The Sanskrit terms Śvāpuccha and Śvapucchā can be transliterated into English as Svapuccha or Shvapuccha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Shvapuchchha.

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Ayurveda (science of life)

Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Śvapucchā (श्वपुच्छा) is another name for Pṛśniparṇī, a medicinal plant identified with Uraria picta Desv. from the Fabaceae or “legume” family of flowering plants, according to verse 4.37-39 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fourth chapter (śatāhvādi-varga) of this book enumerates eighty varieties of small plants (pṛthu-kṣupa). Together with the names Śvapucchā and Pṛśniparṇī, there are a total of twenty-four Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

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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

Śvāpuccha (श्वापुच्छ).—A dog's tail.

Derivable forms: śvāpucchaḥ (श्वापुच्छः), śvāpuccham (श्वापुच्छम्).

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

Śvapuccha (श्वपुच्छ).—[neuter] a dog’s tail.

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

1) Śvapuccha (श्वपुच्छ):—[=śva-puccha] [from śva > śvan] n. the tail or hind part of a dog, [Pañcatantra]

2) [v.s. ...] Hemionitis Cordifolia, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] (cf. śvā-p).

3) Śvāpuccha (श्वापुच्छ):—[=śvā-puccha] [from śvā > śvan] mfn. or m. = śva-p q.v.

[Sanskrit to German]

Shvapuccha 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.

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Partial matches: Shva, Puccha.

Ends with: Ashvapuccha.

Full-text: Shvadanta, Chata, Prishniparni, Mard, Prakriti.

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