Vardhranasa, Vārdhrāṇasa: 5 definitions
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Ayurveda (science of life)
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
Source: Shodhganga: Portrayal of Animal Kingdom (Tiryaks) in Epics An Analytical studyVārdhrāṇasa (वार्ध्राणस) (lit. “one who has hard skin”) is a synonym (another name) for the Rhinocerous (Gaṇḍaka), 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.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVārdhrāṇasa (वार्ध्राणस).—
1) A kind of bird.
2) An old goat; वार्ध्राणसो जरच्छागः (vārdhrāṇaso jaracchāgaḥ) Medhātithi (nīlagrīvo raktaśīrṣaḥ kṛṣṇapādaḥ sitacchadaḥ).
Derivable forms: vārdhrāṇasaḥ (वार्ध्राणसः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryVārdhrāṇasa (वार्ध्राणस).—[masculine] an old white hegoat or a kind of crane.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVārdhrāṇasa (वार्ध्राणस):—[from vārdhra] m. a rhinoceros (cf. next), [Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Āpastamba] ([according to] to [Scholiast or Commentator] also ‘an old white he-goat’ or ‘a kind of crane’).
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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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