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

Madanapāṭhaka (मदनपाठक) (lit. “one who speaks out for Madana”) 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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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Madanapāṭhaka (मदनपाठक).—the cuckoo.

Derivable forms: madanapāṭhakaḥ (मदनपाठकः).

Madanapāṭhaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms madana and pāṭhaka (पाठक).

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

Madanapāṭhaka (मदनपाठक).—m.

(-kaḥ) The Kokila or Indian cuckoo. E. madana spring, and pāṭhaka reader; announcing the season.

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

Madanapāṭhaka (मदनपाठक).—m. the Indian cuckoo.

Madanapāṭhaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms madana and pāṭhaka (पाठक).

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

Madanapāthaka (मदनपाथक):—[=madana-pāthaka] [from madana > mad] m. ‘announcer of love or the spring’, the Indian cuckoo, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Madanapāṭhaka (मदनपाठक):—[madana-pāṭhaka] (kaḥ) 1. m. The cuckoo.

[Sanskrit to German]

Madanapathaka 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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Partial matches: Pathaka, Madana.

Full-text: Matanapatakam.

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