The Sanskrit term Pṛṣṭhavaṃśa can be transliterated into English as Prsthavamsa or Prishthavamsha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

Pṛṣṭhavaṃśa (पृष्ठवंश):—[pṛṣṭhavaṃśaḥ] Backbone. Spine, Vertebral column. Cavity of the Spinal Column that contains the spinal cord.

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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

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

pṛṣṭhavaṃśa (पृष्ठवंश).—m S (Bamboo of the back.) The spinal column or back-bone.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

pṛṣṭhavaṃśa (पृष्ठवंश).—m The spinal column or back-bone.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pṛṣṭhavaṃśa (पृष्ठवंश).—the back-bone.

Derivable forms: pṛṣṭhavaṃśaḥ (पृष्ठवंशः).

Pṛṣṭhavaṃśa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pṛṣṭha and vaṃśa (वंश).

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

Pṛṣṭhavaṃśa (पृष्ठवंश).—m.

(-śaḥ) The back-bone. E. pṛṣṭha the back, and vaṃśa a bamboo.

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

Pṛṣṭhavaṃśa (पृष्ठवंश).—m. the back-bone, [Suśruta] 1, 350, 2.

Pṛṣṭhavaṃśa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pṛṣṭha and vaṃśa (वंश).

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

1) Pṛṣṭhavaṃśa (पृष्ठवंश):—[=pṛṣṭha-vaṃśa] [from pṛṣṭha] a m. the back-bone, [Suśruta]

2) [v.s. ...] b the beam of the roof of a house, [Hir.]

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

Pṛṣṭhavaṃśa (पृष्ठवंश):—[pṛṣṭha-vaṃśa] (śaḥ) 1. m. The backbone.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Pṛṣṭhavaṃśa (पृष्ठवंश) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Paṭṭhīvaṃsa.

[Sanskrit to German]

Prishthavamsha 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Vamsha, Prishtha.

Starts with: Prishthavamshadhara.

Full-text: Patthivamsa, Talpala, Patesa.

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