Peya is pulses, rice and the like cooked in fourteen times their quantity of water until it is drinkable, with the grains left in.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- पेया
- Hindi
- पेया
- English
- Peya (thin gruel)
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Pulses in general (vaidala)दालें (वैदल) | दाल | Not stated |
| Rice (shali)शालि चावल (शालि) | चावल | Not stated |
| Water (jala)जल (पानी) | जल | चैदह गुण जल · fourteen times as much water |
Preparation as described
Pulses, rice and the like are cooked in fourteen parts of water until thin enough to drink, the grains remaining in it.
दाल-चावल आदि को चैदह गुण जल में इतना पकावें, जो पीने लायक रहे अैर दाल आदि के कण भी उसी में रहे उसे पेया कहते हैं।
How it is used
The first food after purification.
उसको प्रथम दिन में दो अौाकालों (सुबह शाम) में पेया पिलावंे
Quantities are reported exactly as the source states them. They are historical measures, not dosage advice.
पेया : दाल-चावल आदि को चैदह गुण जल में इतना पकावेंSource wording as converted, Chapter 8 · p. 115 · v. 34.All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 8
- Extraction tasks
- T05
- Record id
- formulation_peya_p187