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Ayurveda (science of life)
Source: Research Gate: On Fish in Manasollasa (c. 1131 AD)Kahlava (कह्लव) refers to a type of fish identified with Catla catla Ham., as mentioned in the 12th-century Mānasollāsa or Abhilaṣitārthachintāmaṇi, an ancient Sanskrit text describing thirty-five kinds of marine and fresh water fishes.—Kahlava has been mentioned as an inland, scaly, and large fish. If we try to trace the origin of kahlava in Sanskrit, ka can mean water, hlaad [hlād] means to be happy. Kahlava could thus mean something from water that brings happiness. Also we believe the word catla has no origin in Latin and probably the Sanskrit name kahlava was used for renaming the fish as Catla catla Ham., which is a popular carp. Hora (1951) identified the fish as Barbus (Puntius) carnaticus (Jerdon), with which we do not agree.
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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