Supashastra, Sūpaśāstra: 6 definitions
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Supashastra means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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 term Sūpaśāstra can be transliterated into English as Supasastra or Supashastra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexSūpaśāstra (सूपशास्त्र).—The science of cookery.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 215. 22.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarysūpaśāstra (सूपशास्त्र).—n S The science or principles of cookery, or a treatise thereon. Used freely in the sense of The art, the process, or the business of cookery. (From sūpa in the sense of varaṇa, or in that of soup, sauce, or seasoning.)
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Sūpaśāstra (सूपशास्त्र) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—cookery, by Bhīmasena. Taylor. 1, 332.
Sūpaśāstra has the following synonyms: Pākaśāstra.
2) Sūpaśāstra (सूपशास्त्र):—cookery, by Bhīmasena. ibid.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionarySūpaśāstra (सूपशास्त्र):—[=sūpa-śāstra] [from sūpa] n. of a [work] on cookery (also called pāka-ś, by Bhīmasena).
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 corpusSūpaśāstra (ಸೂಪಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ):—
1) [noun] the art and science of cooking.
2) [noun] name of a treatise on the art of cooking.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionarySūpaśāstra (सूपशास्त्र):—n. the science of cooking; culinary science;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Supa, Cupa, Shastra.
Full-text: Pakashastra, Bhimasena.
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