The Sanskrit term Koyaṣṭika can be transliterated into English as Koyastika or Koyashtika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)

Source: archive.org: The mirror of gesture (abhinaya-darpana)

One of the Hands that indicate Flying Creatures.—Paddy-bird (koyaṣṭika),the Arāla-patāka hand, i.e., Arāla with the right hand, Patāka with the left, and the hands touching.

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Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: archive.org: Sushruta samhita, Volume I

Koyaṣṭika (कोयष्टिक)—Sanskrit word for a bird corresponding to “lapwing” (Vanellus sp.). This animal is from the group called Pratuda (which peck). Pratuda itself is a sub-group of the group of animals known as Jāṅghala (living in high ground and in a jungle).

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Koyaṣṭika (कोयष्टिक).—

1) The lapwing; काश्मर्याः कृतमालमुद्गतदलं कोयष्टिकष्टीकते (kāśmaryāḥ kṛtamālamudgatadalaṃ koyaṣṭikaṣṭīkate) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 9.7; Manusmṛti 5.13; Y.1.173.

2) A small white crane.

Derivable forms: koyaṣṭikaḥ (कोयष्टिकः).

See also (synonyms): koyaṣṭi.

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

Koyaṣṭika (कोयष्टिक).—m.

(-kaḥ) The lapwing. E. ka water, yaṣṭi a line or row, kan added, deriv. irr.; also koyaṣṭi. These birds are found in the vicinity of marshes, &c.

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

Koyaṣṭika (कोयष्टिक).—[koyaṣṭi + ka], m. A kind of bird [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 5, 13; Mahābhārata 13, 2835.

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

Koyaṣṭika (कोयष्टिक).—[masculine] the lapwing.

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

Koyaṣṭika (कोयष्टिक):—[from ko-yaṣṭi] m. idem, [Mahābhārata xiii, 2835; Rāmāyaṇa iii, 78, 23 and vi, 15, 9; Suśruta; Mālatīmādhava]

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

Koyaṣṭika (कोयष्टिक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. Idem.

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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

Kōyaṣṭika (ಕೋಯಷ್ಟಿಕ):—[noun] = ಕೋಯಷ್ಟಿ [koyashti].

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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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Full-text: Koyashti, Kuyashtika, Kotthaka, Madhuka.

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