Shakhamriga, Śākhāmṛga, Shakha-mriga: 11 definitions
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Shakhamriga means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Śākhāmṛga can be transliterated into English as Sakhamrga or Shakhamriga, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
Śākhāmṛga (शाखामृग) refers to the Capped langur [leaf monkey] (Presbytis Pileatus), according to scientific texts such as the Mṛgapakṣiśāstra (Mriga-pakshi-shastra) or “the ancient Indian science of animals and birds” by Hamsadeva, containing the varieties and descriptions of the animals and birds seen in the Sanskrit Epics such as the Ramayana and Mahabharata.
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.
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Śākhāmṛga (शाखामृग) refers to “monkeys”, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 12), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “Hear now the effects of the heliacal rising of Canopus (Agastya), a star sacred to Agastya who suppressed the Vindhya mountains whose soaring heights obstructed the course of the Sun; [...] whose summits appeared to score the starry vault; whose rocks were full of buzzing bees scared by the violent pulling of flower trees by wild elephants and were also the abodes of hyenas, of bears, of tigers and of monkeys [i.e., tarakṣa-ṛkṣa-śārdūla-śākhāmṛga-adhyāsita]; through which lay the secret course of the Ravi which appeared to embrace its bosom with the affection of a mistress; and in whose forests dwelt the Devas and also Brāhmaṇa recluses, some subsisting on water, some on roots, some on the air and some altogether without food”.
Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
śākhāmṛga (शाखामृग).—m S (Branch-animal.) A descriptive or allusive name for a monkey or ape, or for a squirrel.
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
Śākhāmṛga (शाखामृग).—
1) a monkey, an ape; एतां दृष्ट्वा स्त्रियो मेऽन्या यथा शाखामृगस्त्रियः (etāṃ dṛṣṭvā striyo me'nyā yathā śākhāmṛgastriyaḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 3.267. 3.
2) a squirrel.
Derivable forms: śākhāmṛgaḥ (शाखामृगः).
Śākhāmṛga is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śākhā and mṛga (मृग).
Śākhāmṛga (शाखामृग).—m.
(-gaḥ) 1. A monkey, an ape. 2. A squirrel. E. śākhā the branch of a tree, mṛga a deer.
Śākhāmṛga (शाखामृग).—m. 1. a monkey, [Pañcatantra] 94, 3. 2. a squirrel.
Śākhāmṛga is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śākhā and mṛga (मृग).
Śākhāmṛga (शाखामृग).—[masculine] ape (branch-animal).
1) Śākhāmṛga (शाखामृग):—[=śākhā-mṛga] [from śākhā > śākh] m. ‘branch-animal’, a monkey, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa; Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] a squirrel, [Horace H. Wilson]
Śākhāmṛga (शाखामृग):—[śākhā-mṛga] (gaḥ) 1. m. A monkey or ape.
Śākhāmṛga (शाखामृग):—m. Affe [Amarakoṣa 2, 5, 3.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1292.] [Halāyudha 2, 76.] [Mahābhārata 3, 2464. 11559.] [Rāmāyaṇa] [Gorresio 2, 103, 7. 3, 79, 51. 4, 16, 23. 5, 95, 14. 6, 71, 27.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 12, 6. 24, 21. 27, 3.] [Brahmapurāṇa] in [Lassen’s Anthologie (III) 51, 13.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 6, 20. 10, 67, 11.] [Pañcatantra 94, 3.] Davon tva n. die Natur eines Affen [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 1, 21.]
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
Śākhāmṛga (ಶಾಖಾಮೃಗ):—[noun] = ಶಾಖಾಚರ [shakhacara].
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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Partial matches (+0): Mriga, Shakha.
Starts with (+0): Shakhamrigaganayuta, Shakhamriganikapati, Shakhamrigatva.
Full-text (+0): Shakhamrigatva, Shakhamrigaganayuta, Shakhamriganikapati, Cakamirukam, Shalamriga, Latamriga, Shardula, Taraksha, Adhyasita, Stri, Mahamatra, Riksha.
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