Vellitaka: 2 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchVellitaka (वेल्लितक):—(von vellita)
1) m. eine best. Schlange (kreuzweis gestreift) [Suśruta 2, 266, 7.] —
2) n. Kreuzung: vellitakena baddhvā kreuzweise, gekreuzt [Suśruta 2, 20, 9.] vellitakaṃ (adv.) sīvyet [1, 93, 17.]
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.
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Kautilya Arthashastra (by R. Shamasastry)
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Sushruta Samhita, Volume 5: Kalpasthana (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)
Sushruta Samhita, volume 4: Cikitsasthana (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)