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Hastikanda

हस्तिकंद · हस्तिकन्द

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Sanskrit
हस्तिकन्दगिरिवासनागाश्रयकुष्ठहन्तानागकन्द
Hindi
हस्तिकंद
English
Hastikanda

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  • Hastikanda, described as a well-known tuber found in the Konkan region with the synonyms girivāsa, nāgāśraya, kuṣṭhahantā and nāgakanda, is listed among the root vegetables.

    Chapter 4 · p. 54 · v. 27Hindi commentaryTraditional description

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Undertaking to describe vegetables; root vegetables

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Grains and other foods, their merits and faults

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Named 7 times on 3 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.

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Content type
Food
Source pages with records
1
Pages naming it
3
Chapters
Chapter 4
Extraction tasks
T03
Record id
ingredient_hastikanda