The Sanskrit term Lohapṛṣṭha can be transliterated into English as Lohaprstha or Lohaprishtha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Lohapṛṣṭha (लोहपृष्ठ) is a Sanskrit word referring to the “king fisher”. The meat of this animal is part of the māṃsavarga (‘group of flesh’), which is used throughout Ayurvedic literature. The animal Lohapṛṣṭha is part of the sub-group named Pratuda, refering to animals “who eat while striking”. It was classified by Caraka in his Carakasaṃhitā sūtrasthāna (chapter 27), a classical Ayurvedic work. Caraka defined such groups (vargas) based on the dietic properties of the substance.

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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.

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Lohapṛṣṭha (लोहपृष्ठ).—Also Loha (s.v.) the sixth hell, known also as tama; below the earth, up the hill and with people.^*

• * Vāyu-purāṇa 101. 149 and 179, 182.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Lohapṛṣṭha (लोहपृष्ठ).—a heron.

Derivable forms: lohapṛṣṭhaḥ (लोहपृष्ठः).

Lohapṛṣṭha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms loha and pṛṣṭha (पृष्ठ).

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

Lohapṛṣṭha (लोहपृष्ठ).—m.

(-ṣṭhaḥ) A heron. E. loha iron, pṛṣṭha the back.

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

Lohapṛṣṭha (लोहपृष्ठ).—m. a heron.

Lohapṛṣṭha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms loha and pṛṣṭha (पृष्ठ).

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

1) Lohapṛṣṭha (लोहपृष्ठ):—[=loha-pṛṣṭha] [from loha] m. ‘iron-backed’, a species of bird reckoned among the Pratudas, [Caraka]

2) [v.s. ...] a heron, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Lohapṛṣṭha (लोहपृष्ठ):—[loha-pṛṣṭha] (ṣṭhaḥ) 1. m. A heron.

[Sanskrit to German]

Lohaprishtha 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

Lōhapṛṣṭha (ಲೋಹಪೃಷ್ಠ):—[adjective] having a strong back; iron-backed.

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Lōhapṛṣṭha (ಲೋಹಪೃಷ್ಠ):—[noun] a kind of heron.

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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: Prishtha, Loha.

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Full-text: Pratuda, Naraka.

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