The Sanskrit term Pariśuṣka can be transliterated into English as Parisuska or Parishushka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Agriculture (Krishi) and Vrikshayurveda (study of Plant life)

Source: Shodhganga: Drumavichitrikarnam—Plant mutagenesis in ancient India

Pariśuṣka (परिशुष्क) refers to “drying a mixture of ingredients”, as prescribed by certain bio-organical recipes for plant mutagenesis, according to the Vṛkṣāyurveda by Sūrapāla (1000 CE): an encyclopedic work dealing with the study of trees and the principles of ancient Indian agriculture.—Accordingly, “A seed dipped several times in the oil of Alangium salvifolium and the fat of a pig and then dried up (pariśuṣka) and sown in a good quality soil sprinkled with coconut water (gale water?) sprouts immediately”.

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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

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pariśuṣka (परिशुष्क).—p. p.

1) Thoroughly dried; completely dried or parched up; तृषा महत्या परिशुष्कतालवः (tṛṣā mahatyā pariśuṣkatālavaḥ) Ṛtusaṃhāra 1.11.

2) Withered, shrivelled, hollow (as cheeks).

-ṣkam A kind of fried meat. मांसं बहुघृतैर्मृष्टं सिक्तं चेदम्बुना मुहुः । जीरकाद्यैः समायुक्तं परिशुष्कं तदुच्यते (māṃsaṃ bahughṛtairmṛṣṭaṃ siktaṃ cedambunā muhuḥ | jīrakādyaiḥ samāyuktaṃ pariśuṣkaṃ taducyate) ||

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

Pariśuṣka (परिशुष्क).—mfn.

(-ṣkaḥ-ṣkā-ṣkaṃ) Dry, dried. n. (ṣkaṃ) Meat fried, first with ghee, washed well with warm water, and dressed with spice, &c. E. pari much, śuṣka dried.

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

Pariśuṣka (परिशुष्क).—[adjective] quite dry or parched.

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

1) Pariśuṣka (परिशुष्क):—[=pari-śuṣka] [from pari-śuṣ] mfn. thoroughly dried or parched up, withered, shrivelled, shrunk (as a vein), hollow (as the cheeks) etc., [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature; Varāha-mihira; Suśruta]

2) [v.s. ...] n. (with māṃsa) meat fried in ghee dried and spiced, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Pariśuṣka (परिशुष्क):—[pari-śuṣka] (ṣkaṃ) 1. n. Meat fried with ghī, washed in warm water and spiced. a. Drived.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Pariśuṣka (परिशुष्क) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Parisukka.

[Sanskrit to German]

Parishushka in German

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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

Pariśuṣka (ಪರಿಶುಷ್ಕ):—

1) [adjective] completely dried.

2) [adjective] that has become abnormally lean; emaciated.

context information

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: Shushka, Pari.

Starts with: Parishushkapalasha, Parishushkatalu.

Full-text: Parishushkapalasha, Parishushkatalu, Parisukka, Satrijataka, Shush.

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