Kshemakutuhala, Kṣemakutūhala, Kshema-kutuhala: 5 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Kṣemakutūhala can be transliterated into English as Ksemakutuhala or Kshemakutuhala, 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

Kṣemakutūhala (क्षेमकुतूहल) by Kṣemaśarman is the name of a 16th-century Sanskrit book dealing with the topics of dietetics and culinary art, also known as Pākaśāstra or Pākakalā.—The text consists of twelve chapters which are called utsavas. In the first utsava, Kṣemaśarman states about the seven types of dravyapākas and the contents of the work through some verses. In the second, the utensils for cooking have been described. In the third, the qualities of the physician and cook are also explained. In the fourth, about the seasons and the routines to be followed in each season are described. In the fifth, daily routine is prescribed. In the sixth, topics related with meat food are described. The cooking of fish has been described in the seventh. In the eighth, the different types of vegetables have been given. In the ninth, preparations from flour have been described. In the tenth, the cooked food stuffs have been described. In the eleventh, appetizers have been explained. In the twelfth, dairy products and cool drinks have been dealt with.

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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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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Kṣemakutūhala (क्षेमकुतूहल) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—med. by Kṣemarāja or Kṣema Śarman. W. p. 293. K. 212. B. 4, 222. Report. Xxxiv. Kāṭm. 7. Rādh. 31. 47. Oudh. Viii, 36. Np. V, 130. Ix, 64. Lahore. 22. Kāśīn. 23. Peters. 3, 399.

2) Kṣemakutūhala (क्षेमकुतूहल):—a cookery-book, in 12 utsava, by Kṣemarāja or Kṣema Śarman. Io. 2176. L. 4062. Peters. 4, 39. Stein 182.

3) Kṣemakutūhala (क्षेमकुतूहल):—on cookery, by Kṣemarāja, son of Naravaidya Manmatha. Ulwar 1623.

4) Kṣemakutūhala (क्षेमकुतूहल):—on cookery, by Kṣema Śarman. Bd. 887.

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

Kṣemakutūhala (क्षेमकुतूहल):—[=kṣema-kutūhala] [from kṣema] n. Name of a medical work by Kṣema-śarman.

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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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