Ghritapura, Ghṛtapūra, Ghrita-pura: 10 definitions

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Ghritapura means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, biology. 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.

The Sanskrit term Ghṛtapūra can be transliterated into English as Ghrtapura or Ghritapura, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

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Dietetics and Culinary Art (such as household cooking)

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

1) Ghṛtapūra (घृतपूर) refers to a type of sweet, according to the Suśrutasaṃhitā Sūtrasthāna chapter 46, and is commonly found in literature dealing with the topics of dietetics and culinary art, also known as Pākaśāstra or Pākakalā.—Suśrutasaṃhitā refers to the sweets like sāmita, kṣīrakṛta, kūrcikāvikṛta, gauḍika, saṃyāva and ghṛtapūra.

2) Ghṛtapūra (घृतपूर) refers to one of the miscellaneous dishes similar to Avantika mentioned in the 17th century Bhojanakutūhala (dravyaguṇāguṇa-kathana). [...] Avantika is very popular in the name iḍḍali in south India. The same is called caṇḍārika if cooked it in oil. Author states that caṇḍārika is also known by the name ghṛtapūra.

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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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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

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Source: Shodhganga: The saurapurana - a critical study

Ghṛtapura (घृतपुर) refers to the naivedya offerings in the month Śravaṇa for the Anaṅgatrayodaśī-Vrata, according to the 10th century Saurapurāṇa: one of the various Upapurāṇas depicting Śaivism.—Accordingly, the Anaṅgatrayodaśī-vrata is observed in honour of Śiva for acquiring virtue, great fortune, wealth and for destruction of sins [...] This vrata is to be performed for a year from Mārgaśīra.—In Śravaṇa, the tooth-brush is that of vaṭa-wood. The food taken is gandhatoya. The deity to be worshipped is Śūlapāṇi. The flowers used in worship are yuthikā. The naivedya offerings is ghṛtapura. The result accrued equals agniṣṭoma.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Biology (plants and animals)

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Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Ghrtapura in India is the name of a plant defined with Pongamia pinnata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Cytisus pinnatus L. (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society (1971)
· Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien (1894)
· Flora of the Lesser Antilles: Leeward and Windward Islands (1988)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (1788)
· Recent Res. Pl. Sci.. (1979)
· Flora de Filipinas (1837)

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ghṛtapūra (घृतपूर).—a kind of sweetmeat; also °pūrvakaḥ, -pṛc a. accompanied with ghee; घृतेन द्यावापृथिवी अभीवृते घृतश्रिया घृतपृचा घृतावृधा (ghṛtena dyāvāpṛthivī abhīvṛte ghṛtaśriyā ghṛtapṛcā ghṛtāvṛdhā) Ṛgveda 6.7.4.

Derivable forms: ghṛtapūraḥ (घृतपूरः).

Ghṛtapūra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ghṛta and pūra (पूर). See also (synonyms): ghṛtavara.

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

Ghṛtapūra (घृतपूर).—m.

(-raḥ) A sweetmeat composed of flour, milk, cocoanut and ghee, &c. E. ghṛta ghee, and pūra what is full of.

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

Ghṛtapūra (घृतपूर).—m. a sweetmeat composed of flour, butter, etc.

Ghṛtapūra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ghṛta and pūra (पूर).

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

Ghṛtapūra (घृतपूर):—[=ghṛta-pūra] [from ghṛta > ghṛ] m. a sweetmeat (composed of flour, milk, cocoa-nut, and ghee), [Suśruta; Pañcatantra iii.]

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

Ghṛtapūra (घृतपूर):—[ghṛta-pūra] (raḥ) 1. m. A sweetmeat.

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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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