The Sanskrit terms Veṣṭayān and Veṣṭayat can be transliterated into English as Vestayan or Veshtayan or Vestayat or Veshtayat, 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

Veṣṭayat (वेष्टयत्) refers to “entwining (one’s tusk)”, 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 9, “on kinds of must”]: “10. Tearing freely at ant hills, posts, bushes, shrubs, and trees, with excited look, when he walks along straight ahead with hastened footsteps, lifting his trunk high in air, and when, at the time when his girdle is being girded on, he constantly sprays forth water (from his trunk) and bellows, entwining (veṣṭayat) his right tusk (with his trunk), then he shows attainment of (that kind of) must which brings victory”.

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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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