Ukshan, Ukṣan: 10 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Ukṣan can be transliterated into English as Uksan or Ukshan, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Source: Shodhganga: Portrayal of Animal Kingdom (Tiryaks) in Epics An Analytical studyUkṣan (उक्षन्) refers to the Hanana breed of the Bullock (Bos Taurus), 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.
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
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryUkṣan (उक्षन्).—a.
1) Large.
2) Sprinkling. m. (-kṣā) [उक्ष् कनिन् (ukṣ kanin) Uṇādi-sūtra 1.156]
1) An ox or bull; Kumārasambhava 7.7; cf. also विदलितमहाकूलामुक्ष्णां विषाणविघट्टनैः (vidalitamahākūlāmukṣṇāṃ viṣāṇavighaṭṭanaiḥ) Śiśupālavadha 12.77; (changed to ukṣa in some comp. mahokṣaḥ, vṛddhokṣaḥ &c.) P.V.4.77.
2) An epithet of Soma; the Maruts, the Sun and the Agni.
3) One of the eight chief medicaments (ṛṣabhauṣadhi).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryUkṣan (उक्षन्).—m.
(-kṣā) An ox or bull. E. ukṣ to sprinkle, and kanin Unadi aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryUkṣan (उक्षन्).—[ukṣ + an], m. An ox or bull, [Kirātārjunīya] 5, 42. 2. A ved. epithet of the Maruts who, by bringing rain (i. e. by sprinkling), impregnate the earth like bulls,
— Cf. [Gothic.] auhsa, base auhsan; [Anglo-Saxon.] oxa; the ved. fem. is vaśā, probably = [Latin] vacca.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryUkṣan (उक्षन्).—[masculine] bull, ox.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Ukṣan (उक्षन्):—[from ukṣ] m. an ox or bull (as impregnating the flock; in the Veda especially as drawing the chariot of Uṣas or dawn), [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Mahābhārata; Kumāra-sambhava] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] Name of the Soma (as sprinkling or scattering small drops)
3) [v.s. ...] of the Maruts
4) [v.s. ...] of the sun and Agni, [Ṛg-veda]
5) [v.s. ...] one of the eight chief medicaments (ṛṣabha), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) [v.s. ...] Name of a man
7) [v.s. ...] mfn. large, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.];
8) [v.s. ...] cf. [Zend] ukhshan; [Gothic] auhsa and auhsu; [Armenian] eṣn.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryUkṣan (उक्षन्):—(kṣā) 5. m. An ox or bull.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Ukṣan (उक्षन्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Uccha, Bacchāṇaṃ.
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See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Ukshana, Ukshanaja, Ukshanna, Ukshany, Ukshanya, Ukshanyati, Ukshanyayana, Ukshanyu, Ukshatara, Ukshavasha.
Ends with: Brihadukshan, Ribhukshan.
Full-text (+2): Uksha, Aukshna, Ukshatara, Mahoksha, Aukshana, Ukshanna, Ukshavasha, Auksha, Bacchanam, Ukshasena, Brihadukshan, Uccha, Ukshavehat, Jatoksha, Vriddhoksha, Vajayu, Vishanaka, Ukkha, Ushtri, Puruvara.
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Animal Kingdom (Tiryak) in Epics (by Saranya P.S)
Soma in Vedic Mythology and Ritual (study) (by Anjana Chakraborty)