Saptarakta, Saptan-rakta: 6 definitions
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In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
Saptarakta (सप्तरक्त) refers to “(those elephants) having the seven red parts”, 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 4, “on marks of longevity”]: “2. Having the seven red parts (saptarakta-tanu) and the six elevated parts, of majestic spirit, fragrant, having the color of dark-blue clouds, loud-roaring, having a double or triple skin (thick-skinned), these are long lived”.
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
Saptarakta (सप्तरक्त).—one who has got the seven parts of the body red; (pāṇipādatale rakte netrāntaranakhāni ca | tālukādhara- jihvāśca praśastā saptaraktatā ||).
Derivable forms: saptaraktaḥ (सप्तरक्तः).
Saptarakta is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms saptan and rakta (रक्त).
Saptarakta (सप्तरक्त).—m. Plu.
(-ktāḥ) The seven external parts of the body of a red colour, or the palms of the hands, the soles of the feet, the cor- ners of the eyes, the tongue, the palate, the lips and nails. E. sapta seven, and rakta red or blood.
Saptarakta (सप्तरक्त):—[=sapta-rakta] [from sapta > saptan] n. sg. the 7 red-coloured parts of the body (viz. palms of hands, soles of feet, nails, eye-corners, tongue, palate, lips), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Saptarakta (सप्तरक्त):—[sapta-rakta] (ktāḥ) 1. m. The seven red parts of the body, palms, soles of the feet, corners of the eyes, tongue, palate, lips, and nails.
Saptarakta (सप्तरक्त):—n. die sieben rothen Theile am menschlichen Körper: pāṇipādatalau raktau netrāntaranakhāni ca . tālukādharajihvāśca saptaraktaṃ praśasyate .. [SĀMUDRAKA im Śabdakalpadruma]
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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