The Sanskrit term Śakvan can be transliterated into English as Sakvan or Shakvan, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)

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

Śakvan (शक्वन्) (lit. “one who is powerful”) is a synonym (another name) for the Elephant (Gaja), 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.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śakvan (शक्वन्).—a. [śak-vanip Uṇādi-sūtra 4.123] Ved. Strong, powerful. -m.

1) An elephant.

2) An artificer; ŚB.

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

Śakvan (शक्वन्).—m.

(-kvā) An elephant. E. śak to be powerful, and vanip Unadi aff.

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

Śakvan (शक्वन्).—[śak + van], I. m. An elephant. Ii. f. varī, A river. Cf. śakkara.

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

Śakvan (शक्वन्).—[feminine] śakvarī capable, clever. [masculine] artificer, [feminine] [Name] of a metre & a cert. class of verses or songs.

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

1) Śakvan (शक्वन्):—[from śak] a mf(arī)n. powerful, able, mighty, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā]

2) [v.s. ...] m. an artificer, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]

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

4) b śakvara, śakvarī See p. 1045, col. 2.

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

Śakvan (शक्वन्):—(kvā) 5. m. An elephant.

[Sanskrit to German]

Shakvan 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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