The Sanskrit term Mākṣikadyuti can be transliterated into English as Maksikadyuti or Makshikadyuti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)

Source: archive.org: The Elephant Lore of the Hindus

Mākṣikadyuti (माक्षिकद्युति) refers to “(those elephants) having honey-colored tusks”, according to the 15th century Mātaṅgalīlā composed by Nīlakaṇṭha in 263 Sanskrit verses, dealing with elephantology in ancient India, focusing on the science of management and treatment of elephants.—[Cf. chapter 2, “on favorable marks”]: “3. (Good is) an elephant whose feet are distinguished by nails numbering twenty, the elevation of whose temporal bosses is great, whose two ears are red and their edges not frayed, whose girth is very smooth, whose tusks are honey-colored (mākṣikadyuti-rada) and the right one higher [savyābhyunnatamākṣikadyutiradaḥ], whose belly is well filled out, whose tail and trunk are regularly stout, straight, long, and handsome, who is swarthy like betel nuts”.

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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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Partial matches: Makshika, Dyuti.

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