Sugar: 2 definitions
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Sugar 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.
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In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
Sugar (in Sanskrit: śarkarā) is used in the various Anupāna (“drink take”), according to sections on the treatment of Horses (Gajāyurveda or Aśvāyurveda) in the Garuḍapurāṇa.—The Anupāna i.e. the drink take along with or after medicine was important in treatment. Because it may help in carrying, absorption, assimilation and enhancing action of the drugs. Normally the selection of anupāna is done depends upon disease, doṣa etc.—[...] In diseases of the deranged and aggravated vāyu the medicine should be administered through the taila (oil), or in combination with śarkarā (sugar), ājya/ghṛita (ghee) or toya (water).
Agriculture (Krishi) and Vrikshayurveda (study of Plant life)
Sugar was used to produce Seedless Fruits: which was one of the technologies known to ancient Indian agriculturists, which presents a safe technology and methodology regarding organic agriculture, according to treatises (such as the Vrikshayurveda). One such technology was to produce seedless fruits: Seeds often impart a bitter taste, thereby causing an unpleasant experience while eating the fruit. Seeds also accelerate fruit deterioration. Hence seedless varieties of fruits have greater economic value. Use of Abrus precatorius (jequirity), Madhuca indica (butter tree), Saussurea lappa (costus), Glycyrrhiza glabra (liquorice), honey, sugar, and clarified butter is said to cause seedlessness.
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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Starts with (+17): Cukarakaciyam, Cukaram, Cukaravetantam, Cukarokam, Sugar apple, Sugar beet, Sugar bush, Sugar bush sumac, Sugar cane, Sugar grass, Sugar maple, Sugar millet, Sugar palm, Sugar pea, Sugar reed, Sugar root, Sugar sorghum, Sugar sumac, Sugar through gourd, Sugar-cane juice.
Full-text (+1949): Sharkara, Ikshu, Guda, Paramanna, Aikshava, Gudaudana, Payasa, Pancamrita, Shini, Phanita, Khanda, Ikshuyantra, Ikshurasa, Matsyandika, Asava, Gula, Koshakara, Sitakhanda, Sharkaka, Matsyandi.
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Search found 328 books and stories containing Sugar, Sugars; (plurals include: Sugars, Sugarses). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Journal of Ayurveda and Integrated Medical Sciences
Ayurvedic and modern review on types of Sugar < [Vol. 6 No. 5 (2021)]
Jaggery (Guda/Gur) < [Vol. 10 No. 3 (2025)]
Review on Ikshu and its Vikaras < [Vol. 7 No. 1 (2022)]
World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research
Impact of coconut water extraction on calcium, iron, zinc, phosphorus. < [2018: Volume 7, December issue 19]
Assessment of physico-chemical characteristics of sugar industry effluents < [2015: Volume 4, September issue 9]
The role of diet in caries prevention < [2018: Volume 7, October issue 17]
Current opinion: Is added dietary sugar detrimental to health? < [Vol 53, No 3 (May/June) (2011)]
Management of type 1 diabetes in family practice < [Vol 45, No 5 (2003)]
The lifestyle factors of medical doctors in academic hospitals, Bloemfontein,... < [Vol 66, No 1 (Part 4) (2024)]
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (MDPI)
The Impact of the Sweetened Beverages Tax on Their Reformulation in... < [Volume 19, Issue 21 (2022)]
Coconut Sugar < [Volume 20, Issue 4 (2023)]
Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Adolescent Parents on Free Sugar and... < [Volume 17, Issue 11 (2020)]
Integral Analysis of Liquid-Hot-Water Pretreatment of Wheat Straw < [Volume 14, Issue 1 (2022)]
AI Meets Citrus Waste: Coffee Bean Processing with Orange Peel Flour < [Volume 17, Issue 5 (2025)]
Life Cycle Assessment for Bioethanol Production from Oil Palm Frond Juice in... < [Volume 11, Issue 24 (2019)]
Germination of seeds: protein and sugar under light spectrum effects < [Volume 5 (issue 3), Jan-Mar 1986]
Experimental studies on the fermentation of aravindasava < [Volume 5 (issue 4), Apr-Jun 1986]
Pharmacognostical and phytochemical investigation of peristrophe bicalyculata < [Volume 12 (issue 3-4), Jan-Jun 1993]
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