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Ayurveda (science of life)

Dietetics and Culinary Art (such as household cooking)

Source: Shodhganga: Dietetics and culinary art in ancient and medieval India

Roṭikā (रोटिका) refers to a type of “wheat dish”, as described in the 17th century Bhojanakutūhala (dravyaguṇāguṇa-kathana), and is commonly found in literature dealing with the topics of dietetics and culinary art, also known as Pākaśāstra or Pākakalā.—The main ingredient for the preparation is dry wheat flour. Make thin cakes from the flour of dry wheat and cook it in a pan as to make thin slices. These slices are heated directly in fire. This foodstuff is called roṭikā. Aṅgārakarkaṭī is slightly thicker than roṭika and it is cooked slowly over coal.

Roṭikas can also be prepared by substituting barley flour, black gram flour, split black gram flour and bengal gram flour at the place of wheat flour. These are called yavaja-roṭikā, māṣa-roṭikā or balabhadrikā, jharjharika and cāṇakyāroṭikā respectively. Roṭikās are generally called by the name chappathi (chapati). These are used as a common food in North India.

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Roṭikā (रोटिका).—Bread.

See also (synonyms): roṭī.

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

Roṭikā (रोटिका):—[from roṭa] f. bread or a kind of bread, wheaten cakes toasted on an earthen or iron dish, [Bhāvaprakāśa] (cf. next).

[Sanskrit to German]

Rotika 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.

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Ends with: Ardha-srotika, Canakyarotika, Karotika, Masharotika, Yavajarotika.

Full-text: Roti, Canakyarotika, Yavajarotika, Jharjharika, Balabhadrika, Masharotika, Samyava.

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