The Sanskrit term Uṣṭrikā can be transliterated into English as Ustrika or Ushtrika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Jainism

Jain philosophy

Source: archive.org: Anekanta Jaya Pataka of Haribhadra Suri

Uṣṭrikā (उष्ट्रिका) refers to an “earthen wine-vessel of the shape of a camel”, as occurring in the Anekāntajayapatākā-prakaraṇa, a Śvetāmbara Jain philosophical work written by Haribhadra Sūri.—[Cf. Vol. I, P. 278, ll. 3-4]—‘Uṣṭrikā’ here means an earthen wine-vessel of the shape of a camel, and not a she-camel. This word occurs on p. 279, l. 27; p. 281, l. 17; p. 282, l. 21, p. 283, l. 18, p. 285, l. 9; p. 286, l. 14; and in Vol. II, p. 155, l. 20.

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Uṣṭrikā (उष्ट्रिका).—

1) A she-camel.

2) An earthen wine-vessel of the shape of a camel; पञ्चानामुष्ट्रिकाणां पूरणो घटः (pañcānāmuṣṭrikāṇāṃ pūraṇo ghaṭaḥ) Mahābhārata on P.V.2.48. धूर्भङ्गसंक्षोभविदारितोष्ट्रिका (dhūrbhaṅgasaṃkṣobhavidāritoṣṭrikā) Śiśupālavadha 12.26.

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

Uṣṭrikā (उष्ट्रिका).—i. e. uṣṭrī + ka, f. A she-camel, [Pañcatantra] 228, 16.

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

1) Uṣṭrikā (उष्ट्रिका):—[from uṣṭṛ] f. a she-camel, [Pañcatantra]

2) [v.s. ...] an earthen vessel shaped like a camel, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] Name of a plant, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Uṣṭrikā (उष्ट्रिका) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Uṭṭiyā.

[Sanskrit to German]

Ushtrika 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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Ends with: Aushtrika.

Full-text: Mritsnabhandaka, Uttiya, Aushtrika.

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