The Sanskrit term Śvetapiṅga can be transliterated into English as Svetapinga or Shvetapinga, 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

Śvetapiṅga (श्वेतपिङ्ग) (lit. “one whose colour is mixed with brown and white”) is a synonym (another name) for the Lion (Siṃha), 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.

context information

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

Śvetapiṅga (श्वेतपिङ्ग).—a lion.

Derivable forms: śvetapiṅgaḥ (श्वेतपिङ्गः).

Śvetapiṅga is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śveta and piṅga (पिङ्ग).

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

Śvetapiṅga (श्वेतपिङ्ग).—m.

(-ṅgaḥ) A lion. E. śveta white, and piṅga tawny; of a light tawny colour.

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

Śvetapiṅga (श्वेतपिङ्ग).—m. a lion.

Śvetapiṅga is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śveta and piṅga (पिङ्ग).

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

Śvetapiṅga (श्वेतपिङ्ग):—[=śveta-piṅga] [from śveta > śvit] m. ‘wh° and tawny’, a lion, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Śvetapiṅga (श्वेतपिङ्ग):—[śveta-piṅga] (ṅgaḥ) 1. m. A lion.

[Sanskrit to German]

Shvetapinga in German

context information

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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Shveta, Pinga.

Starts with: Shvetapingala, Shvetapingalaka.

Query error!

Relevant text

No search results for Shvetapinga, Śvetapiṅga, Shveta-pinga, Śveta-piṅga, Sveta-pinga, Svetapinga; (plurals include: Shvetapingas, Śvetapiṅgas, pingas, piṅgas, Svetapingas) in any book or story.