The Sanskrit terms Pavanāśin and Pavanāśi and Pavanāśī can be transliterated into English as Pavanasin or Pavanashin or Pavanasi or Pavanashi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Toxicology (Study and Treatment of poison)

Source: Shodhganga: Kasyapa Samhita—Text on Visha Chikitsa

Pavanāśin (पवनाशिन्) (lit. “one who feeds on air”) refers to one of the names of a snake, according to the Ādiparva of the Mahābhārata, which gives a long list of serpents that were killed in the sarpasatra performed by king Janamejaya who wanted to avenge his father Parīkṣit’s death which was caused by the deadly Takṣaka.

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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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pavanāśin (पवनाशिन्).—m. a snake.

Pavanāśin is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pavana and āśin (आशिन्).

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

Pavanāśin (पवनाशिन्).—[masculine] snake (l. wind-eater).

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

Pavanāśin (पवनाशिन्):—[from pavana > pava] m. = nāśa, [Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa]

[Sanskrit to German]

Pavanashin 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

Pavanāśi (ಪವನಾಶಿ):—[noun] = ಪವನಭಕ್ಷಣ [pavanabhakshana].

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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: Ashin, Asi, Pavana, Aci.

Ends with: Salilapavanashin.

Full-text: Vatashin, Salilapavanashin, Ashin.

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