Food supply: 1 definition
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Food supply means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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)
Agriculture (Krishi) and Vrikshayurveda (study of Plant life)
Source: Asian Agri-History: Drumavichitrikaranam—The Ancient Approach to Plant MutagenesisFood Supply refers to one of the modern applications which could benefit from ancient Indian agriculture, which presents a safe technology and methodology regarding organic agriculture and plant mutagenesis (druma-vichitrikaranam), according to treatises (such as the Vrikshayurveda).—Food Supply will include technologies to reduce the demand-supply gap, such as growing fruits out of season and throughout the year, increasing the size of fruits, and methods to increase production and quality of fruits, to alleviate the shortage of food supply and reduced availability of arable land.
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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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 8.341 < [Section XLIV - Robbery (sāhasa)]
Verse 5.43 < [Section VI - Lawful and Forbidden Meat]
Jnaneshwari (Bhavartha Dipika) (by Ramchandra Keshav Bhagwat)
Verse 18.23 < [Chapter 18 - Moksha-sannyasa-yoga]
Bodhisattvacharyavatara (by Andreas Kretschmar)
Text Section 292 / Stanza 32 < [Khenpo Chöga’s Oral Explanations]
Indian Medicinal Plants (by Kanhoba Ranchoddas Kirtikar)
Settlement in Early Historic Ganga Plain (by Chirantani Das)
Part 6 - Agriculture of the Vārāṇasī region < [Chapter V - Rise of Vārāṇasī as a Nodal Centre]
Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)