Takra: 19 definitions
Introduction:
Takra means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi. 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)
Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)
Takra (तक्र) refers to “Butter milk”. (see the Rasajalanidhi by Bhudeb Mookerji volume 3)
Dietetics and Culinary Art (such as household cooking)
1) Takra (तक्र) refers to the “butter milk”, and is commonly found in literature dealing with the topics of dietetics and culinary art, also known as Pākaśāstra or Pākakalā.—Curds was widely used in Vedic period. Ṛgveda mentions a preparation in which the curds were mixed with Soma juice and barley meal. [...] According to Om Prakash, the cream of milk (santānikā), the cream of curds (sara), whey (mastu), fresh butter (navanīta), clarified butter (ghṛta) and the butter milk (takra) are all referred to in Ayurvedic preparations. Curds churned without water (ghola) is referred to in Suśrutasaṃhitā.
Takra or “buttermilk” and is classified as a ‘light foodstuff’ as opposed to dadhi (curds) according to the Bhojanakutūhala.—Heavy food should [viz., takra] to be eaten only until one is half satisfied. Light food [viz., dadhi] can be eaten until the full satisfaction is obtained. A man whose digestive fire is weak, should abandon heavy food.
Takra (buttermilk) is mentioned in a list of remedies for indigestion.—A complete section in Bhojanakutūhala is devoted for the description of agents that cause indigestion [viz., kṣīrabhava]. These agents consumed on a large scale can cause indigestion for certain people. The remedies [viz., takra (buttermilk)] for these types of indigestions are also explained therewith.
Takra (buttermilk) is also mentioned as a remedy for indigestion caused by sarpis (ghee).
2) Takra (तक्र) or “curds” is mentioned as being incompatible mutually incompatible (viruddhāhāra) with the Kadali (plantain) foodstuff, according to the 17th century Bhojanakutūhala in the dravyaguṇāguṇa-kathana, which contains the discussions on different food articles and their dietetic effects according to the prominent Ayurvedic treatises.
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
Takra (तक्र) refers to “butter milk”, and is used in the Viśodhana (“washing off the wound’s impurities”) of wounds (vraṇa), according to Āyurveda sections in the Garuḍapurāṇa.—[...] After Viśodhana (wash off the ulcer's/wound's impurities by medicated decoction), the following formulations can be used for śodhana (purification) and ropaṇa (healing) externally:—[... e.g.,] The eraṇḍa-mūla (Castor root), two types of haridrā (Turmeric), Citraka (Plumbago zeylanica), Viśvabheṣaja (Zingiber officinale), Rasona (Allium sativum) and saindhava (rock salt) are ground well with takra (butter milk) or kāñjī (sour gruel). [...]
Toxicology (Study and Treatment of poison)
Takra (तक्र) refers to “buttermilk”, and is the name of an ingredient used in the treatment of snake-bites such as those caused by the Asṛṅmaṇḍalī-snakes, according to the Kāśyapa Saṃhitā: an ancient Sanskrit text from the Pāñcarātra tradition dealing with both Tantra and Viṣacikitsā, which represents the Ayurvedic study on Toxicology (Viṣavidyā or Sarpavidyā).—Accordingly, one of the treatments is mentioned as follows: “A lehya (paste for licking) of Kuṣṭha, curd, Trikaṭu, salt, buttermilk (takra) and honey [takrotthamākṣikam] must be given to the victim. A powder of the root of Nīlī and Neem tree must be mixed with water and drink. The same can be boiled and taken as decoction or paste of neem bark and milk can be used as pāna and Lepa. [...]”.
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
Takra (तक्र) refers to “buttermilk”, as mentioned in verse 5.33-34 of the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā (Sūtrasthāna) by Vāgbhaṭa.—Accordingly, “[...] Buttermilk [viz., takra] (is) light, astringent, sour, (and) digestive; (it is) destructive of phlegm and wind (and) destroys cutaneous and abdominal swellings, hemorrhoids, dysentery, retention of urine, anorexia, splenomegaly, visceral induration, ghee(-caused) diseases, factitious poison, and jaundice”.
Note: Takra (“buttermilk”) has been translated by dar sar (“fresh buttermilk”), sar being a short form of gsar(-ba).
Takra (तक्र):—Buttermilk - Adding 1 / 4th of water to Madhita, Prepared by churning the curd and removing butter from it.
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
Marathi-English dictionary
takra (तक्र).—n S Buttermilk.
takra (तक्र).—n Buttermilk.
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
Takra (तक्र).—Butter-milk; Manusmṛti 8.326; Y.3.37,321; तक्रं शक्रस्य दुर्लभम् (takraṃ śakrasya durlabham) Subhāṣ.
Derivable forms: takram (तक्रम्).
Takra (तक्र).—n.
(-kraṃ) n. Buttermilk with a fourth part water. E. tak to bear (sickness), Unadi affix rak.
Takra (तक्र).—i. e. tañc + ra n. Buttermilk mixed with water, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 8, 326.
Takra (तक्र).—[neuter] buttermilk (mixed with water).
