The Sanskrit term Pakṣavadha can be transliterated into English as Paksavadha or Pakshavadha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pakṣavadha (पक्षवध).—paralysis of one side.

Derivable forms: pakṣavadhaḥ (पक्षवधः).

Pakṣavadha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pakṣa and vadha (वध).

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

Pakṣavadha (पक्षवध):—[=pakṣa-vadha] [from pakṣa > pakṣ] m. ‘side stroke’, paralysis of one side, [Caraka; Bhāvaprakāśa]

[Sanskrit to German]

Pakshavadha 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

Pakṣavadha (ಪಕ್ಷವಧ):—[noun] complete or partial loss of function esp. voluntary motion or of sensation in a part of the body either permenantly or temporarily; paralysis.

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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: Paksha, Vadha.

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