The Sanskrit term Praśastakara can be transliterated into English as Prasastakara or Prashastakara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)

Source: archive.org: The Elephant Lore of the Hindus

Praśastakara (प्रशस्तकर) refers to the “praiseworthy trunks” (of elephants), according to the 15th century Mātaṅgalīlā composed by Nīlakaṇṭha in 263 Sanskrit verses, dealing with elephantology in ancient India, focusing on the science of management and treatment of elephants.—[Cf. chapter 1, “on the origin of elephants”]: “[...] The creation of elephants was holy, and for the profit of sacrifice to the Gods, and especially for the welfare of kings. Therefore it is clear that elephants must be zealously tended. [...] Because they are provided with an excellent ‘hand’ (trunk) (praśastakara), they are called karin, and also dantin (tusked; not explained as being obvious); sindhura, because they delight in rivers; thus we have the list of etymologies (of their names)”.

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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: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Praśastakara (प्रशस्तकर):—[=praśasta-kara] [from praśasta > pra-śaṃs] m. Name of an author (perhaps the writer of a [work] entitled Praśasta), [Catalogue(s)]

[Sanskrit to German]

Prashastakara 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: Prashasta, Kaara, Kara.

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Padarthadharmasamgraha and Nyayakandali (by Ganganatha Jha)

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