Dravadravya, Drava-dravya: 4 definitions
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Ayurveda (science of life)
Dietetics and Culinary Art (such as household cooking)
1) Dravadravya (द्रवद्रव्य) or Dravadravyavidhi refers to one of the chapters of the Sūtrasthāna of the Suśrutasaṃhitā, an important Ayurvedic treatise. The discourses of the teacher Divodasa are believed to be summarised by his disciple Suśruta, who wrote the work Suśrutasaṃhitā in 4th century CE. Suśrutasaṃhitā contains six sections [viz., sūtrasthāna]. Sūtrasthāna contains 46 chapters. Here the food and drinks are described on the basis of liquid and solid items. The chapters namely Dravadravya-vidhi and Annapāna-vidhi explain food and drinks. Dravadravya-vidhi describes the properties of different types of liquids like water, milk, butter, butter milk, ghee, oils, sugarcane and beverages.
2) Dravadravya (द्रवद्रव्य) or Dravadravyavijñānīya refers to “liquid and solid food items” and represents a chapter of the Sūtrasthāna of the 5th century Aṣṭāṅgahṛdaya by Vāgbhaṭa. The chapter dravadravyavijñānīya contains subsections on water (jala), milk (kṣīra), sugarcane (ikṣu), oil (taila) and liquor (madya) describes their varieties and properties in a detailed manner.

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
Dravadravya (द्रवद्रव्य).—a fluid substance.
Derivable forms: dravadravyam (द्रवद्रव्यम्).
Dravadravya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms drava and dravya (द्रव्य).
Dravadravya (द्रवद्रव्य):—[=drava-dravya] [from drava] n. a fluid substance, [Suśruta]
Dravadravya (द्रवद्रव्य):—n. flüssiger Stoff.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Dravya, Drava.
Starts with: Dravadravyavidhi.
Full-text: Dravadravyavidhi, Annapana.
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Journal of Ayurveda and Integrated Medical Sciences
Introductory knowledge of Annapana Varga - A Literary Review < [Vol. 3 No. 03 (2018)]
A Review on Ashwagandha Ghrita < [Vol. 5 No. 02 (2020)]
Revisiting Vaitarana Basti: A Conceptual Study in the Present Era < [Vol. 9 No. 12 (2024)]
World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research
Ayurvedic thaila kalpana- a review < [2020: Volume 9, May issue 5]
Pharmaceutico - therapeutical review of sneha kalpana < [2020: Volume 9, June issue 6]
Snehakalpana a review < [2018: Volume 7, October issue 17]
International Research Journal of Ayurveda and Yoga
“A Pharmaceutical and Therapeutical Review of Sneha Kalpana” < [Vol. 4 No. 6: JUN (2021)]
Standardization of Shatpala Ghrita w.s.r Pharamaceutico-Analytical and... < [Vol. 5 No. 4: Apr (2022)]
Standardization of Bindu Ghrita < [Vol. 5 No. 8: Aug (2022)]
International Ayurvedic Medical Journal
Comparative pharmaceutico analytical study to evaluate the concept of avartana with special reference to 1, 10, 50, 100 avartita madhuka taila < [2021, Issue 7, July]
Pharmaceutico -analytical study of rudra taila < [2023, Issue 08. August]
Critical evaluation of action of chinchadi thailam in osteoarthritis knee (janusandhigata vata) < [2020, Issue 5, May]
Neutraceuticals in Ayurveda with special reference to Avaleha Kalpana < [Volume 28 (issue 2), Oct-Dec 2008]
Journal of Ayurveda and Holistic Medicine
Role of different vessels in the preparation of apamarga kshara taila < [Volume 8, issue 6 (2020)]
Critical analysis on pharmaceutics of alcoholic preparations (asava-arishta) in ayurveda < [Volume 1, issue 9 (2013)]
Ghrita kalpana – current issues and possible alternatives < [Volume 10, issue 5 (2022)]