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Source: archive.org: Vagbhata’s Ashtanga Hridaya Samhita (first 5 chapters)

Rāṅkava (राङ्कव) or Rāṅkavavastra is equated to Kaucava (“goat’s-hair sheet”), which is mentioned in verse 3.13 of the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā (Sūtrasthāna) by Vāgbhaṭa.—Kaucava “goat’s-hair sheet”, equated to (citra-)kambala, tavaraka, and rāṅkava(-vastra), is understood as “a fabric made of goat’s hair dyed with safflower juice”—(kausumbharasaraktacchāgaromanirmito ghanaḥ Indu). The Tibetan reu-bal la-ba (“kid’s-wool blanket” agrees on the whole with this definition. CD read reu-bal chen, which may be interpreted to mean “kid’s-wool fabrics”, by analogy with phrases like gos chen (“silk fabrics”). In Mahāvyutpatti 5861 bal la-ba corresponds to kocava.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Rāṅkava (राङ्कव).—a. (-vī f.) [रङ्कोरयं विकारो वा तल्लोमजातत्वात् अण् (raṅkorayaṃ vikāro vā tallomajātatvāt aṇ)] Belonging to the species of deer called raṅku, or made from its hair; woollen; ताः कस्तूरीपरिमलमुचः पट्टिका राङ्क- वाणाम् (tāḥ kastūrīparimalamucaḥ paṭṭikā rāṅka- vāṇām) Vikr.18.31; राङ्कवाणि तथौर्णानि (rāṅkavāṇi tathaurṇāni) Śiva B.3.21.

-vam 1 A woollen cloth made of deer's hair, a woollen garment; Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.171.2.

2) A blanket.

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

Rāṅkava (राङ्कव).—mfn.

(-vaḥ-vī-vaṃ) Woolen, made of the hair of a sort of deer or any other animal. n.

(-vaṃ) A woolen garment. made of the deer’s hair, a blanket. E. raṅku a kind of deer, aṇ aff.

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

Rāṅkava (राङ्कव).—i. e. raṅka + a, adj. Made of the hair of the raṅku, [Rāmāyaṇa] 3, 49, 15.

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

Rāṅkava (राङ्कव).—[adjective] beloNgiNg to the antelope called Raṅku, made of deer’s hair, woollen; [masculine] a woollen cover.

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

1) Rāṅkava (राङ्कव):—mf(ī)n. belonging to the Raṅku deer, [Mahābhārata]

2) made from the hair of the R° deer, woollen, [ib.; Rāmāyaṇa]

3) coming from Raṅku (said of animals), [Pāṇini 4-2, 100]

4) m. a woollen cover or blanket, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa]

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

Rāṅkava (राङ्कव):—[(vaḥ-vī-vaṃ) a.] Woollen; made of hair. n. Woollen garment.

[Sanskrit to German]

Rankava 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

Rāṃkava (ರಾಂಕವ):—[adjective] made of the hair of ರಂಕು, [ramku,] a kind of spotted deer.

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Rāṃkava (ರಾಂಕವ):—[noun] a shawl, blanket, etc. made of the hair of ರಂಕು, [ramku,] a kind of spotted deer.

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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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Starts with: Rankavajina, Rankavajinasamsparsha, Rankavajinashayin, Rankavaka, Rankavakutashayin, Rankavastarana, Rankavastrita, Rankavavastra, Rankavayana.

Full-text: Rankavastarana, Rankavajina, Rankavakutashayin, Rankavastrita, Rankavajinashayin, Rankavajinasamsparsha, Rankavaka, Rankavayana, Kutikrita, Ranku, Tavaraka, Kambala, Rankavavastra, Citrakambala, Kaucava, Kocava.

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