Siravyadhana, Sirāvyadhana, Sira-vyadhana: 3 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarySirāvyadhana (सिराव्यधन).—venesection.
Derivable forms: sirāvyadhanam (सिराव्यधनम्).
Sirāvyadhana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sirā and vyadhana (व्यधन). See also (synonyms): sirāmokṣa, sirāvyadha.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionarySirāvyadhana (सिराव्यधन):—[=sirā-vyadhana] [from sirā] n. ([Suśruta]) piercing the veins, venesection.
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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: Vyadhana, Sira, Cira.
Full-text: Siravyadha, Shiramoksha.
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