The Sanskrit terms Śatapatraka and Śātapatraka can be transliterated into English as Satapatraka or Shatapatraka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)

Source: Shodhganga: Portrayal of Animal Kingdom (Tiryaks) in Epics An Analytical study

Śatapatraka (शतपत्रक) refers to the Greater flameback woodpecker (Chrysocolaptes lucidus), 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.

Unclassified Ayurveda definitions

Source: archive.org: Sushruta samhita, Volume I

Śatapatraka (शतपत्रक)—Sanskrit word for a bird. This animal is from the group called Pratuda (which peck). Pratuda itself is a sub-group of the group of animals known as Jāṅghala (living in high ground and in a jungle).

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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.

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Shodhganga: The saurapurana - a critical study

Śatapatraka (शतपत्रक) flowers are used in worship in the month Āśvina for the Anaṅgatrayodaśī-Vrata, according to the 10th century Saurapurāṇa: one of the various Upapurāṇas depicting Śaivism.—Accordingly, the Anaṅgatrayodaśī-vrata is observed in honour of Śiva for acquiring virtue, great fortune, wealth and for destruction of sins [...] This vrata is to be performed for a year from Mārgaśīra.—In the month of Āśvina, the tooth-brush is that of durvā-wood. The food taken is svamodaka. The deity to be worshipped is Tridaśādhipati. The flowers used in worship are śatapatraka. The naivedya offerings is guṇaka. The result accrued equals gift of crores of gold.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śātapatraka (शातपत्रक).—Moonlight.

Derivable forms: śātapatrakaḥ (शातपत्रकः).

See also (synonyms): śātapatrakī.

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Śatapatraka (शतपत्रक).—the wood-pecker.

Derivable forms: śatapatrakaḥ (शतपत्रकः).

Śatapatraka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śata and patraka (पत्रक).

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

Śatapatraka (शतपत्रक).—m.

(-kaḥ) The wood-pecker. E. kan added to the last, q. v.

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

Śatapatraka (शतपत्रक):—[śata-patraka] (kaḥ) 1. m. The woodpecker.

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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

Śatapatraka (ಶತಪತ್ರಕ):—[noun] = ಶತಪತ್ರ - [shatapatra -] 3.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Patraka, Shata.

Full-text: Shatapatraki, Vishkira, Shatapatra, Pratuda, Durva, Gunaka, Tridashadhipati, Anangatrayodashi.

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