The Sanskrit terms Cakṣuḥśravas and Cakṣuḥśrava can be transliterated into English as Caksuhsravas or Cakshuhshravas or Caksuhsrava or Cakshuhshrava, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Chakshuhshravas.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Toxicology (Study and Treatment of poison)

Source: Shodhganga: Kasyapa Samhita—Text on Visha Chikitsa

Cakṣuḥśravas (चक्षुःश्रवस्) (lit. “hearing by sight”) refers to one of the names of a snake, according to the Ādiparva of the Mahābhārata, which gives a long list of serpents that were killed in the sarpasatra performed by king Janamejaya who wanted to avenge his father Parīkṣit’s death which was caused by the deadly Takṣaka.

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Cakṣuḥśravas (चक्षुःश्रवस्).—m. a serpent; तमाशु चक्षुःश्रवसां समूहं मन्त्रेण तार्क्ष्यो- दयकारणेन (tamāśu cakṣuḥśravasāṃ samūhaṃ mantreṇa tārkṣyo- dayakāraṇena)

Cakṣuḥśravas is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms cakṣus and śravas (श्रवस्).

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

Cakṣuḥśravas (चक्षुःश्रवस्).—m.

(-vāḥ) A snake. E. cakṣus an eye, and śravas an ear; whose eyes are ears. cakṣuṣā śṛṇoti śru-asun cakṣureva śravaḥ karṇau yasya vā .

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

Cakṣuḥśravas (चक्षुःश्रवस्).—m. a snake, Mahābhārata 12, 13803.

Cakṣuḥśravas is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms cakṣus and śravas (श्रवस्).

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

Cakṣuḥśravas (चक्षुःश्रवस्):—[=cakṣuḥ-śravas] [from cakṣuḥ > cakṣ] m. ‘using the eyes for ears’, a snake, [Mahābhārata xii, 13803; Kirātārjunīya xvi, 42; Naiṣadha-carita; Kāśī khaṇḍa, from the skanda-purāṇa lviii, 161.]

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

Cakṣuḥśravas (चक्षुःश्रवस्):—(vāḥ) 5. m. A snake.

[Sanskrit to German]

Cakshuhshravas 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Cakṣuḥśrava (ಚಕ್ಷುಃಶ್ರವ):—[noun] a snake, which is believed to use its eyes as its ears.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Partial matches: Shrava, Shravas, Cakshuh, Cakshus.

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Full-text: Cakshushravana, Cakshushrotra, Uccaihshravas.

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