The Sanskrit term Vayodaśā can be transliterated into English as Vayodasa or Vayodasha, 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

Vayodaśā (वयोदशा) refers to the “stages of life” (of an elephant)”, 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 4, “on marks of longevity”]: “3. The foreparts, head, eyes, face, ears, neck, belly, tusks, trunk, character, color and the hind members, those are the twelve ‘departments’ of elephants, equal (in number) to their stages (decades) of life (vayodaśā). [aṅgāni ceti sadṛśāni vayodaśābhiḥ kṣetrāṇyamūni kariṇāṃ daśa ca dvayaṃ ca] 4. As many of these ‘departments’ as possess the proper aspect fully developed in any (elephant), just so many ‘stages’ (decades) shall be his life; so Bṛhaspati has declared”.

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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: Vayo, Dasa, Vayas, Taca.

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