Mayurika, Mayūrikā, Māyūrika: 7 definitions
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Mayurika means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭuMayūrikā (मयूरिका) is another name for Ambaṣṭhā, an unidentified medicinal plant, according to verse 4.77-79 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fourth chapter (śatāhvādi-varga) of this book enumerates eighty varieties of small plants (pṛthu-kṣupa). Ambaṣṭhā is a highly controversial plant. Vaidyas use different plants at different places for this. The reason is the confused description of the drug by various authors. Together with the names Mayūrikā and Ambaṣṭhā, there are a total of sixteen Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
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 dictionaryMayūrikā (मयूरिका).—f.
1) A nose-ring; मनोज्ञनासिकान्यस्तचित्ररत्नमयूरिकाम् (manojñanāsikānyastacitraratnamayūrikām) Śiva B.2.5.
2) A kind of venomous insect.
3) Hibiscus Cannabinus (Mar. bheṃḍī, aṃbāḍī).
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Māyūrika (मायूरिक).—
1) A peacock-catcher.
2) One who makes various articles with peacock feathers; Rām.2.83.13 (com. māyūrakā līlāmayūragrāhiṇaḥ yadvā mayūra- picchaiśchatrādivyajanakāriṇaḥ).
Derivable forms: māyūrikaḥ (मायूरिकः).
See also (synonyms): māyūraka.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryMāyūrika (मायूरिक).—m.
(-kaḥ) A hunter or killer of peacocks. E. mayūra a peacock, and ṭhak aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Mayūrikā (मयूरिका):—[from mayūraka > mayūra] f. a kind of venomous insect, [Suśruta]
2) [v.s. ...] Hibiscus Cannabinus, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) Māyūrikā (मायूरिका):—[from māyūraka > māyūra] f. (in music) a [particular] Rāgiṇī, [Saṃgīta-sārasaṃgraha]
4) Māyūrika (मायूरिक):—[from māyūra] m. a peacock-catcher, [Rāmāyaṇa]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryMāyūrika (मायूरिक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. Killer of peacocks.
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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: Mayurikabandha, Mayurikabandham.
Ends with: Putimayurika.
Full-text: Mayuraka, Morika, Mayurikabandham, Putimayurika, Mayura.
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