1) Takra (तक्र):—[from takman] n. ([gana] nyaṅkv-ādi) buttermilk mixed with (a third part of) water, [Manu-smṛti viii, 326; Yājñavalkya iii, 37 & 322; Harivaṃśa] etc.
2) Takrā (तक्रा):—[from takra > takman] f. = krākvā, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Takra (तक्र):—(kraṃ) 1. n. Butter-milk with a fourth part of water.
Takra (तक्र):—(von tañc) n. [Die Uṇādi-Affixe 2, 13.] gaṇa nyaṅkvādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 7, 3, 53.] [Siddhāntakaumudī 249], b, [1.] Buttermilch zur Hälfte mit Wasser gemischt (nach den Lexicogrr. drei Theile Buttermilch mit einem Theile Wasser) [Amarakoṣa 2, 9, 53.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 409.] manthanādipṛthagbhūtasnehamardhodakaṃ tu yat . nātisāndradravaṃ takraṃ svādvamlaṃ tuvaraṃ rase .. [Suśruta 1, 179, 5. 157, 6. 178, 21. 2, 421, 8.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 8, 326.] [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 3, 37. 322.] [Harivaṃśa 3396.] [Rāmāyaṇa] [Gorresio 2, 100, 66.] [Pañcatantra 262, 16. 24.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 53, 116. 75, 11.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 18, 4.] [Dhūrtasamāgama 79, 14.] takrakūrcikā [Suśruta 1, 179, 15.] takrāmla [232, 17.] takramāṃsa n. gebratenes Fleisch mit Buttermilch [Bhāvaprakāśa im Śabdakalpadruma] dadhitakramāṃsa Cit. beim [Scholiast] zu [Śākuntala 29, 9.]
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Takra (तक्र):—letzte Zeile lies [20, 9 Stenzler 29, 9.]
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Takrā (तक्रा):—und takrabhaktā = takrāhvā (Nachträge) [Rājanirghaṇṭa 4, 64.]
Takra (तक्र):——
1) n. Buttermilch zur Hälfte mit Wasser gemischt (nach den Lexicographen drei Theile Buttermilch mit einem Theile Wasser ). takraṃ śakrasya durlabham [Indische sprüche 7670.] —
2) *f. ā eine best. Staude.
Takra (तक्र) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Takka.
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.
Hindi dictionary
Takra (तक्र):—(nm) butter-milk.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Takra (ತಕ್ರ):—[noun] the liquid left after churning butter from curd; buttermilk.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+8): Takrabali, Takrabhaksha, Takrabhakta, Takrabhid, Takrahva, Takrakalpa, Takrakk, Takrakka, Takrakurccika, Takrakurcika, Takramamsa, Takramandura, Takrana, Takranu, Takrapanaka, Takrapanavidhi, Takraparyayavacaka, Takrapinda, Takrara, Takrarishta.
Full-text (+80): Takrata, Takramamsa, Takrakurcika, Takrasara, Takrapinda, Takrabhid, Takrakurccika, Takrabhakta, Takrahva, Takrabhaksha, Vibhagabhinna, Vilodita, Sarjaka, Mahishatakra, Takrakalpa, A-harita-parna-shaka-pushpa-phala-dugdha-dadhi-ghrita-takra-grahana, Takravarga, Takkiram, Takrataila, Paramarasa.
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Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
Page 150 < [Hindi-English-Nepali (1 volume)]
Page 816 < [Hindi-Bengali-English Volume 1]
Page 651 < [Hindi-Malayalam-English Volume 2]
International Ayurvedic Medical Journal
A review on vanasurana ghrta in the management of arshas < [2021, Issue 8, August]
An approach towards diagnosis and management of grahani dosha < [2017, Issue VIII August,]
A study on anupanam and brief discussion on its various types < [2017, Issue IV April]
Amarakoshodghatana of Kshirasvamin (study) (by A. Yamuna Devi)
Daily Life (1): Food and Drinks < [Chapter 3 - Social Aspects]
Chavyadi Churnam and Mustakarishta in Grahani and IBS management. < [Volume 4, issue 4: July - August 2017]
Evaluation of trishnahara in takrabheda as per Bhavaprakasha. < [Volume 7, Issue 2: March - April 2020]
Management of Vataja Grahani with Takra Basti - A Case Study < [Volume 10, Issue 3: May-June 2023]
Journal of Ayurveda and Integrated Medical Sciences
Lifestyle Modifications in Anorectal Disorders: A Review < [Vol. 10 No. 2 (2025)]
A comprehensive review of Formulations containing Mākśika Bhasma < [Vol. 9 No. 9 (2024)]
Ayurvedic management of Autism - A Case Report < [Vol. 9 No. 8 (2024)]
International Research Journal of Ayurveda and Yoga
Clinical Evaluation of Pulv. Triphala Bhavita Yava and Pulv. Unripe Kadali... < [Vol. 5 No. 2: feb (2022)]
A Controlled Comparative Clinical Study On Vyoshadi Choorna With Takra And... < [Vol. 3 No. 09: Sep (2020)]
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