The Sanskrit terms Varṣagharṣī and Varṣagharṣin can be transliterated into English as Varsagharsi or Varshagharshi or Varsagharsin or Varshagharshin, 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

Varṣagharṣin (वर्षघर्षिन्) refers to [? “(those elephants) not yet sexually potent” ?], 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 5, “on marks of the stages of life”]: “With firm nails, soles, and joints, in whom (even) quantities of wounds heal over quickly, eating very soft grass, with unstable (dropping out) rows of (first) teeth, always showing an unsteady gait, not yet sexually potent [varṣagharṣin] (?) but subject to erections [varṣagharṣī praharṣī], still feeble in blows—he is called a majjana, in the eighth year”.

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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: Gharshin, Varsha.

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