kiki, Tivi.

Full-text: Kikidiva, Kiki, Divi, Kikin.

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