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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryParṇakula (पर्णकुल) or Parṇakulaka.—(m. or nt.), according to Senart a certain kind of rice; more likely, I think, some special preparation (curry?) of rice: ekam-ekaṃ ca (sc. bhikṣuṃ) sapta-sapta puruṣā sapta-saptehi niṣṭhānehi parṇakulakena ca śālīnāṃ Mahāvastu i.325.11 (so mss.; Senart śālinā by em.!), seven men served each monk with seven dishes and with… (curry ?) of rice; parṇakula-śālisya śata (mss. śaka) vāhāṃ preṣayet Mahāvastu i.329.12, sent…carts (loads) of…(? curry-) rice, i.e. of rice prepared in this style.
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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