Ghola, Ghōla: 17 definitions
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In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Dietetics and Culinary Art (such as household cooking)
Ghola (घोल) refers to the “curds churned without water” according to the Suśrutasaṃhitā Sūtrasthāna 45.85, and is commonly found in literature dealing with the topics of dietetics and culinary art, also known as Pākaśāstra or Pākakalā.—Curds was widely used in Vedic period. Ṛgveda mentions a preparation in which the curds were mixed with Soma juice and barley meal. [...] According to Om Prakash, the cream of milk (santānikā), the cream of curds (sara), whey (mastu), fresh butter (navanīta), clarified butter (ghṛta) and the butter milk (takra) are all referred to in Ayurvedic preparations. Curds churned without water (ghola) is referred to in Suśrutasaṃhitā.
Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)
Ghola (घोल) or Gholamaṇḍūra refers to one of the topics discussed in the Yogāmṛta, a Sanskrit manuscript collected in volume 4 of the catalogue “Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (first series)” by Rajendralal Mitra (1822–1891), who was one of the first English-writing historians dealing with Indian culture and heritage.—The Yogāmṛta is a large Ayurvedic compilation dealing with the practice of medicine and therapeutics authored by Gopāla Sena, Kavirāja, of Dvārandhā. It is dated to the 18th century and contains 11,700 ślokas.—The catalogue includes the term—Ghola-maṇḍūra in its subject-matter list’ or Viṣaya (which lists topics, chapters and technical terms). The complete entry reads: gholamaṇḍūraṃ .
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
Ghola (घोल):—Is obtained by churning the curd without adding water and without removing butter.

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
ghōla (घोल).—m C A chasm, cleft, deep gorge or rugged hollow between hills. Ex. mōṭhē parvatācē ghōla puḍhēṃ dyā khōla khōla.
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ghōḷa (घोळ).—f The name of a reddish-white seafish.
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ghōḷa (घोळ).—m (ghōḷaṇēṃ Which see for applications omitted here.) Turning round and round, over and over, lit. fig.; shaking, sifting, discussing, questioning, revolving. Ex. hyā śāstrārthāviṣayīṃ cāra divasa ghōḷa ghātalā tēvhāṃ siddhānta jhālā; vāghānēṃ vāṭēvara sāhā ghaṭakā ghōḷa ghātalā. 2 Disorder, derangement, tumultuously intermingled or confused and perplexed state (of things, affairs, accounts). 3 Bewilderment, distraction, botheration. 4 Busy bustling, lively stir, hurry-skurry, hurly-burly; animated and vivid, or wild and tumultuous action gen. v ghāla, māṇḍa. 5 A ring with bits of iron loosely attached, and fastened to the top of a staff. Used to frighten away snakes by people walking at night. 6 The skirt. 7 R The dirt or gravel remaining in the sieve or winnowing fan. 8 A short bar of iron with chains attached to it; used by the vāghyā people. 9 f A hollow or basin amidst hills.
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ghōḷa (घोळ).—f ghōḷakaṭa n (A contemptuous form of this word.) Purslane, Portulaca oleracea.
ghōla (घोल).—m A chasm, cleft, deep gorge or rugged hollow between hills.
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ghōḷa (घोळ).—m Turning round and round, over and over, lit. fig.; shaking, sifting, discussing, questioning, revolving. Disorder. Bewilderment. Busy bustl- ing. The skirt.
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.
Sanskrit dictionary
Ghola (घोल).—Butter-milk having no water in it; (tattu sasnehamajalaṃ mathitaṃ gholamucyate Śuśr.).
Derivable forms: gholaḥ (घोलः), gholam (घोलम्).
Ghola (घोल).—n.
(-laṃ) Buttelmilk. E. ghuḍa substituted for han to strike, (i. e. with the churn,) and ghañ affix, ḍa changed to la.
Ghola (घोल).—[masculine] buttermilk.
Ghola (घोल):—[from ghol] n. buttermilk, [Suśruta i, 45, 4, 3]
Ghola (घोल):—(laṃ) 1. m. Butter-milk.
Ghola (घोल):—
1) n. ein best. Milchproduct: yattu sasnehamajalaṃ mathitaṃ gholamucyate [Suśruta 1, 179, 6.] sasaraṃ nirjalaṃ mathitaṃ dadhi [Śabdakalpadruma] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 408.] [Vyutpatti oder Mahāvyutpatti 133.] —
2) f. ī eine best. Gemüsepflanze [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma]; vgl. araṇya, kṣudra, vana .
Ghola (घोल):——
1) m. geronnene Milch , welche nach Abguss des Wassers mit dem Rahm verrührt wird. —
2) *f. ī Portulak [Rājan 7,149.]
Ghola (घोल) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ghola.
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.
Hindi dictionary
Ghola (घोल) [Also spelled ghol]:—(nm) a solution; myrrh.
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Prakrit-English dictionary
Ghola (घोल) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Ghola.
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Ghōla (ಘೋಲ):—[noun] butter that is churned; buttermilk.
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Ghōḷa (ಘೋಳ):—[noun] a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing; a horse.
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Ghōḻa (ಘೋೞ):—[noun] = ಘೋಳ [ghola].
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Ghola (घोल):—n. 1. a solution; 2. whey;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+9): Gholabotava, Gholadara, Gholaghala, Gholaghol, Gholaghola, Gholagholi, Gholai, Gholainu, Gholaka, Gholakathi, Gholamadanem, Gholamandura, Gholan, Gholan-Ghote, Gholana, Gholanem, Gholani, Gholankara, Gholanta, Gholasanem.
Full-text (+15): Bhagnasamdhika, Mothi Ghola, Ghala, Ghol, Gholi, Sagar-gholah, Santripta-ghola, Cilaghola, Gholaka, Rajaghola, Gholavataka, Gholankara, Dadhisveda, Santrupt-ghol, Ghalaghola, Talaghola, Gholakathi, Gholadara, Gholamandura, Gholay.
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