Kantharaya, Kaṇṭharaya, Kantha-raya: 1 definition
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Ayurveda (science of life)
Source: Research Gate: On Fish in Manasollasa (c. 1131 AD)Kaṇṭharaya (कण्ठरय) refers to a type of fish identified with Barilius bendelisis Ham., as mentioned in the 12th-century Mānasollāsa or Abhilaṣitārthachintāmaṇi, an ancient Sanskrit text describing thirty-five kinds of marine and fresh water fishes.—Kantharaya has been described to be a small, inland, and scaly fish. Kantha in Sanskrit means throat or voice and raya may mean raja (king) or speed. The whole word kantharaya could mean a royal (impressive) neck. Hora (1951) identified kantharaya as Barilius bendelisis Ham., because the latter has a dark shoulder process, which could be likened to neck. It is a “trout” common in the Western Ghats (Buchanan, 1807). We agree with Hora’s identification.
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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