Pakvarasa, Pakva-rasa: 7 definitions
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Pakvarasa 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.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botanyPakvarasa (पक्वरस):—A Sanskrit word referring to the liquor made from sugar-cane and brown sugar and is used throughout Ayurvedic literature such as the Caraka-saṃhitā. The official botanical name of the genus of sugar-cane is Saccharum and it is found widespread across tropical and subtropical regions.
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 dictionaryPakvarasa (पक्वरस).—wine or any spirituous liquor.
Derivable forms: pakvarasaḥ (पक्वरसः).
Pakvarasa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pakva and rasa (रस).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPakvarasa (पक्वरस).—m.
(-saḥ) Wine or vinous liquor. E. pakva matured, rasa juice.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPakvarasa (पक्वरस):—[=pakva-rasa] [from pakva > pac] m. wine or any intoxicating liquor made of the juice of the sugar cane, [Bhāvaprakāśa]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPakvarasa (पक्वरस):—[pakva-rasa] (saḥ) 1. m. Fermented wine.
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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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Charaka Samhita (English translation) (by Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurvedic Society)
Chapter 27g - The group of Wines (Madya) < [Sutrasthana (Sutra Sthana) — General Principles]
Atharvaveda and Charaka Samhita (by Laxmi Maji)
4b. Leprosy (Kuṣṭha) in the Caraka-saṃhitā < [Chapter 5 - Diseases and Remedies in Atharvaveda and Caraka-Saṃhitā]