Alternative spellings of this word include Medahpuchchhaka.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: archive.org: Sushruta samhita, Volume I

Medaḥpucchaka (मेदःपुच्छक)—Sanskrit word for the animal “fat-tailed sheep” or “Turkish sheep”. This animal is from the group called Grāmya (‘domestic animals’). Grāmya itself is a sub-group of the group of animals known as Jāṅghala (living in high ground and in a jungle).

The flesh of the Medapuchcha is aphrodisiac and has properties similar to those of mutton.

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

Medaḥpucchaka (मेदःपुच्छक):—[=medaḥ-pucchaka] [from medaḥ > med] m. the fat-tailed sheep, [Suśruta]

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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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Partial matches: Pucchaka, Medah.

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