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Ayurveda (science of life)

Agriculture (Krishi) and Vrikshayurveda (study of Plant life)

Source: Asian Agri-History: Drumavichitrikaranam—The Ancient Approach to Plant Mutagenesis

Kunapajala refers to a “liquid organic manure (with fermented ingredients)” (which enables for easy uptake of nutrients).—The ancient Indian agriculture presents a safe technology and methodology regarding organic agriculture and organic plant mutagenesis, according to treatises (such as the Vrikshayurveda), which aims to introduce several extraordinary traits into plants and trees, such as [...] to produce fruits and flowers throughout the year, as well as out of season.—Among the raw materials required to induce this trait, two are worthy of special mention: (a) Kunapajala—a liquid organic manure with fermented ingredients enables easy uptake of nutrients, and (b) Moonlight—as the moisture content of the soil is known to increase with greater gravitational force of the moon, hence sprouting is accelerated.

Unclassified Ayurveda definitions

Source: PMC: Relevance of Vṛkṣāyurveda

Kuṇapajala (कुणपजल).—Indian Plant Science have detailed the process of preparation of a special formulation called “kuṇapajala”. This is prepared from meat, black gram, milk, ghee, and other ingredients and is a highly nutritious formulation, which can be applied to all plants. Some recent studies have shown the benefits of certain formulations such as pañcagavya and kuṇapajala on the growth of plants.

The method of preparation of kuṇapajala as mentioned in these texts is as follows: “Boil flesh, fat and marrow of goat, sheep, fish, deer, rhinoceros, etc., with water in a pot. To this, milk and water are added, followed by sesame oil cake, black gram, honey and ghee. To this sufficient quantity of husk is added. The pot is then kept in a warm place for a fortnight to ferment. The liquid manure obtained is ‘kuṇapa’ and is highly nutritious.”

Source: Knowledge Traditions & Practices of India: Agriculture: A Survey

Kuṇapajala (कुणपजल) is the name of a formula used in ancient Indian agriculture (kṛṣi).—Surapala describes the ‘ancient’ practice of preparing fermented liquid manure (kuṇapajala) prepared by boiling a mixture of animal excreta, bone marrow, flesh and dead fish in an iron pot and then adding to it sesame oilcake, honey, soaked black gram, and a little ghee (clarified butter). No fixed quantities of materials were required to prepare kuṇapajala. This application of liquid manure is still practised by farmers.

context information

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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Kunapa, Jala.

Full-text: Pancagavya, Moon-light.

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