In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

Alpāhāra (अल्पाहार):—Intake of less quantity of food

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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.

Yoga (school of philosophy)

Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason Birch

Alpāhāra (अल्पाहार) refers to “little food”,  according to the Dattātreyayogaśāstra 146-47 (Cf. Haṭhapradīpikā 3.79 and Śivasaṃhitā 3.36 and 5.7).—Accordingly, “The action called Viparīta [by which the body is inverted] destroys all diseases. For one who frequently practises it, their digestive fire increases. [That person] should certainly procure plenty of food, O Sāṅkṛti, [because] if little food (alpāhāra) [is eaten], the digestive fire burns up [the body]”.

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Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

alpāhāra (अल्पाहार).—m (S) A slight repast; a light meal; a snack.

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alpāhāra (अल्पाहार).—a (S) Temperate or moderate in eating.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

alpāhāra (अल्पाहार).—m A slight repast. a Moderate in eating.

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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

Alpāhāra (अल्पाहार).—a. eating little, moderate in diet, abstemious.

-raḥ taking little food, moderation, abstinence in food.

Alpāhāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms alpa and āhāra (आहार). See also (synonyms): alpāhārin.

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

Alpāhāra (अल्पाहार).—mfn.

(-raḥ-rā-raṃ) Moderate, abstemious. m.

(-raḥ) Moderation, abstinence. E. alpa, and āhāra food.

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

Alpāhāra (अल्पाहार):—[from alpa] mfn. taking little food, moderate, abstinent, [Buddhist literature; Jaina literature]

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

Alpāhāra (अल्पाहार):—[alpā+hāra] (raḥ-rā-raṃ) a. Abstemious.

[Sanskrit to German]

Alpahara 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.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Alpāhāra (अल्पाहार):—n. small meal; refreshment;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Alpa, Ahara.

Ends with: Svalpahara.

Full-text: Alpa, Alpaharin, Food, Alp.

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