Alternative spellings of this word include Chakkalika.

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

Cakkālikā (चक्कालिका) refers to a food-preparation with meat, according to Someśvara’s Mānasollāsa (chapter 3), and is commonly found in literature dealing with the topics of dietetics and culinary art, also known as Pākaśāstra or Pākakalā.—Meat eating in India is as old as Ṛgvedic period. [...] Someśvara describes in detail the method of preparing a number of meat dishes like śuṇṭhaka, cakkālikā, kavacandi, puryāla, bhaḍitraka, kṛṣṇapāka, and kośali in the third chapter of his text Mānasollāsa.

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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

Pali-English dictionary

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Cakkalikā, a window blind, curtain Vin. II, 148. (Page 259)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Full-text: Shunthaka, Krishnapaka, Puryala, Koshali, Kavacandi, Bhaditraka.

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