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Jujube (badara)

बेर (बदर) · बदर

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
बदरकोलकर्कन्धुसौवीरबदरी
Hindi
बेरबदरझरबेरीबेर की गुठलीछोटी बेरबडी बेरझाडिया बेर
English
Jujubejujubeindian plumbadara
Romanized
badaraber
Marathi
बोर

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  • Three jujubes—the small (kola), the large (badarī) and the bush jujube (karkandhu, झाड़िया बेर)—are listed among very sour fruits said to pacify vata, provoke blood, produce pitta and kapha, be heavy and unctuous, cause salivation, cleanse impurities and be sharp.

    Chapter 4 · p. 59 · v. 42-43Hindi commentaryTraditional description

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Paste for blackening the hairPlant glossary, letter section घ (entries 1–2: घना, घोटा)Plant glossary, letter section ब (entries 1–19: बकुल to ब्राह्मी)Plant glossary, क entries 13–27 (कन्या to कर्कारु)Plant glossary, क entries 83–95 (केसर to कांजीरक)Plant glossary, ग entries 5–18 (गायत्रिका to गोशीर्ष)Plant glossary, स section, entries 1–48 (सद्धातकीकुसुम to स्नुही)Properties of mango and other sour fruitsSiddha enemaSlimy enemaVata-reducing oil

Where else is this mentioned?

Named 27 times on 21 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.

Questions and answers

Which weights and measures are explained in this part of the glossary?

अक्ष (karsha, 2 tolas), कोल (one tola), कुडव (32 tolas), कुची (eight handfuls) and गुंजा (one ratti).

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Which weights are named in this part of the glossary?

धान्य as a weight of four sesame seeds, पिचु and बदर as two tolas, and माणिका as 64 tolas.

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Quick facts

Content type
Food
Categories
Fruit
Source pages with records
1
Pages naming it
21
Chapters
Chapter 4
Extraction tasks
T03
Record id
ingredient_badara