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Source: archive.org: Sushruta samhita, Volume I

Vartīra (वर्तीर)—Sanskrit word for a bird, corresponding to “quail” or “Coturnix sp.”. This animal is from the group called Viṣkira (which scatter). Viṣkira itself is a sub-group of the group of animals known as Jāṅghala (living in high ground and in a jungle).

Source: Shodhganga: Portrayal of Animal Kingdom (Tiryaks) in Epics An Analytical study

Vārtira (वार्तिर) refers to a kind of quail and is a synonym (another name) for the Kapiñjala, 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.

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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

Vartīra (वर्तीर) or Vartira (वर्तिर).—A kind of quail.

Derivable forms: vartīraḥ (वर्तीरः), vartiraḥ (वर्तिरः).

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

Vartīra (वर्तीर).—[masculine] a kind of quail or partridge.

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

1) Vartira (वर्तिर):—[from varta] m. = vartīra, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) Vartīra (वर्तीर):—[from varta] m. a sort of quail or partridge, [Suśruta]

3) Vārtīra (वार्तीर):—[from vārtaka] m. idem, [Vāgbhaṭālaṃkāra]

[Sanskrit to German]

Vartira 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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Starts with: Vartiraka.

Full-text: Alpavartika, Vishkira.

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Sushruta Samhita, volume 1: Sutrasthana (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)

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