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Dates (kharjura)

खजूर (खर्जूर) · खर्जूर

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
खर्जूरखर्जूरीपिण्डखर्जूर
Hindi
खजूरखर्जूरछुहारापिंड खजूर
English
Datesdatesdate palmkharjura
Romanized
kharjurakhajurchhuhara
Marathi
खजूर

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  • Dates (khajūrī) are named in the verse among fruits said to be heavy to digest, to produce semen and to increase kapha greatly; the commentary's list omits them.

    Chapter 4 · p. 60 · v. 45Sanskrit verseTraditional description

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Conditions mentioned with it

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Conditions named in the preparations that use it, or linked to it directly.

Topics of the text that discuss it

8
Kharjuradi pastePlant glossary, letter section च (entries 1–17: चक्रमर्द to चोर)Plant glossary, letter section त (entries 1–41: तगर to त्वक्)Plant glossary, letter section म, entries 1–30 (मगधोद्भवा to माणकी)Plant glossary, क entries 71–82 (कुलहला to केतकी)Plant glossary, क्ष section, entries 1–12 (क्षणदा to क्षुरक)Plant glossary, ख entries 1–8 and ग entries 1–4 (खदिर to गवादनी)Properties of grapes and other heavy fruits

Where else is this mentioned?

Named 8 times on 6 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.

Questions and answers

Which three triphalas does the Marathi column list under त्रिफला?

The common triphala (हरडे, बेहेडे, आंबळकटी), a fragrant triphala (जायफळ, सुपारी, लवंग) and a sweet triphala (द्राक्षा, दाडिम, खजूर).

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Which senses does the glossary give for क्षीर, and which entries after it gather milky plants?

Milk and the gum of the सरल tree in the Hindi column, and water, milk, बकाण निंब, the milk of a cow that has just calved, खीर and a kind of incense in the Marathi column. क्षीरद्रुम, क्षीरी, क्षीरिका and क्षीरिणी then list milky trees and plants.

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Quick facts

Content type
Food
Categories
Fruit
Source pages with records
1
Pages naming it
6
Chapters
Chapter 4
Extraction tasks
T03
Record id
ingredient_kharjura