The Sanskrit term Vṛścana can be transliterated into English as Vrscana or Vrishcana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Vrishchana.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

Vṛścana (वृश्चन):—[vṛścanaṃ] Cutting pain

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vṛścana (वृश्चन).—A scorpion.

Derivable forms: vṛścanaḥ (वृश्चनः).

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Vṛścana (वृश्चन).—= व्रश्चनम् (vraścanam) q. v.

Derivable forms: vṛścanam (वृश्चनम्).

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

1) Vṛścana (वृश्चन):—a m. ([from] √vraśc) a scorpion, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [from vraśc] b etc. See p. 1011, col. 3.

[Sanskrit to German]

Vrishcana 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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