Tarakshu, Tarakṣu: 14 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Tarakṣu can be transliterated into English as Taraksu or Tarakshu, 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 studyTarakṣu (तरक्षु) refers to the Striped Hyena (Hyaena Hyaena), 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: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botanyTarakṣu (तरक्षु) is a Sanskrit word referring to the animal “hyena”. The meat of this animal is part of the māṃsavarga (‘group of flesh’), which is used throughout Ayurvedic literature. The animal Tarakṣu is part of the sub-group named prasaha, refering to animals “who take their food by snatching”. It was classified by Caraka in his Carakasaṃhitā sūtrasthāna (chapter 27), a classical Ayurvedic work. Caraka defined such groups (vargas) based on the dietic properties of the substance.
Source: archive.org: Sushruta samhita, Volume ITarakṣu (तरक्षु)—Sanskrit word for the animal “hyena”. This animal is from the group called Guhāśaya (‘which have a lair’, or, ‘cave-dwelling mammals’). Guhāśaya itself is a sub-group of the group of animals known as Jāṅghala (living in high ground and in a jungle).
Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of termsTarakṣu (तरक्षु):—Hyena.
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.
Dharmashastra (religious law)
Source: Prācyā: Animals and animal products as reflected in Smṛti textsTarakṣu (तरक्षु) refers to the animal “Hyena” (Hyaena hyaena).—The Smṛtis mention several domestic as well as wild animals that are enumerated in context of specifying expiation for killing them, the flesh being used as a dietary article to give satisfaction to the Manes (Pitṛs) in Śrāddha rites, the law of transmigration due to various sins committed as well as in the context of specifying gifts to be given on various occasions. These animals [viz., Tarakṣu] are chiefly mentioned in the Manusmṛti, Parāśarasmṛti [Chap.6], Gautamasmṛti [17.2 and 15.1], Śātātapasmṛti [II.45-54], Uśānasmṛti [IX.7-9; IX.12-13], Yājñavalkyasmṛti [I.170-171; I.175; I.258- 260], Viṣṇusmṛti [51.3;51.6;51.26;51.33;80.3-14], Uttarāṅgirasasmṛti [X.15-17], Prajāpatismṛti [Śrāddhatyājyavastuvarṇanam. 138-143], 9 Kāśyapasmṛti [Section on Prāyaścittavarṇanam], Vṛddha Hārītasmṛti [6.253-255] and Kātyāyanasmṛti [27.11].
Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्र, dharmaśāstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryTarakṣu (तरक्षु).—
1) A hyena; तरक्षुस्तु मृगादनः (tarakṣustu mṛgādanaḥ)......तरक्षुकुलसेवितान् (tarakṣukulasevitān) Śiva. B.2.44.
2) A tiger; Mahābhārata (Bombay) 13.131.1. (See com. of Nīlakaṇṭha.)
Derivable forms: tarakṣuḥ (तरक्षुः).
See also (synonyms): tarakṣa.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryTarakṣu (तरक्षु).—m.
(-kṣuḥ) A hyena. E. tara a road, and kṣi to anoy, affix ḍu infesting the road; also with kan added tarakṣuka m.
(-kaḥ) or with ḍa affix tarakṣa m.
(-kṣaḥ) but not common. taraṃ gatiṃ mārgaṃ vā kṣiṇoti .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryTarakṣu (तरक्षु).—m. A hyena, [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 94, 7.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryTarakṣu (तरक्षु).—[masculine] hyena.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryTarakṣu (तरक्षु):—[from tarakṣa] m. a hyena, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā xxiv, 40; Maitrāyaṇī-saṃhitā iii, 14, 21; Gopatha-brāhmaṇa i, 2, 8; Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa 9373; Rāmāyaṇa; Suśruta]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryTarakṣu (तरक्षु):—[tara-kṣu] (kṣuḥ) 2. m. Hyena.
[Sanskrit to German]
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 corpusTarakṣu (ತರಕ್ಷು):—
1) [noun] any of various large, ferocious cats, including the jaguar and snow leopard; esp., a species (Panthera pardus) of usu. having a tawny coat spotted with black; a leopard.
2) [noun] a wolf-like carnivore (family Hyaenidae) with powerful jaws, a bristly mane, short hind legs, and a characteristic shrill cry; a heyna.
3) [noun] a large, carnivorous, tawny-coloured and black-striped feline, Panthera tigris; a tiger.
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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