In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Dietetics and Culinary Art (such as household cooking)

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

Anarasa (अनरस) refers to a type of “rice-flour cake”, 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.—(Anarasa ingredients): rice flour paste, sugar and sesame seeds or poppy seeds. (Cooking instructions): Wash the rice grains and pound them in a mortar. Add equal amount of sugar to the resultant flour and make small balls out of it. These pieces are taken and spread over poppy seeds (vāhiphena) or sesame seeds. These spreads are then cooked in ghee. This preparation is called anarasa.

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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

anarasā (अनरसा).—m ( H) A kind of light, rich, and sweet cake. 2 A kind of cloth.

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anārasā (अनारसा).—m Properly anarasā.

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

anārasā (अनारसा).—m A light, sweet and porous cake.

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anarasā (अनरसा).—m A light, sweet and porous cake.

context information

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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Anārasa (ಅನಾರಸ):—[noun] a sweet round cake made of rice, coconut and jaggery and fried in ghee.

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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)

Starts with: Anaracam, Anarasam, Anarashamsa.

Ends with (+10): Candanarasa, Ghanarasa, Gulmakalananarasa, Hutashanarasa, Jivanarasa, Kampanarasa, Kanarasa, Lavanarasa, Madanarasa, Mahakalyanarasa, Manarasa, Nanarasa, Pacanarasa, Pamcananarasa, Panarasa, Pandusudanarasa, Pradipanarasa, Pranatranarasa, Pranipatanarasa, Ramanarasa.

Full-text: Anarsha, Anras, Anrasa, Ghartika, Apupa.

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