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Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)

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

Kuhūrava (कुहूरव) [or simply Kuhū] (lit. “one who calls out as kuhu”) is a synonym (another name) for the [Female] Cuckoo (Kokila), 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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kuhurava (कुहुरव) or Kuhūrava (कुहूरव).—the (Indian) cuckoo.

Derivable forms: kuhuravaḥ (कुहुरवः), kuhūravaḥ (कुहूरवः).

Kuhurava is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kuhu and rava (रव). See also (synonyms): kuhukaṇṭha, kuhumukha, kuhuśabda.

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

Kuhūrava (कुहूरव).—m.

(-vaḥ) The Kokila. E. kuhū, and rava sound.

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

1) Kuhurava (कुहुरव):—[=kuhu-rava] [from kuhu] m. the cry of the Kokila, [Mahābhārata xv, 724.]

2) Kuhūrava (कुहूरव):—[=kuhū-rava] [from kuhū] m. idem, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] = kuhu-rava, [Naiṣadha-carita ix, 38.]

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

Kuhūrava (कुहूरव):—[kuhū-rava] (vaḥ) 1. m. Idem.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kuhurava 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

Kuhūrava (ಕುಹೂರವ):—

1) [noun] the call of a cuckoo; any sweet and loving sound imitating it.

2) [noun] the cuckoo itself.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Kuhu, Rava.

Full-text: Kuhu, Kuhurata, Kuhushabda, Kuhukantha, Kuhumukha.

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