The Sanskrit term Vṛkṣaśāyikā can be transliterated into English as Vrksasayika or Vrikshashayika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: archive.org: Sushruta samhita, Volume I

Vṛkṣaśāyikā (वृक्षशायिका)—Sanskrit word for an animal corresponding to “squirrel”. This animal is from the group called Parṇa-mṛga (‘tree dwellers’ or ‘tree-dwelling arboreal animals’). Parṇa-mṛga itself is a sub-group of the group of animals known as Jāṅghala (living in high ground and in a jungle).

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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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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vṛkṣaśāyikā (वृक्षशायिका).—a squirrel.

Vṛkṣaśāyikā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vṛkṣa and śāyikā (शायिका).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vṛkṣaśāyikā (वृक्षशायिका).—f.

(-kā) A squirrel. E. vukṣa, śī to sleep, ṇvul aff.

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

1) Vṛkṣaśāyikā (वृक्षशायिका):—[=vṛkṣa-śāyikā] [from vṛkṣa] f. ‘tree-residing’,

2) [v.s. ...] a squirrel, [Suśruta]

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

Vṛkṣaśāyikā (वृक्षशायिका):—[vṛkṣa-śāyikā] (kā) 1. f. A squirrel.

[Sanskrit to German]

Vrikshashayika 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: Sayika, Vriksha.

Full-text: Sayaka.

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