Aranala, Āranāla: 15 definitions

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Aranala means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)

Source: archive.org: Rasa-Jala-Nidhi: Or Ocean of indian chemistry and alchemy

Aranala is another name for Kāñjī.—A liquid obtained by fermentation of 6¼ seers of boiled rice and 16 seers of water (one seer being equal to 64 tolas or 64 x 126 grains (troy) in weight. The liquid is called aranala, if wheat is used in place of rice. (see Bhudeb Mookerji and his Rasajalanidhi)

Source: Academia.edu: Ayurveda and Pharmaceutics (rasashastra)

Āranāla is another name for Kāñjika: a product made from rice.—The rice that is harvested in sixty days is kept in an earthen pot along with some pieces of radish and sealed and stored for two to three weeks. Gradually, the liquid turns sour in flavour. This is used for detoxification processes in Dolayantra.

Dietetics and Culinary Art (such as household cooking)

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

Āranāla (आरनाल) refers to a variety of fermented gruels (kāñjika), according 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.—Āranāla can be prepared by fermenting the de-husked wheat solution. This can be prepared either from raw wheat or from roasted wheat.

Āranāla medicinal effects: It is purgative. It is similar to sauvīra in its properties:—[Sauvīra is purgative. It stimulates digestive fire. It treats chronic colitis (grahaṇī), haemorrhoids and vitiation ofphlegm. It is recommended in the following conditions- disease of the bowels (udāvarta), body ache, bone pain and flatulence].

Āranāla gruel is mentioned in a list of potential causes for indigestion.—A complete section in Bhojanakutūhala is devoted for the description of agents that cause indigestion [viz., āranāla gruel]. These agents consumed on a large scale can cause indigestion for certain people. The remedies [viz., sāmudra (sea-salt)] for these types of indigestions are also explained therewith.

Toxicology (Study and Treatment of poison)

Source: Shodhganga: Kasyapa Samhita—Text on Visha Chikitsa

Āranāla (आरनाल) refers to “gruel”, and is used in the treatment of rat-poison such as those caused by the Kulacandra-rats, according to the Kāśyapa Saṃhitā: an ancient Sanskrit text from the Pāñcarātra tradition dealing with both Tantra and Viṣacikitsā—an important topic from Āyurveda which deals with the study of Toxicology (Viṣavidyā or Sarpavidyā).—Accordingly, one of the treatments is mentioned as follows: “(1) Powdered turmeric with rose petals, smeared with gruel (āranāla), must be applied as paste. (2) Fumigation by burning rose petals and cat’s hair. (3) Powdered root of Lakṣmī and Kārkoṭakī mixed with ghee, banana dipped in ghee must be given to eat”.

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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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Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)

Source: Journal of the University of Bombay Volume V: Apabhramsa metres (2)

Āranāla (आरनाल) is the name of a catuṣpadi metre (as popularly employed by the Apabhraṃśa bards), as discussed in books such as the Chandonuśāsana, Kavidarpaṇa, Vṛttajātisamuccaya and Svayambhūchandas.—Āranāla has 30 mātrās in each of its four lines, and represents a Dvipadī with a long letter added at the end of each line.—Dvipadī is catuṣpadi metre having 28 mātrās in each of its four lines, divided into the groups of 6, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 and [S] mātrās.

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Chandas (छन्दस्) refers to Sanskrit prosody and represents one of the six Vedangas (auxiliary disciplines belonging to the study of the Vedas). The science of prosody (chandas-shastra) focusses on the study of the poetic meters such as the commonly known twenty-six metres mentioned by Pingalas.

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In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I

Āranāla (आरनाल) (in Sanskrit) refers to “‘sour gruel made from the fermentation of boiled rice” and is another word for (vernacular) Āchaṇa, or “water which has been used to wash a pot in which sour gruel is kept”, which represents one of 21 kinds of liquids (which the Jain mendicant should consider before rejecting or accepting them), according to the “Sajjhāya ekavīsa pāṇī nī” (dealing with the Monastic Discipline section of Jain Canonical literature) included in the collection of manuscripts at the ‘Vincenzo Joppi’ library, collected by Luigi Pio Tessitori during his visit to Rajasthan between 1914 and 1919.—This topic is explained with reference to the first aṅga (i.e. Ācārāṅgasūtra). This matter is distributed over the end of section 7 and the beginning of section 8 of the Piṇḍesaṇā chapter. [...] The technical terms [e.g., āranāla] used here are either borrowed from the Prakrit or rendered into the vernacular equivalents.—Note: Āchaṇa is known in Prakrit as Sovīra and in Sanskrit as Āranāla.

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Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Āranāla (आरनाल).—Gruel made from the fermentation of boiled rice.

Derivable forms: āranālam (आरनालम्).

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

Āranāla (आरनाल).—n.

(-laṃ) Sour gruel made from the fermentation of boild rice. E. āra what goes, from to go, and nāla smell.

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

Āranāla (आरनाल):—n. sour gruel made from the fermentation of boiled rice, [Suśruta]

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

Āranāla (आरनाल):—[āra-nāla] (laṃ) 1. n. Sour gruel.

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

Āranāla (आरनाल) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Āraṇāla.

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Aranala 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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Prakrit-English dictionary

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

Āraṇāla (आरणाल) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Āranāla.

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Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Āranāla (ಆರನಾಲ):—[noun] a thin food made from the fermentation of the boiled rice; rice-gruel.

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Āranāḷa (ಆರನಾಳ):—[noun] = ಆರನಾಲ [aranala].

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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.

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