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Ayurveda (science of life)

Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)

Source: Shodhganga: Portrayal of Animal Kingdom (Tiryaks) in Epics An Analytical study

Menāda (मेनाद) (lit. “one who makes the sound ‘me’”) is a synonym (another name) for the Peacock (Mayūra), according to scientific texts such as the Mṛgapakṣiśāstra (Mriga-pakshi-shastra) or “the ancient Indian science of animals and birds” by Hamsadeva, containing the varieties and descriptions of the animals and birds seen in the Sanskrit Epics such as the Ramayana and Mahabharata.

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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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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Menāda (मेनाद).—

1) A peacock.

2) A cat.

3) A goat.

Derivable forms: menādaḥ (मेनादः).

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

Menāda (मेनाद).—m.

(-daḥ) 1. A cat. 2. A goat. 3. A peacock. E. me imitative cry, mew, nāda sound.

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

Menāda (मेनाद).—[me-nāda] (me, an imitative sound), m. 1. A cat. 2. A goat. 3. A peacock.

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

1) Menāda (मेनाद):—[=me-nāda] [from me] a m. ‘making the sound me’, a goat, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

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

4) [=me-nāda] b See 2. me.

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

Menāda (मेनाद):—(daḥ) 1. m. Cat; goat; peacock.

[Sanskrit to German]

Menada 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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Partial matches: Nada, Me, Nata.

Starts with: Menadabattimara, Menatainir, Menatam, Menatavam.

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