The Sanskrit term Viśvāsaghātaka can be transliterated into English as Visvasaghataka or Vishvasaghataka, 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

Viśvāsaghātaka (विश्वासघातक) refers to “those (elephants) who are often betraying trust”, 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 8, “on marks of character”]: “13. Betraying trust (viśvāsaghātaka), cruel, crooked-stepping in gait, who does not eat very much when in must, such an elephant is considered a serpent in character”.

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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

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

viśvāsaghātaka (विश्वासघातक) [or विश्वासघातकी, viśvāsaghātakī].—a (S) That destroys or abuses confidence. Pr. viśvāsaghātakī āṇi mahāpātakī.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Viśvāsaghātaka (विश्वासघातक).—m. a treacherous fellow, traitor.

Derivable forms: viśvāsaghātakaḥ (विश्वासघातकः).

Viśvāsaghātaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms viśvāsa and ghātaka (घातक). See also (synonyms): viśvāsaghātin.

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

Viśvāsaghātaka (विश्वासघातक).—m.

(-kaḥ) A traitor, one who betrays confidence. E. viśvāsa, and ghātaka who destroys; also viśvāsaghātin .

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

Viśvāsaghātaka (विश्वासघातक).—m. a traitor, [Pañcatantra] 52, 15.

Viśvāsaghātaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms viśvāsa and ghātaka (घातक).

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

Viśvāsaghātaka (विश्वासघातक):—[=vi-śvāsa-ghātaka] [from vi-śvāsa > vi-śvas] mfn. one who destroys c°, a traitor, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa] etc.

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

Viśvāsaghātaka (विश्वासघातक):—[viśvāsa-ghātaka] (kaḥ) 1. m. A traitor.

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Viśvāsaghātaka (ವಿಶ್ವಾಸಘಾತಕ):—[adjective] not worthy of trust; not dependable; unreliable.

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Viśvāsaghātaka (ವಿಶ್ವಾಸಘಾತಕ):—[noun] a man who is not worthy of trust; an undependable, unreliable man.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Vishvasa, Ghataka, Vishva.

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