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Ayurveda (science of life)

Dietetics and Culinary Art (such as household cooking)

Source: Shodhganga: Dietetics and culinary art in ancient and medieval India

Veḍhaṇikā (वेढणिका) refers to one of the miscellaneous dishes mentioned in the 17th century Bhojanakutūhala (dravyaguṇāguṇa-kathana), and is commonly found in literature dealing with the topics of dietetics and culinary art, also known as Pākaśāstra or Pākakalā.

(Ingredients of Veḍhaṇikā): black gram flour and wheat flour.

(Cooking instructions): Split black gram are soaked in water and their skin is removed. Powder these with stones. This powder is mixed with wheat flour. Make roṭikas from this mixture of powders. This dish is called veḍhaṇika. The same preparation when fried deeply in ghee is called as vaḍorī.

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vedhanikā (वेधनिका).—A sharp-pointed instrument for perforating shells and jewels, a gimblet.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vedhanikā (वेधनिका).—f.

(-kā) A small-pointed perforating instrument, used especially to make holes in jewels, pearls, shells, &c., an augre, an awl, a gimblet, &c. E. kan added to vedhana as above.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vedhanikā (वेधनिका):—[from vedha] f. a sharp-pointed perforating instrument ([especially] for piercing jewels or shells), auger, awl, gimlet etc., [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vedhanikā (वेधनिका):—(kā) 1. f. A pointed instrument for piercing; an awl, gimblet.

[Sanskrit to German]

Vedhanika in German

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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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Ends with: Karnavedhanika, Nirvedhanika, Prativedhanika.

Full-text: Karnavedhanika, Jevaniya.

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