Kshirapaka, Kṣīrapāka, Kṣīrapaka, Kshira-paka: 9 definitions
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Kshirapaka means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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 terms Kṣīrapāka and Kṣīrapaka can be transliterated into English as Ksirapaka or Kshirapaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Source: Google Books: Essentials of AyurvedaKṣīrapāka (क्षीरपाक, “medicated milk”).—Pounded drug dhould be put in eight times milk which should be boiled with four times water till only milk remains. This is kṣīrapāka.
Source: Academia.edu: Ayurveda and PharmaceuticsKṣīrapāka (Medicated milk): Milk is boiled with herbs and water until the water is evaporated. It is suitable to children, geriatric disorders and patients with delicate and sensitive composition. Example: Arjuna-kṣīrapāka used in cardiac diseases.
Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of termsKṣīrapāka (क्षीरपाक):—Milk extract / drugs extracted out by adding milk and water and reducing over fire till milk remains.
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
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKṣīrapaka (क्षीरपक).—A variety of inferior gems; Kau. A.2.11.
Derivable forms: kṣīrapakaḥ (क्षीरपकः).
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Kṣīrapāka (क्षीरपाक).—a. cooked in milk; शतं महिषान् क्षीरपाकमोदनम् (śataṃ mahiṣān kṣīrapākamodanam) Ṛgveda 8.77.1.
Kṣīrapāka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kṣīra and pāka (पाक).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryKṣīrapaka (क्षीरपक).—adj. (= Pali khī°, only with vaccha; Sanskrit kṣīrapa is recorded only of humans; °paka not in Sanskrit), suckling, only with vatsa, calf: Mahāvastu iii.259.9 vatso iva kṣīrapako; Udānavarga iii.3 and xviii.4 vatsaḥ kṣīrapaka iva (these verses correspond to Pali Udānavarga vii.4 and Dhammapada (Pali) 284 respectively, which have khī°).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṣīrapāka (क्षीरपाक):—[=kṣīra-pāka] [from kṣīra] mfn. cooked in milk, [Ṛg-veda viii, 77, 10]
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusKṣīrapāka (ಕ್ಷೀರಪಾಕ):—
1) [noun] a cooking (of something) in milk.
2) [noun] a food-preparation made using milk; a milk-dish.
3) [noun] a syrup a) a thick sweet liquid made by dissolving sugar in boiling water, often used for preserving fruit etc.; b) a similar thick liquid of a specified flavour as a drink, medicine, etc.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Partial matches: Kshira, Paka.
Starts with: Kshirapakavidhi.
Full-text: Kshirapakavidhi.
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