Yavakshara, Yava-kshara, Yavakṣāra, Yavakṣara: 12 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Yavakṣāra and Yavakṣara can be transliterated into English as Yavaksara or Yavakshara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)
Yavakṣāra (यवक्षार) refers to a carbonate of potash, prepared from ashes of barley husks.. (see Bhudeb Mookerji and his Rasajalanidhi)
Dietetics and Culinary Art (such as household cooking)
Yavakṣāra (यवक्षार) refers to one of the six varieties of “salt” according to Kauṭilya’s Arthaśāstra II.15.16 (also Suśrutasaṃhitā Sūtrasthāna 46.336), and is commonly found in literature dealing with the topics of dietetics and culinary art, also known as Pākaśāstra or Pākakalā.—We cannot see any reference to the salt in Ṛgveda. But most of the non-Ṛgvedic Saṃhitas, Brāhmaṇas and Upaniṣads refer to salt in the name of lavaṇa or saindhava. [...] Kauṭilya (Arthaśāstra II.15.16) mentions six varieties of salt [viz., Yavakṣāra].
Yāvakṣāra (यावक्षार) is mentioned in a list of remedies for indigestion in the 17th century Bhojanakutūhala (dravyaguṇāguṇa-kathana).—A complete section in Bhojanakutūhala is devoted for the description of agents that cause indigestion [viz., kolakūrma (meat of boar and tortoise)]. These agents consumed on a large scale can cause indigestion for certain people. The remedies [viz., yāvakṣāra] for these types of indigestions are also explained therewith.
Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)
Yavakṣāra (यवक्षार) or Yavakṣārādi-cūrṇa refers to one of the topics discussed in the Yogāmṛta, a Sanskrit manuscript collected in volume 4 of the catalogue “Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (first series)” by Rajendralal Mitra (1822–1891), who was one of the first English-writing historians dealing with Indian culture and heritage.—The Yogāmṛta is a large Ayurvedic compilation dealing with the practice of medicine and therapeutics authored by Gopāla Sena, Kavirāja, of Dvārandhā. It is dated to the 18th century and contains 11,700 ślokas.—The catalogue includes the term—Yavakṣāra-ādi-cūrṇa in its ‘subject-matter list’ or Viṣaya (which lists topics, chapters and technical terms). The complete entry reads: yavakṣārādicūrṇaṃ.
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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Marathi-English dictionary
yavakṣāra (यवक्षार).—m (S) pop. yavakhāra m Nitrate of potash. The nitre is prepared from the ashes of barleystraw.
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
Yavakṣāra (यवक्षार).—salt-petre, nitre, nitrate of potash; सौवर्चलं यवक्षारं सर्जिकां च हरीतकीम् (sauvarcalaṃ yavakṣāraṃ sarjikāṃ ca harītakīm) Śiva B.3.17.
Derivable forms: yavakṣāraḥ (यवक्षारः).
Yavakṣāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms yava and kṣāra (क्षार). See also (synonyms): yavāhva, yavāpatya, yavanālaja, yavaja.
Yavakṣāra (यवक्षार).—m.
(-raḥ) Salt-petre, nitre, nitrate of potash. E. yava barley kṣāra ashes or salt; being prepared, according to some of the commentators, accurately enough, from burnt barley, the potash being thus procured; according to others it is so termed, from the crystals being supposed to resemble the spike of the plant.
Yavakṣāra (यवक्षार).—m. saltpetre.
Yavakṣāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms yava and kṣāra (क्षार).
Yavakṣāra (यवक्षार):—[=yava-kṣāra] [from yava] m. an alkali prepared from the ashes of burnt green barley-corns, [Suśruta; Śārṅgadhara-saṃhitā]
Yavakṣāra (यवक्षार):—[yava-kṣāra] (raḥ) 1. m. Saltpetre, nitrate of potash.
Yavakṣāra (यवक्षार):—m. Aetzkali (kṣāra), aus der Asche von Gerstenstroh (1. yava) bereitet, [Amarakoṣa 2, 9, 109.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 9, 36.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 943.] [Ratnamālā 86.] [Suśruta 1, 132, 16. 227, 10. 2, 89, 11. 125, 15. 508, 11.] [Śārṅgadhara SAṂH. 2, 6, 18.] The Vytians know how to prepare an alkaline salt from the ashes of burnt vegetables, which they usually distinguish by the name of the plant from which it is obtained, Ainslie [1, 327.]
Yavakṣāra (यवक्षार):—m. aus der Asche von grünen Gerstenähren bereitetes Aetzkali [Materia medica of the Hindus 87.]
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
Yavakṣāra (ಯವಕ್ಷಾರ):—[noun] a colourless, crystalline compound, potassium nitrate (KNO3), used in gunpowder, medicine, preservative, etc.; saltpetre.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Yavakṣara (यवक्षर):—n. saltpeter; niter; nitrate of potash;
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.
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Partial matches: Kshara, Yava.
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