The Sanskrit term Śukanāsikā can be transliterated into English as Sukanasika or Shukanasika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)

Source: Wisdom Library: Rasa-śāstra

Śukanāsikā (शुकनासिका):—One of the sixty-eight Rasauṣadhi, very powerful drugs known to be useful in alchemical processes related to mercury (rasa), according to Rasaprakāśa-sudhākara (chapter 9).

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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

śukanāsika (शुकनासिक).—a S Having an aquiline (parrot) nose.

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śukanāsikā (शुकनासिका).—f S (Parrot-nose.) An aquiline or Roman nose.

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

śukanāsika (शुकनासिक).—a Having an aquiline (parrot) nose.

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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

Śukanāsikā (शुकनासिका).—an aquiline nose.

Śukanāsikā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śuka and nāsikā (नासिका).

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

1) Śukanāsikā (शुकनासिका):—[=śuka-nāsikā] [from śuka] f. a p°, nose, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

2) [v.s. ...] a nose like that of a p°, [ib.]

3) [v.s. ...] an aquiline n°, [ib.]

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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.

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Partial matches: Shuka, Nasika.

Full-text: Rasaushadhi.

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